Ruskin Bond

Author of The Room on the Roof

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About the Author

For over forty-five years Ruskin Bond has been writing stories, novellas, essays, poems and children's books. He has written over 500 short stories and articles. Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Dehradun, New Delhi and Shimla. As a young man, he spent four years in the Channel Islands and London. show more He returned to India in 1955, and has never left the country since. His first novel The Room on the Roof received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. He received a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993, and the Padma Shri in 1999. He lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with his extended family show less

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The Room on the Roof (1988) 178 copies

The Night Train at Deoli (1989) 160 copies

The Blue Umbrella (1995) 154 copies

The Best of Ruskin Bond (1994) 151 copies

Time Stops at Shamli and Other Stories (1989) 82 copies

The Ruskin Bond children's omnibus (1872) 74 copies

Cherry Tree (1991) 72 copies

Delhi is Not Far (2003) 71 copies

Great Stories for Children (2011) 57 copies

Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra (1991) 56 copies

A Flight of Pigeons (2002) 50 copies

A Book of Simple Living: Brief Notes from the Hills (1707) 48 copies

Roads to Mussoorie (1985) 46 copies

Rain in the Mountains (1993) 46 copies

Room on the Roof: Vagrants in the Valley (1993) 45 copies

Angry River (1972) 44 copies

Indian Railway Stories (2000) 43 copies

Penguin Book of Indian Ghost Stories (1993) — Editor; Contributor — 42 copies

Rusty: The Boy from the Hill (2002) 41 copies

Tales and Legends from India (1982) 38 copies

The Adventures of Rusty: Collected Stories (1992) 36 copies

The Room of Many Colours: A Treasury of Stories for Children (2014) 36 copies

A Season of Ghosts (1999) 36 copies

The Road to the Bazaar (1899) 36 copies

Dust On The Mountain : Collected Stories (1990) 34 copies

The Writer on the Hill: The Very Best of Ruskin Bond (2014) 32 copies

The India I Love (2004) 31 copies

Getting Granny's Glasses (1985) 30 copies

The Ruskin Bond Omnibus: Ghost Stories from the Raj; Nightmare Tales; Book of Haunted Houses; Scary Stories (2004) 29 copies

Ghost Stories from the Raj (2002) 28 copies

Lone Fox Dancing: An Autobiography (2017) 28 copies

When Darkness Falls and Other Stories (2001) 27 copies

Love Among the Bookshelves (2014) 26 copies

Landour Days: A Writer's Journal (2004) 25 copies

Classic Ruskin Bond (2010) 24 copies

Maharani (2012) 23 copies

Rusty Runs Away (2003) 23 copies

Collected Fiction (1997) 23 copies

Rusty Goes to London (2004) 23 copies

The Essential Collection for Young Readers (2015) 22 copies

Falling in love again : stories of love and romance (2013) 22 copies

A Town Called Dehra (1709) 22 copies

Tigers for Dinner: Tall Tales by Jim Corbett's Khansama (2013) 21 copies

A Gathering of Friends: My Favourite Stories (2015) 21 copies

A Face in the Dark and Other Hauntings: Collected Stories of the Supernatural (2004) 21 copies

Rusty Comes Home (2004) 21 copies

Treasury of Stories for Children (2000) 20 copies

Tales of Fosterganj (2013) 20 copies

Scenes from a Writer's Life: A Memoir (1997) 20 copies

Tales of the Open Road (2006) 20 copies

The Hidden Pool (1680) 20 copies

Susanna's Seven Husbands (2011) 19 copies

Friends in Small Places (2000) 18 copies

The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life (PB) [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2015] Bond R (2015) 18 copies

Panther's Moon (Puffin Books) (1969) 17 copies

The Tree Lover (2017) 17 copies

The Day Grandfather Tickled a Tiger (2017) 16 copies

Confessions of a Book Lover (2017) 16 copies

The Ruskin Bond Mini Bus (2005) 16 copies

A Little Book of Life (2012) 16 copies

Mr Oliver's Diary (2010) 16 copies

Rusty and the Leopard (2003) 15 copies

Lamp is Lit, Leaves From a Journal (1998) 15 copies

All Roads Lead to Ganga (2008) 15 copies

The Rupa Laughter Omnibus (2003) 15 copies

Penguin Book of Classical Indian Love Stories and Lyrics (1996) 15 copies

Whispers in the Dark: A Book of Spooks (2016) 15 copies

Parrot Who Wouldnt Talk Other Stories (2008) 14 copies

Ruskin's Bond Book of Nature (2004) 14 copies

Classic Ruskin Bond: Volume 2 The Memoirs (2012) 14 copies

Ranji's Wonderful Bat and Other Stories (2015) 14 copies

Cricket for a Crocodile (1986) 14 copies

Uncles, Aunts and Elephants: Tales from Your Favourite Storyteller (2014) 14 copies

Thick as Thieves: Tales of Friendship (2017) 14 copies

The Rupa book of Ruskin Bond's Himalayan Tales (2003) 14 copies

Collected Short Stories (2016) 14 copies

Himalaya: Adventures, Meditations, Life (2016) 14 copies

My Favourite Nature Stories (2016) 13 copies

At School with Ruskin Bond (2011) 13 copies

Looking for the Rainbow (2017) 13 copies

Death Under the Deodars (2016) 13 copies

No man is an island : stories of friendship and bonding (2013) 13 copies

Notes From a Small Room (2009) 13 copies

Funny Side Up (2006) 13 copies

Ruskin Bond's Book of Verse (2007) 13 copies

The Sensualist (2017) 12 copies

Earthquake (Racers) (1984) 12 copies

The Rupa Book of Snappy Surprises (2007) 12 copies

Strangers In The Night (1994) 11 copies

The Puffin Book of Classic School Stories (2006) 11 copies

Ruskin Bond's Book of Humour (2008) 11 copies

A Little Book of Happiness (2016) 11 copies

Stories Short And Sweet (2011) 11 copies

The Beauty of All My Days: A Memoir (2018) 10 copies

The Rupa Book of True Tales of Mystery and Adventure (2003) 10 copies

The Perfect Murder (2017) 10 copies

Children's Omnibus Vol. 2 (2013) 10 copies

The Little Book of Comfort (1980) 10 copies

Ruskin Bond- Stories of Wisdom (2019) 10 copies

The Great Train Journey (2018) 10 copies

Ruskin Bond Crazy Times with Uncle Ken (2011) 10 copies

All Roads Lead to Ganga & Roads to Mussoorie (2012) 9 copies

Ruskin Bond Omnibus: Great Crime Stories, True Tales of Mystery and Adventure, Great Suspense Stories (2004) — Editor — 9 copies

The Kashmiri Storyteller (2011) 9 copies

The Ruskin Bond Horror Omnibus (2008) 9 copies

How to Be a Writer (2021) 9 copies

A Little Book of Friendship (2013) 9 copies

Ruskin Bond's Green Book (2003) 9 copies

Small Towns, Big Stories (2017) 9 copies

Words From the Hills (2017) 9 copies

Journey Down the Years (2017) 9 copies

A Handful Of Nuts (2009) 9 copies

The Rupa Book of Great Suspense Stories (2003) 9 copies

Vagrants in the Valley (2016) 8 copies

Strange Men Strange Places (1992) 8 copies

Snake Trouble (Blackbird) (1990) 8 copies

Quakes and Flames (1994) 8 copies

The Jungle Omnibus (2014) 8 copies

Rusty and the Magic Mountain (2015) 8 copies

Secrets (2015) 8 copies

The Puffin Good Reading Guide for Children (2006) 8 copies

Unhurried Tales: My Favourite Novellas (2017) 8 copies

White Mice (2018) 8 copies

Flames in the Forest (Young Puffin Books) (1981) 8 copies

Eagle Soars (Walker Doubles) (1994) 8 copies

The Kitemaker: Stories (2011) 8 copies

SCHOOL TIMES -NEW (2010) 8 copies

The Prospect of Flowers (2016) 8 copies

Himalaya: A Literary Homage to Adventure, Meditation, and Life on the Roof of the World (2018) 8 copies

Hanuman to the Rescue (2013) 8 copies

Writing for My Life: The Very Best of Ruskin Bond (2022) 7 copies

How To Live Your Life (2022) 7 copies

The Rupa Book Of Wicked Stories (2005) 7 copies

A Mussoorie Mystery (2017) 7 copies

Upon an Old Wall Dreaming: More of my Favourite Stories and Sketches (2016) 7 copies

The Rupa Book of Heartwarming Stories (2005) 7 copies

Till the Clouds Roll By (2017) 7 copies

The Eyes of the Eagle (2013) 7 copies

School Days (2010) 7 copies

My Book of Favorite Books (2008) 7 copies

Monkey Trouble and Other Grandfather Stories (2016) 7 copies

Nature Omnibus - A Bond with Nature (2010) 7 copies

Hip-Hop Nature Boy and Other Poems (2012) 7 copies

All-Time Favourites for Children: Classic Collection of 25 most-loved, great stories by famous award-winning author… (2021) 7 copies

Shikar & Great Animal Stories 2-in-1 (2010) 7 copies

Children of India (2017) 7 copies

A Little Book of Flowers (2019) 7 copies

The Empty House (2016) 6 copies

Landour Cookbook: Over Hundred Years of Hillside Cooking (2001) 6 copies

A Little Book of Love and Companionship (2016) 6 copies

The World Outside My Window (2011) 6 copies

The Little Book of Everything (2020) 6 copies

A Little Book of Serenity (2016) 6 copies

I Was The Wind Last Night (2017) 6 copies

WHEN THE NIGHT FALLS (2018) 6 copies

The Rupa Book of Nightmare Tales (2004) 6 copies

Escape from Java: and Other Tales of Danger (2010) 6 copies

Potpourri (2007) 6 copies

The Rupa Book of Shikar Stories (2004) 5 copies

When the Tiger was the King (2010) 5 copies

Thrills And Spills-Thrilling Tales (2010) 5 copies

Heartwarming & Wicked Stories 2-in-1 (2010) 5 copies

Crazy Times with Uncle Ken (2016) 5 copies

Ranji the Music Maker (2018) 5 copies

A Box of Happiness (2016) 5 copies

Coming Round the Mountain: In the Year of Independence (2019) 5 copies

The Rupa Book of Travellers' Tales (2003) 5 copies

Tales from the Childhood (2019) 5 copies

The Rupa Book Of Great Crime Stories (2003) 5 copies

Stumbling Through Life [Hardcover] RUSKIN BOND (2018) 5 copies

Ruskin Bonds Favourite Ghost Stories From Around The World 5 copies

White Clouds, Green Mountains (2016) 5 copies

A Song of Many Rivers Bond, Ruskin (2016) 5 copies

Of Birds and Beasts 5 copies

Children's Omnibus (1994) 5 copies

Ghost Trouble (1989) 5 copies

Great Escape & Great Crime Stories 2-in-1 (2010) 5 copies

The Rupa Book Of Scary Stories (2002) 5 copies

Animal Stories (2001) 4 copies

A Little Book of Beauty (2018) 4 copies

These are a Few of My Favourite Things: Ruskin Bond [Paperback] [May 05, 2018] Ruskin Bond (2018) 4 copies

The White Tiger and Other Stories (2016) 4 copies

The Rupa Book of Love Stories (2004) 4 copies

The Beast With Five Fingures [Paperback] [Feb 28, 2018] Bond, Ruskin (2018) 4 copies

Once Upon a Time In The Doon (2007) 4 copies

Night of the Leopard (School Level Supplementary Reader by Ruskin Bond) (1979) 4 copies

The Tunnel (2022) 4 copies

My Tall Green Friends (2018) 4 copies

The Chakrata Cat (2018) 4 copies

Ruskin Bond - Best Selling Children Story Books Collection (Set of 4 Books) (2019) 4 copies

Tigers Forever (1983) 4 copies

It's a Wonderful Life (2021) 4 copies

The Daffodil Case [Paperback] [May 01, 2018] Bond, Ruskin (2018) 4 copies

A TIME FOR ALL THINGS COLLECTED ESSAYS AND SKETCHES [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2018] Ruskin Bond (2018) 4 copies

A Little Book of Magical Plants (2019) 4 copies

A Murder In Mussoorie And Other Tales (2019) 4 copies

With Love From the Hills 4 copies

Ruskin Bond - From the Cradle of Nature (2019) 4 copies

A Little Book of Courage (2018) 4 copies

An island of trees : nature stories and poems (1992) 4 copies

A Gallery of Rascals (2019) 4 copies

Words From My Window (2019) 3 copies

Petals on the Ganga (2019) 3 copies

RHODODENDRONS IN THE MIST: My Favourite Tales of the Himalaya (2019) 3 copies

The Coral Tree [Paperback] RUSKIN BOND (2018) 3 copies

Immortal Stories (2013) — Editor; Contributor — 3 copies

Dragon in the tunnel (2018) 3 copies

THE RUPA BOOK OF THRILLS AND SPILLS (2008) 3 copies

Parvaaz (2006) 3 copies

ONCE YOU HAVE LIVED WITH MOUNTAINS (2017) 3 copies

Complete Novels (1996) 3 copies

Tales From My Heart (2021) 3 copies

Indian Folktales Retold (2014) 3 copies

Patangwala Aur Annya Kahaniya (Hindi) (2005) 3 copies

The House Of Strange Stories (2019) 3 copies

Party Time in Mussoorie (2016) 3 copies

Voting at Fosterganj (2017) 3 copies

Owls in the Family (2018) 3 copies

The Big Book of Animal Stories (2015) 3 copies

Rupa's Supernatural Omnibus (2005) 3 copies

Ruskin Bond Collection (2016) 3 copies

Love Stories 3 copies

Love Is a Sad Song (1976) 3 copies

WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES THIRTEEN (2017) 3 copies

Man Who Was Kipling (2018) 3 copies

Carretera abierta (2011) 3 copies

Rendezvous with Horror & Nightmare Tales 2-in-1 (2010) 3 copies

Growing Up With Trees ... 3 copies

THE VERY BEST OF RUSKIN BOND (HB) (2015) 3 copies

The Rupa Book of Great Animal Stories (2003) 3 copies

A Little Night Music (2004) 3 copies

THE WIND ON THE HAUNTED HILL (2018) 3 copies

The Rupa Book of Great Escapes (2005) 3 copies

MIRACLE AT HAPPY BAZAAR (2020) 2 copies

The Rupa Book of Eerie Stories & Haunted House (Set of 2 Books) (2007) 2 copies

Braving Mussoorie's Madding Crowd (2020) 2 copies

TIGERS FOR DINNER 2 copies

Man of destiny: A biography of Jawaharlal Nehru (1993) 2 copies

MYSTERIOUS TALES FROM THE HILLS (2021) 2 copies

The Ruskin Bond Omnibus (The Ruskin Bond Omnibus,#5) 2 copies

GRANDFATHER’S PRIVATE ZOO (2021) 2 copies

AND GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS (2021) 2 copies

Who Kissed Me in the Dark (2017) 2 copies

All-time Favourite Nature Stories (2023) 2 copies

A Time for all Things: Collected Essays and Sketches (2018) 2 copies

Stories From My Childhood - (PB) (2020) 2 copies

The Laughing Skull (2016) 2 copies

The Regimental Myna (2017) 2 copies

Happy Birthday, World! (2020) 2 copies

The Rupa Book of Haunted House (2003) 2 copies

My Trees in the Himalayas (2018) 2 copies

The World of Trees (1975) 2 copies

The Lamp Is Lit (1998) 2 copies

A Song of India: The year I went away 2 copies

Thrilling Tales (2006) 2 copies

The Duel (2019) 2 copies

The Rupa Carnival of Terror (2006) 2 copies

The Family Ghost and Other Stories 2 copies

A Long Walk For Bina [Paperback] [Jul 17, 2014] Ruskin Bond (2014) 2 copies

The Ruskin Bond Omnibus - Part III (2006) 2 copies

BOYS WILL BE BOYS (2021) 2 copies

Too Much Trouble (2006) 2 copies

Sita et la rivière (1993) 2 copies

Koki's Song (2019) 2 copies

The Adventures of Rama and Sita (Redwing Books) (1987) 2 copies

When I Was a Boy: Scenes and Stories from My Childhood (2018) 2 copies

ROADS TO NEW DELHI (2021) 2 copies

Too Much Trouble & Ruskin Bond's Himalayas 2-in-1 (2010) 2 copies

The Rupa Book of Haunted Houses (2006) 2 copies

The Book of Nature (2013) 2 copies

Ruskin Bond Children's Omnibus Volume 2 (2013) 2 copies

रस्टी के कारनामे (1995) 2 copies

Song of the Forest (2022) 2 copies

Mukesh Starts a Zoo (2019) 2 copies

The Jim Corbett Omnibus, Volume 1 2 copies

The Lagoon (2017) 2 copies

Night Of The Millennium (2019) 2 copies

The Rupa Book of Favourite Fairy Tales (2006) 2 copies

The Kipling Road (2017) 2 copies

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (2018) 2 copies

Prankenstein: The Book of Crazy Mischief [Hardcover] Ruskin Bond and Jerry Pinto (2017) 2 copies

MEMORIES OF HILLS AND DALES [Paperback] RUSKIN BOND (2018) 2 copies

Boy in a Blue Pullover (2020) 2 copies

Rusty the Boy from the Hills 1 copy

BENEATH THE WHISPERING PINES (2022) 1 copy

Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure (Illustrated, boyhood memoir series from Ruskin Bond) (2022) 1 copy

ADVENTURES IN READING (2022) 1 copy

Mussoorie: Jewel of the Hills (Classic India) (1996) 1 copy

Mussoorie & Landour (2000) 1 copy

A Little Book of India: Celebrating 75 Years of Independence (2022) 1 copy

Friends In Wild Places Birds, Beasts And Other Companions 1 copy

Animals You Can't forget 1 copy

Reaching for Kloud9 (2019) 1 copy

Great Stories for All Time by Two Master Storytellers: Box Set of the Best of Roald Dahl and Ruskin Bond (2022) 1 copy

THE SHADOW ON THE WALL: MY FAVOURITE STORIES OF GHOSTS, SPIRITS, AND THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT (2021) 1 copy

Topaz (in The Penguin Book of Indian Ghost Stories - BOND) 1 copy

SAHASIK KAHANIYAN (Hindi Edition) (2011) 1 copy

Hasya Vinod Ki Kahaniyan (Hindi Edition) (2021) 1 copy

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes: My Favourite Stories of Love, Warmth, and Friendship 1 copy

Blue umbrella 1 copy

THE BLUE UMBERLLA 1 copy

MAN OF DESTINY 1 copy

SHORT STORIES FOR CHILDREN 1 copy

Bhooton se muthbhed (2010) 1 copy

My Book of Favourite Books 1 copy

Henry: A Chameleon 1 copy

The Happy Prince and other stories 1 copy

Who Is Who At the Zoo 1 copy

Mirugakaatchi Saalaiyil (Tamil) 1 copy

Whispering In The Dark 1 copy

Dilli Ab Door Nahi (Hindi Edition) 1 copy

Granny's Tree Climbing 1 copy

Pariyon Ke Desh Mein (Hindi Edition) 1 copy

Ajab Gazab Meri Duniya (2017) 1 copy

A bond with the mountains: Stories, thoughts, and poems (1998) 1 copy

Raskin Bond ki lokpriya kahani 1 copy

A Golf Story: Celebrating 125 Years of the Bangalore Golf Club 1 copy

Veh Awara Din (Hindi Edition) (2018) 1 copy

The Eye of The Cat 1 copy

A Garland of Memories [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2014] RUSKIN BOND (2014) 1 copy

LETTERS TO MY FATHER (2021) 1 copy

days_of_innocence (2002) 1 copy

Great Lives: Ruskin Bond (2017) 1 copy

Rang-Birangi Kahaniyan (Hindi) 1 copy

The Golden Years : The Many Joys of Living a Good Long Life (2023) 1 copy

Ruskin Bond - Collected Fiction 1 copy

Thick as Thieves (2013) 1 copy

Sahasik Kahaniyan - Hindi (Hindi Edition) (2011) 1 copy

Andhere Mein Ek Chehra (Hindi Edition) (2016) 1 copy

THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE (2022) 1 copy

The Elephant and the Cassowary (2017) 1 copy

Tales Told At Twilight - Eight Wonderful Folk Tales Retold By A Master Story-Teller! 1 copy

The Rupa Book of Eerie Stories (2007) 1 copy

When the Trees Walked and Other Stories (New fiction for the young) 1 copy

Leopard on the Mountain (Cambridge Reading) (1998) 1 copy

Shudders in the Dark (2007) 1 copy

Friends in Wild Places: Birds, Beasts and Other Companions (2015) 1 copy

Rendezvous with horror 1 copy

The Rupa Book of Laughter Omnibus & Funny Side Up (2 in 1) (2010) 1 copy

A Little Book Of Everything 1 copy

The Realm of Imagination: Favorite Stories from Cricket Magazine (2011) 1 copy

Three Short Stories In Cricket (School Level Supplementary Reader by Ruskin Bond) (2008) 1 copy

Escape from Java (2015) 1 copy

The Rupa Book of Love Stories & Favourite Fairy Tales (2 in 1) (2011) 1 copy

Arab Gold [Apr 05, 1994] Nair, M. T. Vasudevan; Mohamed, N.P. and Ravindranath, P.K. (1994) 1 copy

The Rupa Book Of Spooky Encounters 1 copy

Beautiful Garhwal : Heaven in Himalayas 1 copy

Ruskin Bond Collection- 3 books Box set- Great Stories for child, whistling schoolboy, big book anim (2016) 1 copy

Bond Collection for Adults 1 copy

Wind on the Haunted Hill (2018) 1 copy

A Tiger in the House and Other Stories 1 copy

The Flute Player & Other Stories 1 copy

Someone Somewhere at 23:13 (2004) 1 copy

Laughter Omnibus & Funny Side Up 2-in-1 (2010) 1 copy

Post box no. 99 and other stories (2005) 1 copy

Sinbad the Sailor: And Other Arabian Nights Adventures (Classics with Ruskin) (2018) 1 copy

Carnival Of Terror 1 copy

Boyhood Dreams and Other Tales (2019) 1 copy

The tiger in the tunnel (2019) 1 copy

RANGBIRANGI KAHANIYAN (Hindi Edition) (2013) 1 copy

The Thief And Other Stories 1 copy

Geschichten aus dem Herzen Indiens (2012) 1 copy

Big Business (Gazelle Books) (1979) 1 copy

The Great Indian Rope Trick (2021) 1 copy

LEGENDS OF THE HILL (2021) 1 copy

THEY NEVER GET CAUGHT (2021) 1 copy

Grandfathers Private Zoo (1989) 1 copy

The Railway Gang 1 copy

Landour Bazaar (2018) 1 copy

ghost stories from the past 1 copy

the book of haunted houses 1 copy

Rom and the Wildfire 1 copy

RUSKIN BOND BOX SET OF (3 BOOKS) (2018) 1 copy

Tales of Long Ago (2019) 1 copy

The Beast Tamer (2017) 1 copy

An axe for the rani (1972) 1 copy

KASHMIRI KISSAGO (Hindi Edition) 1 copy

THE GREAT RETREAT (2018) 1 copy

Captain Young s Ghost (2018) 1 copy

The Phantom Coach (2018) 1 copy

The Trees of Dehra (2020) 1 copy

The Wise Parrot (2017) 1 copy

THING IN A UPPER ROOM (2019) 1 copy

A Bouquet of Love (2018) 1 copy

A Love of Long Ago (2019) 1 copy

A Fire in the Night (2019) 1 copy

An Underground Walk (2019) 1 copy

Toofani Nadi (2004) 1 copy

CALYPSO CHRITMAS (2019) 1 copy

Eyes of the Cat (2017) 1 copy

Fright or Flight (2019) 1 copy

In Grandfather's Garden (2018) 1 copy

SAHASIK KAHANIYA 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Vintage Book of Modern Indian Literature (2001) — Contributor — 131 copies

Adventure Stories (1988) — Contributor — 82 copies

Celebrate Cricket: 30 Years of Stories and Art (2003) — Contributor — 43 copies

The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings (1997) — Contributor — 42 copies

The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories (1994) — Contributor — 38 copies

The Oxford Book of Scary Tales (1992) — Contributor — 34 copies

A Century of Children's Ghost Stories: Tales of Dread and Delight (1995) — Contributor — 27 copies

The New Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories (1999) — Contributor — 25 copies

Seriously Spooky Stories (9-in-1) (2007) — Contributor — 19 copies

The Ghost Story Treasury (1987) — Contributor — 12 copies

Passages: 24 Modern Indian Stories (Signet Classics) (2009) — Contributor — 10 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 9, May 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 5 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 6, February 1975 (1975) — Contributor — 5 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 8, April 1974 (1974) — Contributor — 4 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 5, January 1981 (1981) — Contributor — 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2, October 1976 (1976) — Contributor — 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 12, August 1977 (1970) — Contributor — 2 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 6, February 1977 — Contributor — 2 copies

Young Winter's Tales 1 (1970) — Contributor — 1 copy

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 11, July 1980 — Contributor — 1 copy

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 12, August 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1934-05-19
Gender: male
Nationality: India
Places of residence: Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh)
Landour, India
Shimla, India
Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India
Education: Bishop Cotton School in Shimla
Awards and honors: Sahitya Akademi Award (1992), Padma Shri (1999), Padma Bhushan (2014), John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1957)

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Roads to Mussoorie by Ruskin Bond

Why do we read books like this? The nostalgia? I doubt this book will appeal to the younger generation, who don't relate to Pickwick, Billy Bunter, walks in the Hills, Ghost Stories of the Hills, and Misty Days.
If you relate to these, Ruskin Bond's book is for you.
It is a throwback to a slower time when we didn't rush. It is a throwback to when people were willing to have a conversation.
Nostalgia, maybe.

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RajivC | 2 other reviews | Mar 29, 2024 |

The Great Train Journey by Ruskin Bond

A splendid collection of Uncle Ruskin's railway stories.
I loved:
Night Train at Deoli
Night Train at Shamli
Woman on Platform No 8

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harishwriter | Oct 12, 2023 |

Season Of Ghosts by Ruskin Bond

This book is a collection of 9 short stories and a novella. Novella is not a ghost story but a mystery. I really enjoyed the novella. It is not so much about solving the crime or it is not that typical "Butler did it" story. Talks about how extraordinary situations compel people to take drastic measures. And delineates the fact that heroes need not always be James Bonds.

And the short stories range from mythical to poignant. Ghost stories and poignancy - only Ruskin Bond can pull it off!
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