Ruskin Bond books in order
Indian writer of British descent
- Born
- 1934
- Country
- Dominion of India
- Books
- 90
Ruskin Bond has published 11 novels, 6 novellas, 11 short story collections, 10 non-fiction books, 9 children's books, 2 poetry collections and 41 other books, beginning with The Room on the Roof (1956). The best-known is The Blue Umbrella (1980). The latest is Words From My Window (2019).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with Ruskin Bond
Start here
The Blue Umbrella
Ruskin Bond's most-read book.
Shortest way in
The Room on the Roof
One of the most-read, at about 153 pages.
Newest
Words From My Window
Published 2019.
Standalone novels in order
The Room on the Roof (1956)
Strangers On the Roof (1994)
ahilan (2003)
Rusty Runs Away (2003)
The Best of Ruskin Bond (2003)
A Face in the Dark and Other Hauntings (2004)
The Kashmiri Storyteller (2011)
Death Under the Deodars (2016)
Vagrants in the Valley (2016)
Whispers in the Dark (2016)
The Tree Lover (2017)
Novellas in order
Angry River (1972)
The Blue Umbrella (1980)
The Adventures of Rusty (1986)
An Island of Trees (1992)
Binya's Blue Umbrella (1995)
Cricket for a Crocodile (2016)
Short story collections in order
A Girl from Copenhagen (1977)
Time Stops at Shamli and Other Stories (1989)
Panther's Moon and Other Stories (1991)
Penguin Book of Indian Ghost Stories (1993)
The Penguin Book of Indian Railway Stories (1994)
A Season of Ghosts (1999)
When Darkness Falls and Other Stories (2001)
Treasury of Stories for Children (2003)
Tales of Fosterganj (2014)
Uncles, Aunts & Elephants (2014)
Collected Short Stories (2016)
Non-fiction in order
Scenes from a Writer's Life (1997)
The Lamp Is Lit (1998)
Friends in Small Places (2000)
Landour Days (2002)
Roads to Mussoorie (2005)
Tales of the Open Road (2006)
A Book of Simple Living (2015)
Lone Fox Dancing (2017)
Himalaya (2018)
Words From My Window (2019)
Children's books in order
The Road to the Bazaar (1980)
Flames in the Forest (1981)
Ghost Trouble (1989)
Dust on the Mountain (1990)
Cherry Tree (1996)
Leopard on the Mountain (1998)
Rusty, the Boy from the Hills (2002)
Mr Olivers Diary (2010)
Great Stories for Children (2011)
Poetry in order
HipHop Nature Boy and Other Poems (2012)
Book of Verse (2016)
Other books in order
The Hidden Pool (1966)
The Man Eater of Manjari (1974)
Love Is a Sad Song (1975)
A Flight of Pigeons (1980)
Tales and Legends from India (1982)
Getting Granny's Glasses (1985)
Cricket for the Crocodile (1986)
Adventures of Rama and Sita (1987)
Grandfathers Private Zoo (1989)
Night Train at Deoli (1989)
Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra (1991)
Rain in the Mountains (1993)
Landour Cookbook (2001)
Delhi Is Not Far (2003)
Rusty (2003)
The Little Book of Comfort (2003)
The Rupa Book of Great Suspense Stories (2003)
Ruskin's Bond Book of Nature (2004)
Rusty Goes to London (2004)
The India I Love (2004)
Ghost Stories from the Raj (2005)
Funny Side Up (2006)
The Parrot Who Wouldnt Talk (2008)
Notes from a Small Room (2009)
School Days (2010)
At School with Ruskin Bond (2011)
Susanna's Seven Husbands (2011)
A Little Book of Life (2012)
Adventures of Rusty Collected Stories (2012)
Falling in Love Again (2013)
Tigers for Dinner (2013)
The Laughing Skull (2016)
Confessions of a Book Lover (2017)
Unhurried Tales (2017)
Rusty and the Magic Mountain (2018)
Coming Round the Mountain (2019)
House of Strange Stories (2019)
Little Book of Everything (2020)
How to Be a Writer (2021)
Great Stories for All Time by Two Master Storytellers (2022)
Little Book of India (2022)
Film and TV adaptations
- The Blue Umbrella (2005)Film · from The Blue Umbrella
About Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author and poet. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, published in 1956, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Bond has authored more than 500 short stories, essays, and novels which include 69 books for children. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. He was awarded the Padma Shri Award in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan Award in 2014.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Ruskin Bond FAQ
- How many books has Ruskin Bond written?
- Ruskin Bond has published 11 novels, 6 novellas, 11 short story collections, 10 non-fiction books, 9 children's books, 2 poetry collections and 41 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Ruskin Bond's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with The Blue Umbrella.
- What is Ruskin Bond's latest book?
- Words From My Window (2019).
- What is Ruskin Bond's most famous book?
- The Blue Umbrella (1980) is Ruskin Bond's most widely read book.
- Which Ruskin Bond books have been adapted?
- 1 book has been adapted for film or TV, including The Blue Umbrella (film, 2005).
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.