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Arundhati Roy: books and prizes

Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and activist who grew up in Aymanam, Kerala. Her first novel, The God of Small Things, won the Booker Prize in 1997. She has since published mainly non-fiction and essays, alongside a second novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, in 2017.^1,2

Works, in order of first publication

1. 1997The God of Small Things^2,1novel
2. 1998The End of Imagination²essays
3. 1999The Cost of Living²essays
4. 2001Power Politics²essays
5. 2002The Algebra of Infinite Justice²essays
6. 2003War Talk²essays
7. 2004An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire²essays
8. 2009Field Notes on Democracy, Listening to Grasshoppers²essays
9. 2010Walking with the Comrades²non-fiction
10. 2011Broken Republic, Three Essays²essays
11. 2014Capitalism, A Ghost Story²essays
12. 2017The Ministry of Utmost Happiness^2,1novel
13. 2020Azadi, Freedom, Fascism, Fiction²essays
14. 2025Mother Mary Comes to Me²memoir

Prizes

1. 1997Booker Prize^1,2For The God of Small Things
2. 2004Sydney Peace Prize²For Body of work
3. 2024PEN Pinter Prize²For Body of work
4. 2025National Book Critics Circle Award, Biography²For Mother Mary Comes to Me

Sources

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Arundhati Roy, Encyclopaedia Britannica (last updated 2026-10-14)
2. EBSCO, Arundhati Roy, EBSCO Research Starters (accessed 2026-10-28)