Top 10 Most Selling Novels By Indian Authors

There have been many and still are the very good authors in India who did the finest work in the world. Here we are going to provide you the List of Top 10 Most Selling Novels in India. Here is the top selling novels name and the name of the writer by which it has been written. There is no exact number of copies sold of these novels. On every other website you will see a vary in the sold copies of these novels. Here we are trying our best to give you the correct information of the Most Selling Novels By Indian Authors.

Top Most Selling Indian Novels By Indian Authors

10. The Guide: R.K Narayan

"The Guide" Novel was written by R.K. Narayan. The story of this novel is about a tour guide who has named as Raju. Then he converted into a spiritual guru and later became the most holy man of India. The plot of this novel was based on the Malgudi village. This novel got the Sahitya Akademi Award. Later in 1965, a movie was also filmed on the basis of the story of this novel starring Dev Anand as Raju.

09. The Namesake: Jhumpa Lahiri

"The Namesake" Novel was written by Jhumpa Lahiri. This novel has an emotional story which is based on the culture of different countries, languages and their life style. The story of this novel is about how a person who caught in between two different culture and languages.

The story is about the struggles of a Bangali couple who immigrated to United States. In 2006, a movie was filmed basis on the same story of this novel.

08. A Fine Balance: Rohinon Mistry

"A Fine Balance" Novel was written by Rohinon Mistry. The story of this novel was about four different persons and their life form 1975 to 1984. The bond that grew up among the all four persons of different profession is the theme of this novel. This is very popular novel of all the time.

07. The Shadow Lines: Amitav Ghosh

"The Shadow Lines" Novel was written by the Bengali write Amitav Ghosh. The story of this novel was great. The novel has set up against the backdrop of historical events like Swadeshi Movement, Second World War, Partition of India and communal riots 1963-1964 in Dhaka and Calcutta. Amitav Ghosh won the Sahitya Akademi Award for this novel.

06. Train To Pakistan: Khuswant Singh

"Train To Pakistan" Novel was written by Khusvant Singh. The story of this movie is set against the backdrop of the 1947 partition of India. The story of this movie is set in the villages of Sikh and Muslim where partition affect less but political reasons make them apart from each other. This novel shows many true faces of politics of that time.

05. The White Tiger: Arvind Adiga

"The White Tiger" Novel was written by Arvind Adiga. The story of this novel is about the struggle of India's class in the globalized world. Arvind Adiga show it through a village boy, Balram Halwai. The novel came in New York best seller Booklist. People rating this novel 4.5 out of 5 that is too great. Arvind Adiga was the second youngest writer.

04. Midnight's Children: Salman Rushdie

"Midnight's Children" Novel was written by Salman Rushdie. The story of this movie was on the partiton of India and Pakistan. There are many central characters in the story but the story is narrated by Saleem Sinai. This novel won many prize like Booker Prize in 1981, James Tait Black Memorial Prize also in 1981. Later in 1993 and 2008 the novel got special prizes, Booker of Booker and Winners of All the Time. It was also added to the list of Great Books of 20th Century.

03. The God Of Small Things: Arundhati Roy

"The God Of Small Things" Novel was written by Arundhati Roy. It was the first Novel written by Arundhati Roy and it won the Booker Prize. All the reviews on this novel were positive but there was some controversies. It remains one of the Most Selling Novels In India. 

02. Five Point Someone: Chetan Bhagat

"Five Point Someone" Novel was written by Chetan Bhagat and it was also the first novel written by Chetan. The story of this movie is about the 3 students of IIT Bombay. The story of this novel refer to the real life of Chetan Bhagat though he never said it. This is the most selling novel in India.

01. Shiva Triology: Amish Tripathi

"Shiva Triology" Novel was written by Amish Tripathi. Three books were published which collected more than 2.5 million. This is the number one in Top 10 Most Selling Novels In India worldwide.

So here you read the List of the Top Novels By Indian Authors in India. I hope you liked this post.