Famous books and authors
Books are important in every humanβs life since they connect them to a world of fantasy, provide knowledge about the outside world, help them improve their writing, reading, and speaking abilities, and boost their memory and intellect. The importance of books in our lives needs to be emphasised, since they not only help us broaden our horizons but also act as windows into the world. They act as survival kits, influencing and imprinting themselves on us.
Feb 24, 2025, 23:45 IST
This article includes the lists of famous Indian and Foreign authors and their books. Knowledge about this is very important for competitive exams and is also essential to GK questions.
Hereβs a list of famous books and their authors across various genres and time periods:
π Classic Literature
Pride and Prejudice β Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights β Emily BrontΓ«
Jane Eyre β Charlotte BrontΓ«
Moby-Dick β Herman Melville
War and Peace β Leo Tolstoy
Great Expectations β Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby β F. Scott Fitzgerald
1984 β George Orwell
To Kill a Mockingbird β Harper Lee
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π Modern Fiction
The Kite Runner β Khaled Hosseini
Life of Pi β Yann Martel
The Fault in Our Stars β John Green
The Alchemist β Paulo Coelho
A Man Called Ove β Fredrik Backman
The Book Thief β Markus Zusak
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π§ββοΈ Fantasy & Science Fiction
Harry Potter series β J.K. Rowling
The Lord of the Rings β J.R.R. Tolkien
A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) β George R.R. Martin
The Hobbit β J.R.R. Tolkien
Dune β Frank Herbert
The Chronicles of Narnia β C.S. Lewis
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π΅οΈββοΈ Mystery & Thriller
The Da Vinci Code β Dan Brown
Gone Girl β Gillian Flynn
Sherlock Holmes series β Arthur Conan Doyle
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo β Stieg Larsson
And Then There Were None β Agatha Christie
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π‘ Non-Fiction & Self-Help
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind β Yuval Noah Harari
The Power of Now β Eckhart Tolle
Think and Grow Rich β Napoleon Hill
Atomic Habits β James Clear
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People β Stephen R. Covey