Arundhati Roy books in order
Indian novelist, essayist, and activist
- Born
- 1961
- Country
- India
- Books
- 23
Arundhati Roy has published 3 novels, 13 non-fiction books and 7 other books, beginning with The Greater Common Good (1999). The best-known is The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017). The latest is Azadi (2020).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with Arundhati Roy
Start here
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Arundhati Roy's most-read book.
Newest
Azadi
Published 2020.
Standalone novels in order
The God of Small Things (1997)
An Atlas of Impossible Longing (2008)
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017)
Non-fiction in order
The End of Imagination (1998)
Power Politics (2001)
The Algebra of Infinite Justice (2001)
War Talk (2003)
An Ordinary Person' Guide to Empire (2004)
Public Power in the Age of Empire (2004)
The Shape of the Beast (2008)
Broken Republic (2011)
Walking with the Comrades (Oct 2011)
Capitalism (2014)
The Doctor and the Saint (2017)
My Seditious Heart (2019)
Azadi (2020)
Other books in order
The Greater Common Good (1999)
Come September (2003)
13 December, a Reader (2006)
Hanging of Afzal Guru and the Strange Case of the Attack on the Indian Parliament (2006)
World Tribunal on Iraq (2007)
Things That Can and Cannot Be Said (2016)
Mother Mary Comes to Me (2025)
About Arundhati Roy
Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the biggest-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes. She was the winner of the 2024 PEN Pinter Prize, given by English PEN, and she named imprisoned British-Egyptian writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah as the "Writer of Courage" with whom she chose to share the award.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Arundhati Roy FAQ
- How many books has Arundhati Roy written?
- Arundhati Roy has published 3 novels, 13 non-fiction books and 7 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Arundhati Roy's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.
- What is Arundhati Roy's latest book?
- Azadi (2020).
- What is Arundhati Roy's most famous book?
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017) is Arundhati Roy's most widely read book.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.