| S.No. | Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swami and Friends | 1935 | Introduces Malgudi and young Swaminathan. |
| 2 | The Bachelor of Arts | 1937 | Coming-of-age story of Chandran. |
| 3 | The Dark Room | 1938 | Explores marital discord and women’s roles. |
| 4 | The English Teacher | 1945 | Semi-autobiographical; deals with love and loss. (US title: Grateful to Life and Death) |
| 5 | Mr. Sampath | 1949 | A printer’s ambitious film venture. (US title: The Printer of Malgudi) |
| 6 | The Financial Expert | 1952 | Margayya’s rise and fall as a money lender. |
| 7 | Waiting for the Mahatma | 1955 | Love story set during Gandhi’s freedom movement. |
| 8 | The Guide | 1958 | Booker Prize contender; Railway Raju becomes a fake saint. |
| 9 | The Man-Eater of Malgudi | 1961 | Modern retelling of the Bhasmasura myth. |
| 10 | The Vendor of Sweets | 1967 | Conflict between tradition and modernity. |
| 11 | The Painter of Signs | 1976 | Romance between a signboard painter and a family planning advocate. |
| 12 | A Tiger for Malgudi | 1983 | Narrated by a tiger; explores human-animal bonds. |
| 13 | Talkative Man | 1986 | A journalist narrates quirky Malgudi tales. |
| 14 | The World of Nagaraj | 1990 | Last novel; introspective tale of a timid man. |
Short Story Collections
| S.No. | Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malgudi Days | 1943 | Iconic collection; adapted into TV series by Shankar Nag. |
| 2 | An Astrologer’s Day and Other Stories | 1947 | Everyday Malgudi characters. |
| 3 | Lawley Road | 1956 | |
| 4 | A Horse and Two Goats | 1970 | Title story is widely anthologized. |
| 5 | Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories | 1985 | |
| 6 | The Grandmother’s Tale and Selected Stories | 1994 | Posthumous collection. |
Mythology & Retellings
| S.No. | Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ramayana | 1972 | Condensed prose retelling. |
| 2 | The Mahabharata | 1978 | Simplified narrative version. |
| 3 | Gods, Demons and Others | 1964 | Retellings from Indian mythology (with illustrations). |
Non-Fiction / Memoirs / Essays
| S.No. | Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Days | 1974 | Autobiography; childhood to literary success. |
| 2 | My Dateless Diary | 1960 | Travelogue of America. |
| 3 | The Emerald Route | 1980 | Travel through Karnataka. |
| 4 | A Writer’s Nightmare | 1988 | Selected essays. |
| 5 | A Story-Teller’s World | 1989 | Essays on writing and literature. |
| S.No. | Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Days | 1974 | Autobiography; childhood to literary success. |
| 2 | My Dateless Diary | 1960 | Travelogue of America. |
| 3 | The Emerald Route | 1980 | Travel through Karnataka. |
| 4 | A Writer’s Nightmare | 1988 | Selected essays. |
| 5 | A Story-Teller’s World | 1989 | Essays on writing and literature. |
Children’s Books
| S.No. | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Grandmother’s Tale (short novel) |
| 2 | Various short stories in Malgudi School Days, etc. |
