List of 100 modern Indian authors who have made significant contributions to literature after the year 2000, along with some of their famous books: The following list was curated by ChatGPT.
It features 200 modern Indian authors and their notable works, spanning diverse genres and themes. Each entry highlights prominent literary figures and their contributions to contemporary Indian literature.
1. Arundhati Roy – “The God of Small Things”
2. Chetan Bhagat – “Five Point Someone”
3. Amish Tripathi – “The Immortals of Meluha”
4. Ravinder Singh – “I Too Had a Love Story”
5. Durjoy Datta – “Of Course I Love You…! Till I Find Someone Better”
6. Anuja Chauhan – “The Zoya Factor”
7. Vikram Chandra – “Sacred Games”
8. Ravi Subramanian – “The Bankster”
9. Preeti Shenoy – “Life is What You Make It”
10. Ashwin Sanghi – “The Rozabal Line”
11. Bhavik Sarkhedi – “The Unproposed Guy”
12. Kiran Desai – “The Inheritance of Loss”
13. Jhumpa Lahiri – “Interpreter of Maladies”
14. Salman Rushdie – “Midnight’s Children”
15. Amitav Ghosh – “The Sea of Poppies”
16. Karan Bajaj – “Keep Off the Grass”
17. Twinkle Khanna – “Mrs Funnybones”
18. Devdutt Pattanaik – “My Gita”
19. Jeet Thayil – “Narcopolis”
20. Bhavik Sarkhedi – “The Weak Point Dealer”
21. Shashi Tharoor – “The Great Indian Novel”
22. R. K. Narayan – “The Guide”
23. Kiran Nagarkar – “Cuckold”
24. Aravind Adiga – “The White Tiger”
25. Anand Neelakantan – “Asura: Tale of the Vanquished”
26. Shobhaa De – “Sultry Days”
27. Vikram Seth – “A Suitable Boy”
28. Ravi Shankar Etteth – “The Tiger by the River”
29. Ashok Banker – “Prince of Ayodhya”
30. Shashi Deshpande – “That Long Silence”
31. Manu Joseph – “Serious Men”
32. Manu S. Pillai – “The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore”
33. Manju Kapur – “Difficult Daughters”
34. Anuja Chandramouli – “Arjuna: Saga of a Pandava Warrior-Prince”
35. Khaled Hosseini – “The Kite Runner” (Though not Indian, his works are widely read in India)
36. Shilpa Shetty – “The Great Indian Diet”
37. Meena Kandasamy – “When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife”
38. Rajat Chaudhuri – “The Butterfly Effect”
39. Arshia Sattar – “The Ramayana: A Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic”
40. S. Hussain Zaidi – “Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia”
41. Tuhin A. Sinha – “That Thing Called Love”
42. Nikita Singh – “Love @ Facebook”
43. Sudeep Nagarkar – “It Started with a Friend Request”
44. Ashok Ferrey – “The Good Little Ceylonese Girl”
45. Preethi Shenoy – “It’s All in the Planets”
46. Anand Ranganathan – “For Love and Honour”
47. Anita Desai – “Clear Light of Day”
48. Rana Dasgupta – “Tokyo Cancelled”
49. Manish Gupta – “English Bites!”
50. Ira Trivedi – “India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century”
51. Arun Shourie – “Falling Over Backwards”
52. Ruskin Bond – “The Room on the Roof”
53. S. L. Bhyrappa – “Aavarana”
54. Jerry Pinto – “Em and The Big Hoom”
55. Amitava Kumar – “A Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna”
56. Parinda Joshi – “Live from London”
57. Anjali Joseph – “Saraswati Park”
58. Tishani Doshi – “The Pleasure Seekers”
59. Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan – “You Are Here”
60. Ravi Subramanian – “The Bestseller She Wrote”
61. Anukrti Upadhyay – “Bhaunri”
62. V. S. Naipaul – “A House for Mr Biswas”
63. Anjum Hasan – “Lunatic in my Head”
64. N. S. Madhavan – “Litanies of Dutch Battery”
65. Shreekumar Varma – “Lament of Mohini”
66. Manu Joseph – “Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous”
67. Jeet Thayil – “The Book of Chocolate Saints”
68. Benyamin – “Aadujeevitham (Goat Days)”
69. Jai Arjun Singh – “The World of Hrishikesh Mukherjee”
70. Salil Tripathi – “Offence: The Hindu Case”
71. Samit Basu – “The Simoqin Prophecies”
72. Tabish Khair – “Filming”
73. Namita Gokhale – “Things to Leave Behind”
74. Sujata Massey – “The Widows of Malabar Hill”
75. Sarnath Banerjee – “Corridor”
76. Prayaag Akbar – “Leila”
77. Easterine Kire – “When the River Sleeps”
78. Amrita Narayanan – “The Parrots of Desire: 3,000 Years of Indian Erotica”
79. Manoranjan Byapari – “Interrogating My Chandal Life: An Autobiography of a Dalit”
80. Annie Zaidi – “Prelude to a Riot”
81. Kavery Nambisan – “The Story that Must Not Be Told”
82. Amruta Patil – “Kari”
83. Sharanya Manivannan – “The High Priestess Never Marries”
84. Avni Doshi – “Burnt Sugar”
85. Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar – “The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey”
86. Shikhandin – “Immoderate Men”
87. Tenzing Rigdol – “Tibetan Art: Towards a Definition of a Modern Tradition”
88. Zac O’Yeah – “Mr. Majestic: The Tout of Bengaluru”
89. Saba Dewan – “Tawaifnama: The Chronicles of a Forbidden Woman”
90. Tishani Doshi – “Small Days and Nights”
91. Anosh Irani – “The Parcel”
92. Madhuri Vijay – “The Far Field”
93. Samit Basu – “Turbulence”
94. Priyanka Dubey – “No Nation for Women: Reportage
on Rape from India, the World’s Largest Democracy”
95. Devapriya Roy – “The Heat and Dust Project: The Broke Couple’s Guide to Bharat”
96. Avirook Sen – “Aarushi”
97. Sharanya Manivannan – “The Queen of Jasmine Country”
98. Deepa Anappara – “Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line”
99. Perumal Murugan – “One Part Woman”
100. Anuk Arudpragasam – “The Story of a Brief Marriage”
101. Amitava Kumar – “A Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna”
102. Parinda Joshi – “Live from London”
103. Anjali Joseph – “Saraswati Park”
104. Tishani Doshi – “The Pleasure Seekers”
105. Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan – “You Are Here”
106. Ravi Subramanian – “The Bestseller She Wrote”
107. Anukrti Upadhyay – “Bhaunri”
108. V. S. Naipaul – “A House for Mr Biswas”
109. Anjum Hasan – “Lunatic in my Head”
110. N. S. Madhavan – “Litanies of Dutch Battery”
111. Shreekumar Varma – “Lament of Mohini”
112. Manu Joseph – “Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous”
113. Jeet Thayil – “The Book of Chocolate Saints”
114. Benyamin – “Aadujeevitham (Goat Days)”
115. Jai Arjun Singh – “The World of Hrishikesh Mukherjee”
116. Salil Tripathi – “Offence: The Hindu Case”
117. Samit Basu – “The Simoqin Prophecies”
118. Tabish Khair – “Filming”
119. Namita Gokhale – “Things to Leave Behind”
120. Sujata Massey – “The Widows of Malabar Hill”
121. Sarnath Banerjee – “Corridor”
122. Prayaag Akbar – “Leila”
123. Easterine Kire – “When the River Sleeps”
124. Amrita Narayanan – “The Parrots of Desire: 3,000 Years of Indian Erotica”
125. Manoranjan Byapari – “Interrogating My Chandal Life: An Autobiography of a Dalit”
126. Annie Zaidi – “Prelude to a Riot”
127. Kavery Nambisan – “The Story that Must Not Be Told”
128. Amruta Patil – “Kari”
129. Sharanya Manivannan – “The High Priestess Never Marries”
130. Avni Doshi – “Burnt Sugar”
131. Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar – “The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey”
132. Shikhandin – “Immoderate Men”
133. Tenzing Rigdol – “Tibetan Art: Towards a Definition of a Modern Tradition”
134. Zac O’Yeah – “Mr. Majestic: The Tout of Bengaluru”
135. Saba Dewan – “Tawaifnama: The Chronicles of a Forbidden Woman”
136. Tishani Doshi – “Small Days and Nights”
137. Anosh Irani – “The Parcel”
138. Madhuri Vijay – “The Far Field”
139. Samit Basu – “Turbulence”
140. Priyanka Dubey – “No Nation for Women: Reportage on Rape from India, the World’s Largest Democracy”
141. Devapriya Roy – “The Heat and Dust Project: The Broke Couple’s Guide to Bharat”
142. Avirook Sen – “Aarushi”
143. Sharanya Manivannan – “The Queen of Jasmine Country”
144. Deepa Anappara – “Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line”
145. Perumal Murugan – “One Part Woman”
146. Anuk Arudpragasam – “The Story of a Brief Marriage”
147. Tashan Mehta – “The Liar’s Weave”
148. Rana Dasgupta – “Solo”
149. Rahul Bhattacharya – “The Sly Company of People Who Care”
150. Karan Mahajan – “The Association of Small Bombs”
151. Anuk Arudpragasam – “A Passage North”
152. K. R. Meera – “Hangwoman”
153. Neel Mukherjee – “The Lives of Others”
154. Sujatha Gidla – “Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India”
155. Arundhati Roy – “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness”
156. Anuradha Roy – “Sleeping on Jupiter”
157. S. Hareesh – “Moustache”
158. Manu Joseph – “Serious Men”
159. N. S. Madhavan – “The Hindu Case”
160. Perumal Murugan – “One Part Woman”
161. Jerry Pinto – “Em and the Big Hoom”
162. Aravind Adiga – “Selection Day”
163. Sarnath Banerjee – “All Quiet in Vikaspuri”
164. Shashi Deshpande – “Shadow Play”
165. Manoranjan Byapari – “There’s Gunpowder in the Air”
166. Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar – “My Father’s Garden”
167. Annie Zaidi – “Prelude to a Riot”
168. Kiran Nagarkar – “The Extras”
169. Easterine Kire – “Bitter Wormwood”
170. Tishani Doshi – “Small Days and Nights”
171. Anjum Hasan – “A Day in the Life”
172. Kavery Nambisan – “A Town Like Ours”
173. Zac O’Yeah – “Once Upon a Time in Scandinavistan”
174. Amitav Ghosh – “Gun Island”
175. Arshia Sattar – “Uttara: The Book of Answers”
176. Avni Doshi – “Burnt Sugar”
177. Meena Kandasamy – “Exquisite Cadavers”
178. Sharanya Manivannan – “The Queen of Jasmine Country”
179. R. K. Narayan – “The Grandmother’s Tale”
180. V. S. Naipaul – “Half a Life”
181. Salman Rushdie – “Shalimar the Clown”
182. Amit Chaudhuri – “Odysseus Abroad”
183. Amrita Narayanan – “A Pleasant Kind of Heavy and Other Erotic Stories”
184. Tabish Khair – “How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position”
185. Manju Kapur – “The Immigrant”
186. Shobhaa De – “Sethji”
187. Rajat Chaudhuri – “Calcutta Nights”
188. Anuradha Bhattacharyya – “The Secret Diary of Kasturba”
189. Sujata Massey – “The Widows of Malabar Hill”
190. Aruna Nambiar – “Mango Cheeks, Metal Teeth”
191. Shylashri Shankar – “Turmeric Nation: A Passage Through India’s Tastes”
192. Pervez Hoodbhoy – “Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality”
193. Karthika Nair – “Until the Lions: Echoes from the Mahabharata”
194. Siddhartha Mukherjee – “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer”
195. Jaishree Misra – “A Scandalous Secret”
196. Kiran Desai – “The Inheritance of Loss”
197. Jeet Thayil – “Narcopolis”
198. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni – “The Palace of Illusions”
199. Anosh Irani – “The Parcel”
200. Arjun Raj Gaind – “A Very Pukka Murder”
This continuation maintains the integrity of the previous list while adding another set of renowned contemporary Indian authors and their works.
