Meet the Top 10 Best Indian Authors
In 2024, the Indian book market is valued at an estimated 739 billion INR. India ranks second after the US for English-language publications with over 9,000 publishers. Today we are going to explore the top 10 best Indian authors, their most popular books, and awards. Let’s start the list with the most popular and best authors in India Chetan Bhagat.
List of Top 10 Best Indian authors in 2024-25
#01 Chetan Bhagat
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Chetan Bhagat (born April 22, 1974, in India) is an author from India and columnist. He studied mechanical engineering at IIT from Delhi college and after that completed his MBA at IIM Ahmedabad. He began his career as an investment banker but quit after a few years to devote himself to writing.
Best authors in India Chetan Bhagat Famous Books
- Five Point Someone
- The 3 Mistakes of My Life
- Half Girlfriend
- One Indian Girl
- The Girl in Room 105
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay
- Zee Cine Award for Best Story
- CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in Entertainment
#02 Amrita Pritam
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Amrita Pritam is one of the most famous Punjabi authors in India and poets. She wrote fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and essays. She has more than 100 works to her name and has received some of the highest honors in the country, including Sahitya Akademi, Bharatiya Jnanpith, and Padma Vibhushan
Amrita Pritam Best authors in India Famous Books
- Pinjar: The Skeleton and Other Stories
- The Revenue Stamp: An Autobiography
- In the Time of Love and Longing
- Jalte Bujhate Log
Awards
- Jnanpith Award
- Sahitya Akademi Award for Punjabi Writers
- Zee Cine Award for Best Story
- Padma Vibhushan
#03 Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, is best known for her portrayals of immigrant and Native American lives. His moving stories touch the common concepts like nostalgia, isolation, and communication barriers. Jhumpa Lahiri was born in London in 1967 and raised in Rhode Island.
Most Famous Books
- Interpreter of Maladies
- The Namesake
- ‘Unaccustomed Earth
- The Lowland
Awards winner author in India Jhumpa Lahiri
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- Henry Award
- PEN/Malamud Award
- Guggenheim Fellowship
#04 Khushwant Singh
Khushwant Singh will be remembered as one of India’s greatest historians and authors, as well as an outspoken political commentator and a leading observer and social critic, in Indian literary history. Sulabh International Social Service Organization called him “Honest Man of the Year” in July 2000 for their bravery and integrity in their “brilliant and succinct prose.” During the award presentation.
Khushwant Singh Best authors in India Famous Books
- Train to Pakistan
- Delhi: A Novel
- The Company of Women
- Truth, Love and a Little Malice
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ridiculous
Awards
- Padma Bhushan – 1974
- Padma Vibhushan – 2007
#05 R. K. Narayan
R.K. Narayan, also known as Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), was an Indian painter best known for his paintings set in the fictional South Indian city of Malgudi. Together with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao, he became a major writer of early Indian literature in English.
R.K Narayan Best authors in India his Famous Books are as follow: –
- The English Teacher
- Waiting for the Mahatma
- The Guide (
- The Man-Eater of Malgudi
- The Vendor of Sweets
- A Tiger for Malgudi
Popular Awards Winner authors from India R.K Narayan
- Filmfare Award for Best Story
- Padma Bhushan 1964
- Padma Bhushan 2000
#06 Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian polymath who was a poet, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter. With Contextual Modernism, he reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In 1913, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his work.
Most Famous Books of Rabindranath Tagore
- Gitanjali
- The Postmaster
- Gora
- Kabuliwallah (The Fruitseller from Kabul)
- Sadhana: The realization of life
#07 Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond was born on May 19, 1934, he is an Indian-British poet. His contribution to the growth of children’s literature in India has been recognized by the Indian Council for Child Education. In 1992, he received the Sahitya Academy Award for his novel in English called Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra novel.
Most Famous Books Ruskin Bond the best author in India
- The Room on The Roof
- The Blue Umbrella
- Time Stops at Shamli
- When Darkness Falls
- The Night Train at Deoli.
#08 Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth is an Indian poet and writer who has written several books and verse collections. Sahitya Academy Award, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, Padma Shri, and WH Smith Literary Award as well, and Crossword Book Award are among the honors he has won. He is one of the popular authors and great personality in Indian literature.
Most Famous Books of Vikram Seth
- the travel book From Heaven Lake
- the verse novel The Golden Gate
- the epic novel A Suitable Boy
Awards Highlights
- Padma Shri
- Stegner Fellowship
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
#09 Arundhati Roy
Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things, which won the 1997 Man Booker Prize for Fiction and became the best-selling book by a non-overseas Indian author. She is also a civic activist who campaigns for human rights and environmental issues. He was awarded the Silver Lotus Award.
Most Famous Books
- The God of Small Things
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
- AZADI: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction
- Capitalism: A Ghost Story
#10 Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, also known as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, was a Bengali novelist and short story writer who lived in the early twentieth century. The majority of his work is concerned with the way of life, tragedy, and hardship of city dwellers, as well as the contemporary social, practices that prevailed in Bengal. He was the winner of the Filmfare Award for Best Novel.
Most Famous Books
- Srikanta
- Devdas
- Charitraheen
- Pather Dabi
A short tour of Top 10 Best Indian authors
- Chetan Bhagat
- Amrita Pritam
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Khushwant Singh
- K. Narayan
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Ruskin Bond
- Vikram Seth
- Arundhati Roy
- Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
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