R.K. Narayan’s Followers (1,934)

R.K. Narayan

Born

in Chennai, India

October 10, 1906

Died

May 13, 2001

Genre

Fiction, Memoir, Humor

edit data

R. K. Narayan is among the best known and most widely read Indian novelists who wrote in English.

R.K. Narayan was born in Madras, South India, in 1906, and educated there and at Maharaja's College in Mysore. His first novel, Swami and Friends and its successor, The Bachelor of Arts, are both set in the enchanting fictional territory of Malgudi and are only two out of the twelve novels he based there. In 1958 Narayan's work The Guide won him the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy, his country's highest literary honor.

In addition to his novels, Narayan has authored five collections of short stories, including A Horse and Two Goats, Malguidi Days, and Under the Banyan Tree, two travel books, two volumes of essays, a volume of memoi ...more

Combine Editions
R.K. Narayan’s books

Average rating: 4.0 · 87,641 ratings · 5,781 reviews · 143 distinct works • Similar authors

	Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan, Jhumpa Lahiri (Introduction) 4.21 avg rating — 19,121 ratings — published 1943 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swami and Friends 4.22 avg rating — 13,638 ratings — published 1935 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic by R.K. Narayan (Translator), Pankaj Mishra (Introduction), John Lee (Narrator), Vālmīki 4.07 avg rating — 13,222 ratings — published 1957 — 387 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guide by R.K. Narayan, Michael Gorra (Introduction) 3.93 avg rating — 10,987 ratings — published 1958	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The English Teacher 3.81 avg rating — 4,659 ratings — published 1945 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man-Eater of Malgudi 3.84 avg rating — 3,453 ratings — published 1961 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bachelor of Arts 3.85 avg rating — 3,258 ratings — published 1937 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vendor of Sweets 3.75 avg rating — 2,913 ratings — published 1967 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Painter of Signs by R.K. Narayan, Monica Ali (Introduction) 3.65 avg rating — 2,616 ratings — published 1976 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tiger for Malgudi 3.91 avg rating — 1,969 ratings — published 1983 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by R.K. Narayan…

Series by R.K. Narayan

Todo Malgudi (3 books)
by

R.K. Narayan

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings

Quotes by R.K. Narayan (?)

“life is about making right things and going on..”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

102 likes

“You become [a] writer by writing. It is a yoga.”
― R. K. Narayan

tags: writing

78 likes

“The difference between a simpleton and an intelligent man, according to the man who is convinced that he is of the latter category, is that the former wholeheartedly accepts all things that he sees and hears while the latter never admits anything except after a most searching scrutiny. He imagines his intelligence to be a sieve of closely woven mesh through which nothing but the finest can pass. ”
― R. K. Narayan

tags: writerly-life

73 likes

See all R.K. Narayan's quotes »

Polls

April 2020 New School Group Read Poll

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, 1988, 182 pages

89 votes, 26.0%

Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene, 1958, 220 pages

72 votes, 21.1%

Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck, 1962, 214 pages

66 votes, 19.3%

Island by Aldous Huxley, 1962, 354 pages

48 votes, 14.0%

A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, 1967, 247 pages

37 votes, 10.8%

The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe, 1979, 352 pages

19 votes, 5.6%

Swami and Friends by R.K. Narayan, 1935, 190 pages

11 votes, 3.2%

342 total votes

1 comment

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
The Next Best Boo...: Books that make your Heart Sing!	35	228	Apr 01, 2009 10:14PM
The Next Best Boo...: I'm looking for...	36	429	May 03, 2009 04:45PM
The Seasonal Read...: Summer Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)	3022	3288	Aug 31, 2010 10:39PM
Book Nook Cafe: What I read in August 2010	127	118	Oct 03, 2010 01:15PM
Challenge: 50 Books: Cathy of PA 50 Book Challenge	72	233	Dec 31, 2010 06:50AM
Romance Readers R...: 2011 May Monthly Challenge: Suggestion Thread	92	228	May 23, 2011 05:09PM
The Seasonal Read...: * Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)	2614	899	Aug 31, 2011 09:18PM
Indian Readers: Mansee's reading progress 2011	135	191	Dec 05, 2011 09:39PM
Goodreads Malaysia: List 50 buku Mu'az ( cube yang terboleh)	78	162	Dec 30, 2011 03:44AM
Indian Readers: April 2012 - Indian Authors	16	45	Mar 03, 2012 05:57PM

More…

R.K. Narayan’s Followers (1,934)

R.K. Narayan

Combine EditionsR.K. Narayan’s books

Series by R.K. Narayan

Polls

Topics Mentioning This Author

Combine Editions
R.K. Narayan’s books