Ruskin Bond is one of the weightier Indian authors who has over 500 works to his credit. Most of his works are set in the scenery of the Himalayas, Dehradun, and Mussoorie, where he spent much of his life. His literary yo-yo ego, Rusty, is partially based on his diaper experiences, and many of his books full-length Rusty as the main protagonist, exploring his life at various points.
Best Ruskin Bond Books To Read!
He is often undisputed for his unique writing style. His stories have simple themes. All of his protagonists are people whom we see in our everyday life. Each of his stories could make us remember someone similar, who we had come past in a variegated situation in life. Addressed as the “Children’s writer” and “The Man of Imagination,” his books cater to all generations’ reading needs. Here is a list of his weightier books:
1. The Room on the Roof
The Room on the Roof is the first novel of Ruskin Bond. Written scrutinizingly 70 years back, this novel still tops the charts and is considered one of the weightier novels of Ruskin Bond. This was written by him during his youth and remained an easy connection for scrutinizingly all adults to date. Rusty, an orphan, lives with his Guardian, Mr. Harrison, in Dehra. His guardian is wary of the Indian culture and wants to groom Rusty into an English person.
Like every teenager, Rusty feels completely suffocated and craves self-rule and a happy life. He befriends Somi and Ranbir and is forced to run yonder from his guardian without an unforeseen event. He gets the job of teaching Mr.Kapoor’s son Kishen through Somi. Mr.Kapoor is a drunkard with a wife, Meena, twenty years younger than him. Meena and Rusty fall in love, but Rusty’s happiness is short-lived when Meena dies in an accident. Mr.Kapoor remarries without this incident.
He then falls into the clutches of loneliness and pain without stuff x-rated again. What happens later? Did he find the love and self-rule he was starving for? This novel describes the brutality of orphan life. This typesetting moreover explains the pain a young and naive teenager had to squatter in his life and how he overcame everything. This novel moreover has a sequel, “Vagrants in the valley,” that focuses on the lives of Rusty and Kishen in the later years. You can get the typesetting here! 
2. Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories
This typesetting is a compilation of virtually 30 short stories by Ruskin Bond. The titular story revolves virtually a boy who travels from Dehradun to Delhi in a train that stops for a station named Deoli in between. On the platform, he meets a girl who sells baskets. He is immediately attracted to her. Having met her only twice, he searches for her the next day, and she is nowhere to be found. Did he find her at last?
All the book’s stories revolve virtually themes like unrequited love, yearning for childhood, the simple and carefree good old days, and the people we meet virtually us. These stories emphasize that everyone we see carries a story in them. This typesetting offers a perfect unravel from the everyday rush and lets us settle and sink in with the stories. You can get the typesetting here!
3. The Cherry Tree
The titular character, the cherry tree, is the story’s main protagonist. This story describes the journey of the cherry tree through the years that Rakesh, a six-year-old boy, had planted. Rakesh and his grandfather are living in Mussoorie. One day, Rakesh eats a cherry and plants its seed. The tree faces many hurdles, like scrutinizingly stuff cut off, grazed by animals, drastic climate changes, and so on.
What happens to the cherry tree later forms the ending of the story. This story, like many other Ruskin Bond books, emphasizes the importance of nature and nurturing it. This book, falling under fifty pages, is a sweet read for children and adults alike. You can get the typesetting here!
4. A Little Typesetting of Friendship
This typesetting is a hodgepodge of quotes, thoughts, and poems on Friendship. Ruskin Bond emphasizes the importance of Friendship and draws comparisons between friendships and many other things in life. One of the weightier portions of the typesetting is when Ruskin Bond describes Friendship through the vision of an old photo tome and says that, without all, life wasn’t that waste.
Also, contrasting the world’s popular opinion today that friends must reach out to us, Ruskin Bond says that we can moreover lend our hand forward if we want good friends. Also, if we have mastered the art of Friendship, we can master anything in life. There are moreover little thoughts like looking at an old friend and mirroring ourselves, listening increasingly than talking, and remembering the old times through hilarious incidents. You can get the typesetting here!
5. Wrestling River
Sita is a young girl living with her grandparents on an island. The island is located in the middle of the river. The river hasn’t flooded in many years, and the trio lives a simple yet peaceful life. Sita has a doll named Mamta with which she shares all her secrets with. When her grandmother falls ill, her grandfather takes her to the hospital in the nearby town. Suddenly it begins to rain, and there is a inflowing in the river. The river looks like it is in full-on wrestling mode, thus justifying the title.
She climbs into the tree nearby and seeks refuge from the heavy rain. The tree is moreover uprooted soon, and she is left unsinkable in the water. She meets a boy named Krishnan, who saves her from the tree and takes her on his boat. What happens later? Did she meet her grandfather? This tale is well-nigh hope, bravery, resilience, and turning over a new life despite life’s adversities. This story moreover is tightly rooted in village life and explores the simplicities and complexities of the same. A short and sweet read! You can get the typesetting here!
6. The Undecorous Umbrella
Binyadevi, aka Binya, and her brother Vijay, aka Bijju, live happily in the mountains. One day Binya trades her leopard-claw pendant for a undecorous umbrella from a few picnickers. Immediately after, her umbrella becomes the talk of the town. Ram Bharosa, a shopkeeper, is jealous of her umbrella. He plane hires a boy to steal her umbrella. But the theft is stopped, and Ram Bharosa’s name is spoiled among the villagers. Ram Bharosa, his name that translates to Ram, the trustworthy becomes no longer trustworthy.
People stop ownership things from him, and he is left all alone. Did he get the umbrella that he was longing for? What did Binya decide? This is a simple yet powerful story well-nigh how far people would go to get their desired things. Also, this story explains how greed and longing can completely transpiration a person’s character. Stuff a very short read, this typesetting can be completed in less than an hour or two. You can get the typesetting here!
7. Time Stops At Shamli & Other Stories
This typesetting is a hodgepodge of short stories that part-way on various themes like the loss of a loved one, a love that can never succeed, a love that leaves oneself longing for more, eyeful and ugliness from the perception of one’s eyes, mother nature, tigers, and so on. Falling a bit increasingly on the heavier side, these stories reflect the realities of life. If you are looking forward to realistic stories with the touch of nativity, this typesetting can be your perfect choice! You can get the typesetting here!
8. The Unconfined Train Journey
Ruskin Bond shares his love for train journeys in this hodgepodge of short stories. All the stories in this typesetting are unfluctuating to the trains and railway stations of the small towns in India. Ruskin Bond reminisces the days when we had children playing in the tracks, adults staring and watching at the train, and the joy each passing train gave us. Nowadays, tied to the hustle and precipitance of the everyday world, we don’t find any such things.
He moreover addresses the people on the train as mysterious faces traveling to mysterious destinations. He calls so considering people can only stare at or wave at them; they can’t understand their story. The titular story describes a boy named Suraj’s short yet memorable train journey. If you are a unconfined fan of train journeys or have spent much time on the trains, this typesetting is a must-read! You can get the typesetting here!
9. Roads to Mussoorie
As the title describes, this typesetting is a hodgepodge of Ruskin Bond’s experiences in and virtually Mussoorie. One unique portion of the typesetting is that the Foreword is written as the Backword, and he states that he does scrutinizingly everything backward, like reading a book, walking, and so on. And in contrast, the Epilogue is tabbed the Foreword. Ruskin Bond explains the difficulties of a writer’s life, like waiting for the payment and not living in a lavish and fully furnished house, as opposed to the thinking of many people.
He moreover adds that people have to climb nearly twenty steps to meet him, which is quite tedious. Postman and postal service, which are scrutinizingly endangered today, served an inevitable role when then. He explains how they, untied from delivering letters, delivered gossip everywhere and carried weapons to protect themselves from the tigers. The most influential people of that place, like the courier guy and other similar people of the place, are moreover described in detail. A feel-good read on the whole! You can get the typesetting here!
10. Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra
This typesetting is a hodgepodge of fourteen short stories that revolve virtually Ruskin Bond’s relationship with Dehra. He moreover introduces Maplewood in the first portion. He remains grateful for the place considering he came there at age 35, willing to take the risk of stuff a freelancer and build a future and career for himself. He moreover expresses his regret considering the forests and trees in the place are stuff taken lanugo in the name of Modernization.
Other impactful stories in the typesetting include “Untouchability,” a practice that prevents two children from entirely variegated classes from staying together, and “What’s your dream?” a story that emphasizes the value of focusing on our dream rather than trying to take yonder the dreams of others. You can get the typesetting here!
If you want to read feel-good stories with fresh greenery, simple people, and carefree times, these books can be your perfect choice. How many books have you read from the list? Let us know in the comments below! Happy reading!
