Important Books of World History and Their Authors:
Here is a list of important books written in World History and their authors. Generally questions related to these popular books and authors are asked in competitive examinations and will be asked further. If you are preparing for various competitive exams like: IAS, Teachers, UPSC, PCS, SSC, Bank, MBA and other government jobs, then you must know about these books.
List of important books written in world history and their authors:
| Author Name | Important Books |
| Mahatma Gandhi | Conquest of the Shelf, My Experiment with Truth, Hind Swaraj, India of My Dreams |
| Uma Shankar Joshi | Nishith |
| Maithili Sharan Gupta | Saket |
| Munshi Premchand | Amphitheater, godan, chess players, drone, rejuvenation, courthouse |
| PV Narasimha Rao | The Insider |
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee's | Slippery path of politics, three decades of Parliament |
| Subhash Chandra Bose | The Indian Struggle |
| Sarojini Naidu | The Golden Threshold, The Bird of Time, The Broken Wing, The Songs of India |
| RK Narayan | Mr.Sampat, The Guide, My Days, The Vendor of Sweets, The Darkroom, Talisman, Malgudi Days |
| Arundhati Roy | The God of Small Things, An Ordinary Person's Guide |
| Dr Rajendra Prasad | India Divided |
| Rabindranath Tagore | Geetanjali, Crescent Moon, The Gardner, Chandalika, The Hungrow Stones, The Court Dancer, King of Dark Weber, Post Office, Religion of Man |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | An Auto Biography, Discovery of India, Glimpses of World History |
| Harisen | Allahabad Commendation |
| VD Savarkar | The Indian War of Independence |
| S. Radhakrishnan | Hindu View of Life |
| Arvind Ghosh | New Lamps for Old, Life Divine |
| Vs Cometh | India Of Our Dream |
| Kuldip Nayyar | India, The Critical Years, The Judgment, India House, Beyond the Lines: An Autobiography |
| Tavleen Singh | Kashmir: A Tragedy of Errors |
| Khushwant Singh | Train to Pakistan, Truth Love and a Little Melis |
| Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam | Wings of Fire (Arun Tiwari and Abdul Kalam), 2020 – A Vision for the New Millennium, Ignited Minds My Journey |
| Vishnu | Panchatantra |
| Bhishma Sahni | Tamas |
| P G. Woodhouse | Jeeves |
| Bhagasta | Poirot (Detective Stories) |
| Ruskin | Rusty |
| Magsthenes | Stick |
| Kalidas | Meghdut, Malavikagnimitra, Raghuvamsa Kumar Sambhavam, Shakuntala, Vikram Urvasi |
| Karl Marx | Das Capital |
| George Orwell | Nineteen Eighty Four |
| Krishnadevaraya | Amuktamalayada |
| Salman Rushdie | Midnight Children (1981), Shame (1983), The Satanic Verses (1988), Mur's Last Say (1995) |
| Bharat Muni | Natya Shastra |
| Jayaprakash Narayan | Why Socialism |
| J. M. Keynes | Employment, Interest and Money |
| JK Rowling | Harry Potter |
| John Ruskin | Unto I Last |
| Varaha Mihir | Pancha Siddhantika |
| Bhavabhuti | Uttarram Charit, Malti Madhav |
| Kathryn Mayo | Mother India |
| William Shakespeare | Macbeth |
| Manohar Galgaonkar | The Man Who Killed Gandhi |
| Satyajit Ray | My Years With Apu |
| Mohan Rakesh | Half incomplete |
| Bankim Chandra Chatterjee | Anand Math |
| Tushar Gandhi | Let's Kill Gandhi |
| Vishakha Dutt | Mudrarakshasa, Goddess Chandraguptam |
| Kalhan | Rajtargini |
| Panini | Asthadhyay |
| Kautilya | Arthashastra |
| Jaydev | Geetgovind |
| Patanjali | Mahabhashya |
| Banabhatta | Kadambari, Harsha's character |
| Jayanak | Prithviraj Vijay, Manager |
| Suryakant Tripathi Nirala | Anamika, Gunjan, Parimal, Juhi's bud |
| Tulsidas | Dohavali, Kavitavali, Vinay Patrika, Ramcharitra Manas |
| Malik Muhammad Jaisi | Padmavat |
| Bal Gangadhar Tilak | Geeta Rahasya |
| Anita desai | Cry the picoque |
| VS Naipal | A Bend in the River |
| Vikram set | To live |
| R.Vektraman | My Presidential Years |
| S Radhakrishnan | The Hindu View of Life |
| N Sajeev Reddy | Without Fear or Favour |
| Nelson Mandela | Log Walk to Freedom |
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