What to Read After The Mahabharata
Readers who loved The Mahabharata by Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Mahabharata is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The Mahabharata
Ramayana
The Upanishads (Penguin Classics)
Mahabharata
The Hindus
The Rig Veda
The Ramayana
Story-wallah!
Mahabharata
India
Gods, Demons and Others
An introduction to Hinduism
Gem in the Lotus
The man-eater of Malgudi
Upanisads
The Upaninṣads
Yajnaseni
The Guide
The Vendor of Sweets
Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories
Malgudi Days
Talkative man
Kautilya's Arthashastra
James Joyce's Ulysses
Fasting, Feasting