Best Books To Read By Arundhati Roy: Get a glimpse of changing society through the writings of Arundhati Roy, she is known for lucid and insightful storytelling. Her debut novel ‘A God Of Small Things’ won the Man Booker Prize for fiction in 1997, the plot of the novel depicts how she weaves the story of the common man with the social and political situation of the country.
Get to know everything under the sun with one of the best books written by Arundhati Roy. She writes columns for various national and international newspapers some of which have been published as a full-length novel. Broaden your horizon on the political front with a wide range of novels to read from fiction to essay collection.
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Best Books To Read By Arundhati Roy: Our Top Picks
Here we have accumulated a list of books for every type of reader be it fiction or non-fiction. Arundhati Roy was born in Shillong, India, and studied Architecture later after the success of her novel paved a path for her to write various screenplays for television as well.
1. God of Small Things
Her debut novel portrays the social-political life of Kerela through the story of two children Esthappen and Rahel, at a very young age they come to learn about the sad truth of life, as they are held victim to everything that surrounds their life.
Their not-so-perfect life was engulfed by unpleasant events. Although the novel begins with Esthappen and Rahel, most of its part holds wider stories of the political events shaping the state, their parents, and relatives. The life of twins gets more problematic, as secrets, bitterness, and lies destroy their bubble. Book Price: Rs 309
2. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
In a follow-up of the God of Small Things, the story is about Anjum who was once Aftab, who manages a guest house in Old Delhi graveyard and gathers around her the lost, the broken and the social pariahs. The lush prose will keep you intact.
Later in the story we meet Tilo, an architect, who is admired by three men and lives in a 'country of her skin'. When Tilo takes an abandoned baby as her own, her destiny and that of Anjum become entangled as a tale that sweeps across the years. Regarded as one of the best books to read. Book Price: Rs 359
3. AZADI
In the series of inspiring essays, Arundhati Roy challenges us to ponder on the meaning of freedom in a world of growing authoritarianism. The collection includes meditations on language, public as well as private, and on the impact fiction and alternative imaginations have in these disturbing times.
The pandemic in Roy’s words is a portal between one world and another. For all the illness and devastation it has left in its wake, it is an invitation to the human race, an opportunity, to imagine a whole different world. Book Price: Rs 331
4. My Seditious Heart
An essay collection of Arundhati’s two decades of political writings which depicts the meaning of justice, freedom, and justice in times of hostility. The collection is also an unbroken memoir of her as both the writer and citizen.
Weaved together the essay from the ‘God of Small Things’ to the ‘Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ points to the various ideological spectrums of the author as she navigates the radical, social, political, religious, and governmental in the time of irrationality. Book Price: Rs 673
5. Algebra Of Infinite Justice
Yet another one of the thought-provoking essay collection of the author has stored various types of writings depicting the major events that happened in the country.
Some of the topics that have been discussed in the book include the successful nuclear bomb test, the effects of consumerism, consequences of multinational policies of developed countries on poor nations. Book Price: Rs 210