| Anandamath (with Vande Mataram), Durgeshnandini, Kapalkundala |
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
| Gitanjali (Nobel Prize 1913), Gora, Ghare Baire (The Home and the World), Chokher Bali, Jana Gana Mana |
Rabindranath Tagore |
| Devdas, Shrikanta, Parineeta |
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Pather Panchali |
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay |
| Samskara (Kannada) |
U. R. Ananthamurthy |
| Godan, Gaban, Nirmala, Rangbhoomi, Karmabhoomi, Idgah, Kafan |
Premchand (Dhanpat Rai; the "Upanyas Samrat") |
| Kamayani |
Jaishankar Prasad |
| Madhushala |
Harivansh Rai Bachchan |
| Kurukshetra, Rashmirathi |
Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' |
| Gunahon ka Devta |
Dharamvir Bharati |
| Tamas |
Bhisham Sahni |
| Train to Pakistan |
Khushwant Singh |
| Malgudi Days, The Guide, Swami and Friends |
R. K. Narayan |
| Untouchable, Coolie |
Mulk Raj Anand |
| Kanthapura |
Raja Rao |
| Umrao Jaan Ada |
Mirza Hadi Ruswa |
| Chemmeen |
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (Malayalam) |
| Ente Katha (My Story) |
Kamala Das |
| Indulekha |
O. Chandu Menon (the first Malayalam novel) |
| Ponniyin Selvan |
Kalki Krishnamurthy (Tamil) |
| The Discovery of India, Glimpses of World History, An Autobiography |
Jawaharlal Nehru (Nehru's Discovery of India was written in Ahmednagar Fort prison, 1944) |
| My Experiments with Truth (Satya na Prayogo), Hind Swaraj, Sarvodaya |
M. K. Gandhi |
| Annihilation of Caste, The Buddha and His Dhamma, Who Were the Shudras? |
B. R. Ambedkar |
| Wings of Fire, India 2020, Ignited Minds, My Journey |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| The Indian Struggle |
Subhas Chandra Bose |
| Hindu View of Life |
S. Radhakrishnan |
| India Wins Freedom |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| The Story of the Integration of the Indian States |
V. P. Menon |
| A Suitable Boy, An Equal Music |
Vikram Seth |
| The Namesake, Interpreter of Maladies (Pulitzer 2000) |
Jhumpa Lahiri |
| The God of Small Things (Booker 1997), The Ministry of Utmost Happiness |
Arundhati Roy |
| Midnight's Children (Booker 1981), The Satanic Verses, Shame |
Salman Rushdie |
| The White Tiger (Booker 2008) |
Aravind Adiga |
| The Inheritance of Loss (Booker 2006) |
Kiran Desai |
| Sea of Poppies, The Shadow Lines, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide |
Amitav Ghosh |
| Half a Life, A House for Mr Biswas |
V. S. Naipaul (Nobel 2001) |
| Heat and Dust |
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Booker 1975) |
| The Guide (Sahitya Akademi 1960) |
R. K. Narayan |
| Sacred Games |
Vikram Chandra |
| Five Point Someone, 2 States |
Chetan Bhagat |
| Geetanjali Shree — Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi, Hindi) |
International Booker Prize 2022 — the first Hindi and the first Indian-language novel to win |
| Banu Mushtaq — Heart Lamp (Kannada short stories, translated by Deepa Bhasthi) |
International Booker Prize 2025 |
