Famous Pakistani Writers

Story Behind the Books and Author Selection

Being an aspirant, i take the responsivity to come up with most relative data vs absolute. All the famous Pakistani writers and books names were taken from the PPSC, FPSC and other provinces public service commissions past papers.

This is clear that some of the books were written by foreign writers about Pakistan and Islam are added in this article. As these books and authors questions are repeatedly asked in previous papers, so they were added with Pakistani writers.

Famous Pakistani Writers

Books	Authors
Daughter of the East	Benazir Bhutto
The Myth of Independence	Z.A. Bhutto
Great Tragedy	Z.A. Bhutto
My Brother	Fatima Jinnah
Friends not Masters	Ayub Khan
My Feudal Lord	Tehmina Durrani
A Case of Exploding Mangoes	Mohammed Hanif
Moth Smoke	Mohsin Hamid
The Reluctant Fundamentalist	Mohsin Hamid
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia	Mohsin Hamid
Exit West	Mohsin Hamid
Home Fire	Kamila Shamsie
Kartography	Kamila Shamsie
Ice Candy Man	Bapsi Sidhwa
The Crow Eaters	Bapsi Sidhwa
Cracking India	Bapsi Sidhwa
Spirit of Islam	Syed Ameer Ali
Kashf-al-Majoob	Hazrat Ali Hajveri
Pakistan the long view	Lawrence Ziring
Pakistan in the twentieth century	Lawrence Ziring
The Ayub Khan era	Lawrence Ziring
Jinnah of Pakistan	Stanley Wolpert
Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan	Stanley Wolpert
A New History of India	Stanley Wolpert
Jinnah, Creator of Pakistan	Hector Bolitho
Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence	Jaswant Singh
The Sole Spokesman	Ayesha Jalal
The Struggle for Pakistan	Ayesha Jalal
The Idea of Pakistan	Stephen Philip Cohen
The Making of Pakistan	K.K. Aziz
Neither a Hawk Nor a Dove	Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
In the Line of Fire	Pervez Musharraf
The Ethics of Islam	Syed Ameer Ali
Lost Islamic History”	Firas Alkhateeb
“Governing the Ungovernable	Ishrat Hussain
Muhammad (SAW): A Prophet for our time	Karen Armstrong
Pakistan between Mosque and Military	Hussain Haqqani
Asar-us-Sanadid	Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
The Truth Always Prevails	Sadruddin Hashwani

A must read list of World famous books and authors for all competitive exams including CSS, PMS, and one paper FPSC, PPSC, SPSC, BPSC, KPPSC and NTS MCQs Question.

Urdu Novel Writers

A full list of most repeated books and authors questions from past papers.

Books Names	Authors Names
Anarkali	Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj
Chacha Chakkan	Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj
Qurtaba Ka Qazi	Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj
Hayat- e-Javed	Altaf Hussain Hali
Hayat-e -Sadi	Altaf Hussain Hali
Yaad Gar e Ghalib	Altaf Hussain Hali
Musadas e Hali	Altaf Hussain Hali
Ander Sabha	Amant Lakhnvi
khushbu	Parveen Shakir
Inkar	Parveen Shakir
Mah Tmam	Parveen Shakir
Bazar e husan	Premchand Munshi
Soz-e-Watan (First Urdu Afsana)	Premchand Munshi
Bewaah	Premchand Munshi
Footpath Ki Ghaas	Bano Qudsiya
Raja Gidh	Bano Qudsiya
Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaq	Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Asrar-us-Sanadid	Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Asbab-i-Baghawat-e-Hind	Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Al-Khutbat al-Ahmadiya	Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Dunya Goal hai	Ibn e Insha
Awarah Gard Ki Diary	Ibn e Insha
Chalte Ho To Cheen Ko Chaliye	Ibn e Insha
Mere Khwab Reza Reza	Ahmad Faraz
Jahan e Danish	Ehsan Danish
Gadariya	Ashfaq Ahmed
Zaviya	Ashfaq Ahmed
Mann Chalay Ka Sauda	Ashfaq Ahmed
Aik Mohabbat Sau Afsana	Ashfaq Ahmed
Hostel mein parhna	Patras Bukhari
Lahore Ka Jughrafia	Patras Bukhari
Kapaas ka Phool	Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Dasht-e-wafa	Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Nila Pathar	Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Ghar se Ghar tak	Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Chopal	Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Yaadon Ki Brat	Josh Malihabadi
Shahnama Islam	Hafeez Jalandhari
Soz-o-Saaz	Hafeez Jalandhari
Begmat Ke Aansoo	Khawja Hassan Nizami
Separa - E - Dil	Khawja Hassan Nizami
Mirat-ul-Uroos (First Urdu Novel)	Deputy Nazir Ahmad
Binat un Nash	Deputy Nazir Ahmad
Ibn-ul-Waqt	Deputy Nazir Ahmad
Bajang Amad	Col. Muhammad Khan
Haji Baghlol	Munshi Sajjad Hussain
Hasan Angelina	Abdul Halim Sharar
Firdaws-i Bareen	Abdul Halim Sharar
Ilm ul Iqtisad	Muhammad Iqbal
Asrar-i-Khudi (Persian)	Muhammad Iqbal
Rumuz-i-Bekhudi (Persian)	Muhammad Iqbal
Payam-i-Mashriq(Persian)	Muhammad Iqbal
Zabur-i-Ajam(Persian)	Muhammad Iqbal
Bang-i-Dara (Urdu)	Muhammad Iqbal
Bal-i-Jibril (Urdu)	Muhammad Iqbal
Zarb-i Kalim (Urdu)	Muhammad Iqbal
Armughan-e-Hijaz (Urdu and Persian)	Muhammad Iqbal
Nuskha Hai Wafa	Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Naqsh-e-Faryadi	Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Sar-e-Wadi-e-Sina	Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Heart-Attack (poem)	Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Shab-e-Rafta	Majeed Amjad
Aab e Hayat	Muhammad Husain Azad
Sab Ras (First Urdu Book in Nasar/Prose)	Mulla Wajhi
Ood-e-Hindi urdu-e-moalla	Ghalib Letters
Qate Burhan	Mirza Ghalib
Sirat-un-Nabi	Shibli Nomani Sulaiman Nadvi
Chand Ham Asr	Maulwi Abdul Haq
Barg-e-Nai	Nasir Kazmi
Pehli Barish	Nasir Kazmi
Muhammad Ben Qasim	Naseem Hijazi
Khaak aur Khoon	Naseem Hijazi
Alipur ka Ailee	Mumtaz Mufti
Alakh Nagri	Mumtaz Mufti
Aangan	Khadija Mastoor
Zameen	Khadija Mastoor
Dasht e Soos	Jamila Hashmi
Toba Tek Singh	Saadat Hasan Manto
Khali Botlein	Saadat Hasan Manto
Udas Naslain	Abdullah Hussain
Zameendar	Zafar Ali Khan
Swadeshi Rail	Shaukat Thanvi
Jangloos	Shaukat Siddiqui
Khuda Ki Basti	Shaukat Siddiqui
Khakam Badahan	Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi
Pressure Cooker	Sadiq Salik
Sassui Punnhun	Hashim Shah
Hasan Kuzagar	Noon Meem Rashid