Editing R. K. Narayan (section)

== Works ==
;Novels
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*''[[Swami and Friends]]'' (1935, [[Hamish Hamilton]])
*''[[The Bachelor of Arts]]'' (1937, [[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]])
*''[[The Dark Room (Narayan novel)|The Dark Room]]'' (1938, [[Eyre Methuen|Eyre]])
*''[[The English Teacher]]'' (1945, Eyre)
*''[[Mr. Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi|Mr. Sampath]]'' (1948, Eyre)
*''[[The Financial Expert]]'' (1952, [[Methuen Publishing|Methuen]])
*''[[Waiting for the Mahatma]]'' (1955, Methuen)
*''[[The Guide]]'' (1958, Methuen)
*''[[The Man-Eater of Malgudi]]'' (1961, [[Viking Press|Viking]])
*''[[The Vendor of Sweets]]'' (1967, [[The Bodley Head]])
*''[[The Painter of Signs]]'' (1977, [[Heinemann (book publisher)|Heinemann]])
*''[[A Tiger for Malgudi]]'' (1983, Heinemann)
*''[[Talkative Man]]'' (1986, Heinemann)
*''[[The World of Nagaraj]]'' (1990, Heinemann)
*''[[Grandmother's Tale]]'' (1992, Indian Thought Publications)
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;Non-fiction
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* ''[[Next Sunday]]'' (1960, Indian Thought Publications)
* ''[[My Dateless Diary]]'' (1960, Indian Thought Publications)
* ''[[My Days]]'' (1974, Viking)
* ''[[Reluctant Guru]]'' (1974, [[Orient Paperbacks]])
* ''[[The Emerald Route]]'' (1980, Indian Thought Publications)
* ''[[A Writer's Nightmare]]'' (1988, Penguin Books)
* ''[[A Story-Teller's World]]'' (1989, Penguin Books)
* ''[[The Writerly Life]]'' (2001, Penguin Books India)
* ''[[Mysore (Narayan book)|Mysore]]'' (1944, second edition, [[Indian Thought Publications]])
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;Mythology
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* ''[[Gods, Demons and Others]]'' (1964, Viking)
* ''[[The Ramayana (R. K. Narayan)|The Ramayana]]'' (1972, [[Chatto and Windus|Chatto & Windus]])
* ''[[The Mahabharata (R. K. Narayan)|The Mahabharata]]'' (1978, Heinemann)
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;Short story collections
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* ''[[Malgudi Days (book)|Malgudi Days]]'' (1942, [[Indian Thought Publications]])
* ''[[An Astrologer's Day]] and Other Stories'' (1947, Indian Thought Publications)
* ''[[Lawley Road and Other Stories]]'' (1956, Indian Thought Publications)
* ''[[A Horse and Two Goats]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories]]'' (1985)
* ''[[The Grandmother's Tale and Selected Stories]]'' (1994, Viking)
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===Adaptations===
Narayan's book ''[[The Guide]]'' was adapted into the 1965 Hindi film ''[[Guide (film)|Guide]]'', directed by [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]]. An English-language version was also released. Narayan was not happy with the way the film was made and its deviation from the book; he wrote a column in ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine, "The Misguided Guide," criticising the film.<ref name="A flood of fond memories" /> The book was also adapted to a Broadway play by [[Harvey Breit]] and [[Patricia Rinehart]], and was staged at [[Hudson Theatre]] in 1968 with [[Zia Mohyeddin]] playing the lead role and a music score by [[Ravi Shankar]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C12FB3A5C147493C5A91788D85F4C8685F9 |title=Theater: Reluctant Guru; Mohyeddin Excels in 'The Guide' at Hudson |last=Barnes |first=Clive|date=7 March 1968|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=31 August 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023004156/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C12FB3A5C147493C5A91788D85F4C8685F9 |archive-date=23 October 2012}}</ref>

''Mr. Sampath'' was made into a 1952 Hindi film [[Mr. Sampat|of the same name]] with [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] and [[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]] and produced by [[Gemini Studios]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/25padmini1.htm |title=Dance was Padmini's passion, not films |date=25 September 2006 |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=31 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327085223/http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/25padmini1.htm |archive-date=27 March 2012 }}</ref> Another novel, ''The Financial Expert'', was made into the [[Kannada]] film ''[[Banker Margayya]]'' (1983).<ref>{{cite journal|year=1983|journal=Indian and Foreign Review |volume=21|page=28|issn=0019-4379|oclc=1752828}}</ref> [[Swami and Friends]], ''[[The Vendor of Sweets]]'' and some of Narayan's short stories were adapted by actor-director [[Shankar Nag]] into the television series ''[[Malgudi Days (TV series)|Malgudi Days]]'' that started in 1986. Narayan was happy with the adaptations and complimented the producers for sticking to the storyline in the books.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/may/16spec.htm|title=You acted exactly as I imagined Swami to be|date=16 May 2001|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=31 August 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004034104/http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/may/16spec.htm|archive-date=4 October 2009}}</ref>