List of Books Written by R.K.Narayan-Indian English Novelist and Writer

List of  R.K.Naryayan’s Writings:-
Novels Written by R.K.Narayan:

Name of the Novel/ Year/ Publisher

Swamy and Friends/1935/Hamish Hamilton
The Bachelor of Arts/1937/Thomas Neslon
The Dark Room/1938/Eyre
The English Teacher/1945/Eyre

Mr. Sampath/1948/Eyre
 The Financial Expert/1952/Methuen
 Waiting for the Mahatma/1955/Methuen

 The Guide/1958/Methuen

    The Man-Eater of Malgudi/1961/ Viking
    The Vendor of Sweets/1967/ The Bodley Head
    The Painter of Signs/1977/ Heinemann
   A Tiger for Malgudi /1983/ Heinemann
   Talkative Man/1986/ Heinemann
   The World of Nagaraj/1990, Heinemann
    Grandmother's Tale/1992/ Indian Thought Publications

Short story collections written by R.K.Narayan:

    Malgudi Days/1942/Indian Thought Publications

    An Astrologer's Day and Other Stories/1947/Indian Thought Publications
    Lawley Road and Other Stories/1956/ Indian Thought Publications
    A Horse and Two Goats /1970
    Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories/1985
   The Grandmother's Tale and Selected Stories/1994/ Viking

Non-fiction Writings by R.K.Narayan:

    Next Sunday/1960/Indian Thought Publications

    My Dateless Diary/1960/Indian Thought Publications

    My Days/1974/ Viking

    Reluctant Guru /1974/ Orient Paperbacks


    The Emerald Route/1980/ Indian Thought Publications


    A Writer's Nightmare/1988/ Penguin Books


    A Story-Teller's World/1989/Penguin Books


    The Writerly Life /2002/ Penguin Books India


    Mysore/1944, second edition/ Indian Thought Publications


Mythology Writings:

    Gods, Demons and Others/1964/ Viking
    The Ramayana/1973/ Chatto & Windus
    The Mahabharata/1978/ Heinemann

The following novels/short stories of R.K.Narayan have been adapted into movies:

‘The Guide’was adapted into Hindi movie-‘Guide’, directed by Vijay Anand, starring Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman.
‘Mr.Sampath’ was adapted into a Tamil movie-‘Miss Malini’, starring Pushpavalli and Kothamangalam Subbu. The Hindi version of the movie was produced by the ‘Gemini Studios’.
‘The Financial Expert’ was adapted into a Kannada movie-‘Banker Margayya’.
His novels  ‘Swamy and Friends’and  ‘The Vendor of Sweets’ and some of his short stories from ‘Malgudi Days’ were adapted into Television Serials-‘Malgudi Days’, by Actor-Director Shankar Nag.

Related Reading:

Biography of R.K.Narayan-Indian English Novelist and Writer 

List of English Novels Written by Indian Writers