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India has been famous for its art, literature, and writing since ancient times. Indians take pride in the culture and diversity of their languages. When it comes to command over the English language in literature. The Indian authors showcase a great attempt, which is widely appreciated.
2 1. Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai is one of the top authors in Indian literature whose second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, became an international bestseller received the Booker Prize in 2006. Her book was published in 2006. She is the daughter of famous writer Anita Desai.
The BBC Radio has invited her as a guest on its 3rd Private Passions, a biographical music interview show. It was presented by Michael Berkeley. Desai was featured at the first Asia House Festival of Cold Literature in 2007.
Desai Must-Read Books
The Inheritance of Loss
Emblems of Transformation Kiran Desai
India Pack 2003 Kiran Desai
WinQSB
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
3 2. Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor is another best author in 2021 who is famous for his long-trailed vocabulary. He is a politician, journalist and former foreign diplomat, who has served in the Lok Sabha since 2009. He represents Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Tharoor has recently published a book that he named Tharoorosaurus. He introduced 53 new words from his vocabulary provided exceptional stories about their origins. Aside from that, Shashi has written over 20 novels.
Tharoors Must-Read Books
An Era of Darkness The British Empire
Bookless in Baghdad
Why I am a Hindu others
4 3. Aravind Adiga
Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker Prize for his debut novel, The White Tiger, which was published in 2008. In his book, the protagonist, Balram Halwai, a murderer who serve as a driver in his village, wrote a series of unsent letters to the Chines premier. In his second book, Between the Assassinations, he wrote about the lives of the inhabitants of an Indian town. They were Indira Gandhis her son Rajivs assassinations for over a seven-year cycle.
Adiga bagged the first position for the John Llewellyn-Rhys Memorial Prize in 2009.
Adiga Must-Read Books
Selection Day
Last Man in Tower
Between the Assassinations
The White Tiger
5 4. Devdutt Pattnaik
Devdutt is one of the most famous authors of India. Devdutt has spent 14 years working in the field of pharmaceutical and healthcare industries in his spare time he used to write mythology papers novels. His passion for writing gradually turned into a full-time job. Pattnaik published his first book named Shiva An Introduction in 1997.
Till then, he has written a bunch of books about Indian mythology, folklore and legends.
Pattanaik Must-Read Books
Jaya
My Gita
7 Secrets of Shiva
6 5. Amish Tripathi
Amish Tripathi is one of the most famous and bestselling authors of India. He wrote a series of Shiva Trilogy Ram Chandra. Shiva Trilogy was the fastest-selling book series in the entire publishing history.
He also wrote Sita-Warrior of Mithila and Legend of Suheldev The King Who Saved India.
Tripathi Must-Read Books
The Secret of the Nagas
The Oath of the Vayuputras
Ram Scion of Ikshvaku
Sita Warrior of Mithila
Raavan Enemy of Aryavarta
7 6. Amrita Pritam
Amrita Pritam is Indias well-known poet and author of Punjab India. She became a renowned 20th-century poet an advocate for women in Punjabi literature with her poignant writings. She wrote poems, essays, fiction, nonfiction and other things.
She wrote over 100 books and has been honoured with the Bharatiya Jnanpita, Sahitya Akadami and Padma Vibhushan awards.
Amrita Must-Read Books
Pinjar The Skeleton and Other Stories
The Revenue Stamp An Autobiography
In the Time of Love and Longing
Jalte Bujhate Log
8 7. Khushwant Singh
Khushwant is Indias gem in the literary world. He is one of the countrys greatest historians and writers, as well as an articulate political commentator. In 2000, Sulabh International Social Service Organization honoured him with the name Honest Man of the Year for his brilliant concise prose, at the award ceremony.
Singh Must-Read Books
Train to Pakistan
Delhi A Novel
The Company of Women
Truth, Love and a Little Malice
The Good, the Bad, and the Ridiculous
9 8. RK Narayan
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami is famously known as RK Narayan, was an Indian popular author. He is best known for his extraordinary story concept. RK Narayan was a writer of early Indian literature in English, alongside Raja Rao and Mulk Raj. His writing style was unique, known for its ease and sly wit. The tales of RK Narayan were about people struggling to live simple lives in the changing times.
RK Narayan Must-Read Books
The English Teacher
Waiting for the Mahatma
The Guide
The Man-Eater of Malgudi
A Tiger for Malgudi
10 9. Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore was a poet, playwright, philosopher, musician, painter, and social reformer who lived in India. His distinct literary style of writing prefers to compose in prose rather than poetry. He reshaped Bengali literature, music and Indian architecture with contextual modernism. For his exceptional work, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year 1913.
Tagore Must-Read Books
Interpreter of Maladies
The Namesake
The Lowland
11 10. Chetan Bhagat
Chetan Bhagat is one of the most famous bestselling authors and columnists who was born in 1974. He graduated from IIT Delhi before completing his MBA at IIM Ahmedabad, Gujrat. After that, he started his career as an investment banker, but after a few years, Chetan bhagat left his career to pursue his passion for writing. For his writing, he won the Society Young Achievers Award in 2000, the Publishers Recognition Award in 2005. He was also named as the Worlds 100 Most Influential People in 2010 by Time Magazine.