In the last couple of years, there has been a rise of interest about our glorious past and culture among the people specially the younger generation and it gave rise to many mythological fiction books. Mythological fiction books are retelling of famous stories from our ancient scriptures like the Puranas, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Here a few best-selling Indian mythological fiction books every book lover shall read.

The Shiva Trilogy by Amish

The Shiva trilogy books by Amish is one of the most sold books of the last decade. It tells the story of Lord Shiva from a different perspective. 

The Shiva Trilogy by Amish consists of three books- The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of Nagas and The Oath of Vayuputras. The success of these books gave a big push to the mythological fiction books and played an important role in the rise of this genre. It tells the story of an immigrant from Tibet, Shiva who is prophesied to be the savior of Chandravanshi dynasty and help them in the fight against the evil. The book tackles the issue of good and evil and how it can change according to one’s perspective. Through this trilogy, author Amish tries to weave the legend of Lora Shiva with a fresh narrative in such a way that it keeps the reader hooked to the book till the last page.

Asura: Tale of the Vanquished by Anand Neelakantan.

Asura: Tale of the Vanquished is a best-selling book by AnandNeelkantan and it tells the story of ancient Hindu epic from Ravana’s point of view.

What makes Indian mythology different from other ancient mythologies of other civilizations is that here nothing is total black and white and we can interpret them with our own perspectives and it won’t be termed as blasphemy. Asura: Tale of the Vanquished is a retelling of Ramayana from the antagonist Ravana’s perspective. It tells us that if we hear Ravana’s version of the story, will it change our perspective about Ramayana. Asura: Tale of the Vanquished became very famous and one of the most selling mytho-fiction books of the last decade.

The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is one of the most acclaimed mytho-fiction book in India. It tells the story of Mahabharata from Draupadi’s perspective.

Draupadi was the wife of five Panadavs and she is one of the most revered women in Indian mythology. With The Palace of Illusions, its author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni tries to tell the story of Mahbharata from Draupadi’s point of view in a very feminist way. Karna is another important character in the book whose story is told in a different manner here. If you like reading about strong female characters, then it’s an ideal book for you to read for sure.