A Comprehensive list of books by Ruskin Bond

Novels

S.No.	Title	Year	Notes
1	The Room on the Roof	1956	Sahitya Akademi Award; semi-autobiographical; Rusty’s coming-of-age.
2	Vagrants in the Valley	1957	Sequel to Room on the Roof.
3	A Flight of Pigeons	1978	1857 Revolt; adapted into film Junoon (1978).
4	The Sensualist	1990	Rare adult novella; erotic undertones.
5	Scenes from a Writer’s Life	1997	Memoir-novel hybrid.

Children’s Books / Classics

S.No.	Title	Year	Notes
1	Rusty, the Boy from the Hills	1955	Early Rusty stories.
2	The Blue Umbrella	1974	Binya’s prized possession; adapted into film (2005) & animated series.
3	Angry River	1972	Sita’s survival during a flood.
4	The Cherry Tree	1980	Simple tale of a boy and his tree.
5	Grandfather’s Private Zoo	1965	Humorous animal tales.
6	Panther’s Moon	1978	Suspense with a black panther.
7	The Road to the Bazaar	1980	Village life stories.
8	Night of the Leopard	1991	Jungle adventure.

Short Story Collections

S.No.	Title	Year	Notes
1	The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories	1988	Iconic train romance story.
2	A Face in the Dark and Other Hauntings	2004	Ghost stories; school favorite.
3	The Woman on Platform 8	1990	Nostalgic railway tales.
4	Time Stops at Shamli	1989	Small-town vignettes.
5	Dust on the Mountain	1991	Environmental themes.
6	A Season of Ghosts	1999	Supernatural tales.
7	The Parrot Who Wouldn’t Talk	1994	Animal & children stories.
8	Maharani	2011	Royal ghost story.
9	The Kipling Road	2017	Latest collection.

Ghost & Supernatural Stories

S.No.	Title
1	A Face in the Dark
2	The Haunted Bicycle
3	Whistling in the Dark
4	Susanna’s Seven Husbands (basis for 7 Khoon Maaf film)

Memoirs & Autobiographies

S.No.	Title	Year	Notes
1	Lone Fox Dancing	2017	Full autobiography; poetic.
2	Looking for the Rainbow	2017	Childhood during WWII.
3	A Song of India	2020	Early years in Jamnagar & Dehra.
4	Scenes from a Writer’s Life	1997	Writing journey.
5	Landour Days	2004	Mussoorie life diary.

Nature & Essay Collections

S.No.	Title	Year
1	Book of Nature	2004
2	All Roads Lead to Ganga	2007
3	A Book of Simple Living	2015
4	The Beauty of All My Days	2019
5	It’s a Wonderful World	2021

Poetry

S.No.	Title	Year
1	The Ruskin Bond Mini Bus	2012
2	Words from the Hills	2017

Anthologies Edited by Ruskin Bond

S.No.	Title
1	The Penguin Book of Indian Ghost Stories
2	The Penguin Book of Indian Railway Stories
3	Classic Ruskin Bond (multiple volumes)