Ruskin Bond

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  • Bibliography:
    87 Books
  • First Book:
    June 1969
  • Latest Book:
    July 2024
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Book List in Order: 87 titles

  • Panther's Moon

    Ten unforgettable tales of fascinating human encounters with animals and birds-of a man-eater that terrorizes an entire village; the strange and wonderful trust that develops between a fierce leopard and a boy; revengeful monkeys who never forgive a ...

  • Angry River

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    It was a small island in the middle of a big river, and just large enough for Sita and her grandparents to live with their three goats, the hens, a vegetable patch and a peepul tree. But one day, the river fl ooded and took everything with it, includ...

  • Room on the Roof

  • Time Stops at Shamli and Other Stories

    Residents of nondescript villages and towns, Ruskin Bond s characters are remarkable for their quiet heroism, courage and grace, and age-old values of honesty and fidelity. They lead lives that are touched by natural beauty as well as suffering the l...

  • Night Train at Deoli: And Other Stories

    Predominantly set in the valleys of Uttarakhand, the stories in this book are warm, intimate portraits of life in the Himalayan foothills. Apart from gently satirical studies about village and small-town braggarts and petty officials, this collection...

  • Cherry Tree

  • Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra

    Fourteen engaging stories from one of India's master story-tellers Semi-autobiographical in nature, these stories span the period from the author's childhood to the present. We are introduced, in a series of beautifully imagined and crafted cameos, t...

  • Strangers On the Roof

    Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edi...

  • Binya's Blue Umbrella



  • Leopard on the Mountain

  • A Season of Ghosts

    Master storyteller Ruskin Bond shows how the love for the hills may persist to death and beyond. The agents of the supernatural may be gentle like the fairy folk in On Fairy Hill or malevolent like the welldressed diners of The Prize . Bond aficionad...

  • The Lamp Is Lit

    Autobiographical sketches and stories from India's best-loved writer in English. For over four decades now, by way of innumerable short stories, essays, poems and novels, Ruskin Bond has championed simplicity and quietude in life and in art. This col...

  • Penguin Book of Indian Ghost Stories

  • Penguin Book of Indian Railway Stories

    The stories in this collection capture the essence of the Indian Railways - from the small-town station, at the time of the Raj, to the present day big-city station bursting at the seams. The teening and varied life of the Indian Railway station and ...

  • The Penguin Book of Classical Indian Love Stories and Lyrics

    A compilation of love stories and poems from the classical literature and folklore of India Set in regions of great natural beauty where Kamadeva, the god of love, picks his victims with consummate ease, these stories and lyrics celebrate the myriad ...

  • The Day Grandfather Tickled a Tiger

  • The Tree Lover

    Everything that you've always loved about Ruskin Bond is back His mesmerizing descriptions of nature and his wonderful way with words-this is Ruskin Bond at his finest. Read on as Rusty tells the story of his grandfather's relationship with the trees...

  • Delhi Is Not Far

    In dull and dusty Pipalnagar, each day is like another, and 'there is not exactly despair, but resignation'. Even the dreams here are small. Adrift among them, the narrator, Arun, a struggling writer of detective novels in Urdu, waits for inspiration...

  • A Flight of Pigeons

    A Flight of Pigeons, written by Ruskin Bond, is the story of the Labadoor family, set in 1857. The patriarch of the family is killed in a church, and Ruth Labadoor and her family have to take the help of Hindus and Muslims to find their way to their ...



  • Rusty

    For several decades now, Ruskin Bond's inimitable stories about Rusty have enthralled and entertained children. Rusty is a quiet, imaginative and sensitive boy who lives in his grandparents' custody in pre-Independence Dehra Dun....

  • The Best of Ruskin Bond

    This volume brings together the best of Ruskin Bond s prose and poetry. For over four decades, by way of innumerable novels, essays, short stories and poems, the author has mapped out and peopled a unique literary landscape. This anthology has select...

  • Friends in Small Places

    This collection brings together the best of Ruskin Bond's cameos, all beautifully imagined and crafted, inspired by people who have left a lasting impression on him. In addition, there are a host of characters culled from Bond's numerous short storie...

  • Indian Railway Stories

  • Rain in the Mountains

    Rain in the Mountains brings together some of Ruskin Bond s most beautiful works from his years spent in the foothills of the Himalayas in the town of Mussoorie. Through vivid images and lucid writing, Bond evokes the everyday sights and sounds, and ...

  • A Face in the Dark and Other Hauntings

  • Ruskin's Bond Book of Nature

  • Rusty Comes Home

  • The Hidden Pool

    Ruskin Bond's first novel for children in a whole new look! Laurie, an English boy in a small hill town in India, strikes up an unlikely friendship with Anil, the son of a local cloth merchant, and Kamal, an orphan who sells buttons and shoelaces but...

  • Puffin Good Reading Guide for Children

    A comprehensive guide to fiction in English for readers aged four to sixteen The Good Reading Guide for Children is divided into three sections to suit every age group has entries listing over 1000 books is divided into categories with cross-referenc...



  • The Puffin Book of School Stories

    A collection of all-time favourite school stories Meet the world's naughtiest boys and girls, the best and the worst students and some really famous children in this book as they make their way through school. Read about David Copperfield and his fri...

  • Book of Humour

    A delectable offering from a writer who not only knows how to make us laugh but also knows how to laugh at himself Playful tigers; 'ghosts'; elephants; crows and old favourites like Uncle Ken; Miss Bun; the author's slightly eccentric grandfather and...

  • A Town Called Dehra

  • Dust on the Mountain

    Ruskin Bond wrote his first short story; 'Untouchable'; at the age of sixteen over hundred stories; including the classics 'A Face in Dark'; 'The Kitemaker'; 'The Tunnel'; 'The Room if many Colours'; 'Dust on the Mountain'; and 'Times Stops at Shamli...

  • Sensualist

    The Sensualist is the story of a man enslaved by his libido and spiralling twards self- destruction. Gripping, erotic, even brutal, the book explores the demons that its protagonist must grapple with before he is able to come to terms with himself. I...

  • Mr Oliver's Diary

  • Nature Omnibus - A Bond with Nature

    Three popular books for children, written by Ruskin Bond, have been combined into one omnibus edition. A treat for those who love Ruskin Bond's stories about the mountains, mountain people, wild flowers and jungle animals. Beautifully illustrated by ...

  • Classic Ruskin Bond

    A collection of Ruskin Bond's six novels evoking nostalgia for time gone by This collection of six novels sparkles with the quiet charm and humanity that are the hallmarks of Ruskin Bond's writing. Evoking nostalgia for a time gone by, these poignant...

  • Crazy Times with Uncle Ken

  • The Kitemaker

    Ruskin Bond wrote his first short story, 'Untouchable', at the age of sixteen in 1950. Since then he has written over a hundred stories, including the classics 'A Face in the Dark', 'The Kitemaker', 'The Tunnel' and 'Time Stops at Shamli'. Two of his...



  • Secrets

    This brilliant new collection of stories by one of India's best-loved storytellers richly evokes Dehradun of the 1940s; with its quaint cinema halls and crumbling villas; its modest chaat-shops and ubiquitous tongas. But; as young Ruskin-the narrator...

  • At School with Ruskin Bond

    � In this unique collection of stories, Ruskin Bond recalls his school days in a boarding school with humour and affection. He remembers the honour of being a Boy Scout, the pleasure of belonging to a secret club, the discovery of his passion for r...

  • The Adventures of Rusty

    From the time he was a boy living with his grandparents in Dehra; surrounded by an assortment of odd animals; people and relatives; to when he gets sent away to school; then makes his way to London and becomes a writer; Rusty's had more adventures th...

  • Susanna's Seven Husbands

    That Black Widow spider always reminds me of Susanna, my lifelong friend and neighbour . . . As I was never her husband, I have survived to tell this story. Since his childhood, Arun has secretly been in love with Susanna, his dangerously alluring ne...

  • Eyes Of The Eagle

    Another fascinating tale from Indias most-loved storytellerLittle Jai with his dog Motu, guards his grandfathers flock in the Tung meadows, high up on the Himalayan range. But on the prowl is a mighty golden eagle, with its powerful beak and talons, ...

  • Maharani

    H.H. is the spoilt, selfish, beautiful widow of the Maharaja of Mastipur. She lives with her dogs and her caretaker, Hans, in an enormous old house in Mussoorie, taking lovers and discarding them, drinking too much, and fending off her reckless sons ...

  • Immortal Stories

    Immortal Stories, published by Ratna Sagar, is a collection of classic stories selected by famous children's writer Ruskin Bond. The collection seeks to introduce children to timeless works of literature and encourage them to explore the treasures of...

  • Thick as Thieves

    Somewhere in life There must be someone To take your hand And share the torrid day. Without the touch of friendship There is no life, and we must fade away. Discover a hidden pool with three young boys, laugh out loud as a little mouse makes demands ...

  • Love Among the Bookshelves

    Reinventing yourself is harder when you don't remember who you were Seventeen-year-old Kalindi wakes up in hospital with no recollection of how she got there. But that's not the only thing she doesn't remember: Her whole memory has been wiped clean. ...

  • Rusty Goes To London

    In his early twenties now, Rusty finally leaves Dehra and books a passage to England, dreaming of writing and selling his novel abroad. First in Jersey, and then in in London, he works as a clerk by day and writes in the evenings. Eventually, the nov...



  • Uncles, Aunts and Elephants

    A timeless selection of writings from India's best-loved author I know the world's a crowded place, And elephants do take up space, But if it makes a difference, Lord, I'd gladly share my room and board. A baby elephant would do . . . But, if he brin...

  • The Room of Many Colours

    For over five decades, Ruskin ond has written charming tales that have mesmerized readers of all ages. This collection brings together his finest stories for children in one volume. Published previously as A Treasury of Stories for Children, this att...

  • Rusty Runs Away

    In the five years of his life that this book traces, Rusty's story is taken forward to his adolescent years. His world is turned topsy-turvy as many upheavals besiege him. After his father and grandmother pass away in quick succession, the twelve-yea...

  • Rusty the Boy from the Hills

    Rusty is a quiet, imaginative and sensitive boy who lives with his grandparents in pre-Independence Dehra Dun. Though he is not the adventurous himself, the strangest and most extraordinary things keep happening around him. The house in Dehra is full...

  • Rusty and the Leopard

    A chronicle of Rusty's rebellious, eventful progression into manhood. Rusty, having run away from his guardian's home, is now trying to define his identity as he lives with the Kapoor family, tutoring their son Kishen and occupying the room on the ro...

  • Parrot Who Wouldn't Talk And Other Stories

    'I think everyone has at least one eccentric aunt or uncle in the family. I had more than one. My boyhood days were enlivened by their presence.' India's best-loved children's writer Ruskin Bond introduces us to some of the most endearing and adorabl...

  • Escape from Java and Other Tales of Danger

    Join intrepid heroes and dauntless heroines in their quest for survival against earthquakes, fire, floods and bombs! Live life on the edge with five stories of danger and adventure. Flee with Romi as he rides his cycle straight into the river to get ...

  • The Parrot Who Wouldn't Talk & Other Stories

    'I think everyone has at least one eccentric aunt or uncle in the family. I had more than one. My boyhood days were enlivened by their presence.' India's best-loved children's writer Ruskin Bond introduces us to some of the most endearing and adorabl...

  • Rusty and the Magic Mountain

    The squirrel family must move to a new house, but Nonu's not happy Little Nonu Squirrel, playful and daring, has just moved into his new house with Papa Squirrel and Mummy Squirrel. As he starts exploring his new neighbourhood, he realizes there are ...

  • Cricket for a Crocodile

    Ranji's team finds an unexpected opponent-a nosy crocodile-when they play a cricket match against the village boys. Annoyed at the swarms of boys crowding the riverbank and the alarming cricket balls plopping around his place of rest, Nakoo the croco...

  • Collected Stories

    Ruskin Bond wrote his first short story, 'Untouchable', at the age of sixteen, and has written memorable fiction ever since. He is famous not only for his love of the hills, but for imbuing the countryside with life and vibrancy through moving descri...

  • The Book of Nature

    For over six decades, Ruskin Bond has celebrated the wonder and beauty of nature as few other contemporary writers have, or indeed can. The Book of Nature brings together the best of his writing on the natural world, not just in the Himalayan foothil...

  • Whispers in the Dark

    For all those who have trembled through Ruskin Bond's tales of horror and mystery, here's another collection of strange and dark stories from the master storyteller. Within these pages you will befriend Jimmy the jinn who has trouble keeping his hand...

  • The Blue Umbrella

    As soon as Binya saw the beautiful blue silk umbrella, she wanted it. She wanted it so badly that she was willing to give her lucky leopard's claw pendant in exchange. No one in the village had such a fine umbrella, and everywhere Binya went the umbr...

  • A Gathering of Friends

    The 21 stories in this book are the greatest pieces of fiction written by Ruskin Bond. Chosen by the author himself, from a body of work built over 50 years (starting with his award-winning first novel, The Room on the Roof, and ending with Tales of ...

  • Tales of Fosterganj

    I forget what took me to Fosterganj in the first place. Destiny, perhaps, although I'm not sure why destiny would have bothered to guide an itinerant writer to an obscure little hamlet in the hills. Chance would be a better word. For chance plays a g...

  • Tigers for Dinner

    "Tigers for Dinner: Tall Tales By Jim Corbett's Khansama" is a fun-filled book for children and adults alike. It is a collection of short stories about the adventures of Jim Corbett, narrated by his family cook, Mehmoud, to the author when he was a c...

  • The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life

    Here is a collection of stories about school life that will appeal to every kind of school-goer. These are incidents from the author's own life, when he was a shy, quiet boy in boarding school who chose the library over the football field and was kno...

  • Looking for the Rainbow

  • White Mice

    A tale of sweet revenge Ruskin is keen to teach his scatterbrained uncle a lesson. After all, he put him on the wrong train! Armed with gifts from his new friend, the stationmaster-yummy rasgullas and a pair of beautiful white mice-Ruskin devises the...

  • Ranji the Music Maker

    'Was this what it was like to be a rock star? Except that pop singers were usually followed by people, not cats.'In the middle of his languid holiday, idle young Ranji stumbles upon assorted musical instruments in the storeroom-first a shrill flute, ...

  • Koki's Song

  • How to Be a Writer

  • The Trees of Dehra

    Tall and sturdy, their leaves gently rustling in the wind, trees form the backbone of life on Earth. They never discriminate between life forms while shielding them from the heat or showering them with their bounty. But these providers of life have a...

  • Writing for My Life

    Experience the very best of Ruskin Bond's writings in one book.If only the world had no boundaries and we could move about without having to produce passports and documents everywhere, it really would be 'a great wide beautiful, wonderful world', say...

  • The Tunnel

    The steam engine shot out of the tunnel, snorting and puffing like a green, black and gold dragon, a beautiful monster out of Ranji's dreams . . . Fascinated by the midday train, Ranji would find himself waiting near the tunnel to catch a glimpse of ...

  • The Great Train Journey

    The first time I saw a train, I was standing on a wooded slope outside a tunnel, not far from Kalka. Suddenly, with a shrill whistle and great burst of steam, a green and black engine came snorting out of the blackness.“A dragon!” I shout...

  • The Perfect Murder

    In that dim corner of the cafe was planned the perfect murder. Paul had long since realized that the affair was not as easy an accomplishment as he had so airily suggested. For the thing must be done without violence, without clues, without trace.Is ...

  • The Shadow on the Wall

    The Shadow on the Wall brings together Ruskin Bond's most chilling works of fright and terror. The 21 stories in this book include classics such as ‘A Face in the Dark', ‘The Chakrata Cat' and ‘Susanna's Seven Husbands', along with ...

  • All-time Favourite Nature Stories

    'I am lucky to be up here on this mountain, where the wind still hums in the deodars, the horse chestnuts fall in the autumn and the flycatchers flit among the ancient oaks.'ALL-TIME FAVOURITE NATURE STORIES is a collection of twenty-five soulful and...

  • Animals in the House A short story in the popular Puffin chapter book series by Ruskin Bond Illustrated bedtime tales, animal stories for kids

  • Animals in the House

    ‘ Grandfather and I saw eye to eye on the matter of pets, and whenever Grandmother decided it was time to get rid of a tame white rat or a squirrel, I would conceal them in a hole in the jackfruit tree.'Instead of having brothers and sisters to...

  • The Kipling Road

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    'Remember the old road, The steep stony path That took us up from Rajpur, Toiling and sweating And grumbling at the climb, But enjoying it all the same...' (From 'Remember the Old Road' by Ruskin Bond)

    Sometimes a journey can be of discover...

  • Road to the Bazaar

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    Ruskin Bond not only brings to life a town in northern India capturing the scenery, the people, the atmosphere - but also shows that children are the same the world over. Included are such classics as 'Ranji's Wonderful Bat', 'The Boy Who Broke the B...

  • Stumbling Through Life

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    The other day, at our local bookshop, a young man came up to me and said, ‘Sir, tell me - what is the secret to happiness?' It was hardly the time for homespun philosophy, as a pretty young thing was trying to take a selfie of the two of us, so ...

  • A Time for all Things

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    The finest nonfiction by Ruskin Bond, a singular writer who has inspired and comforted three generations, collected in a single volume.  

    A lifetime of reading and writing, observation and contemplation is distilled in this comprehensive v...

  • When Darkness Falls and Other Stories

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    In When Darkness Falls, Ruskin Bond emerges yet again as a master storyteller. We meet the war veteran Markham, whose deformation ends in tragedy; Susanna, the merry widow who loved each of her seven husbands to death; and Kundan Singh, the reckless ...

  • Whispering in the Dark

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    ‘One by one the clocks of the town struck midnight, when the sounds died away the deep silence of windless night fell again over everything...'

    A great imagination makes for terrific ghost stories - stories that go beyond the tapping on th...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ruskin Bond has published 87 books.

Ruskin Bond does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Animals in the House, was published in July 2024.

The first book by Ruskin Bond, Panther's Moon, was published in June 1969.

No. Ruskin Bond does not write books in series.
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