V.S. Naipaul was a Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer renowned for his works of fiction and nonfiction in English. He is known for his comic early novels set in Trinidad, his bleaker novels of alienation in the wider world, and his vigilant chronicles of life and travels. He wrote in prose that was widely admired, but his views sometimes aroused controversy. He published more than thirty books over fifty years. He received a knighthood in 1990, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.

- Miguel Street 1959 novel historical, trinidad en

- A House for Mr. Biswas 1961 novel identity, home, independence, colonialism en

- The Middle Passage 1962 non-fiction travel, trinidad, colonialism, caribbean en

- An Area of Darkness 1964 non-fiction india, travel en

- The Mimic Men 1967 novel exile, identity, colonialism en

- The Loss of El Dorado 1969 non-fiction travel, trinidad en

- Collected Short Fiction 1971 short-stories colonialism, india, migration, family en

- In a Free State 1971 novel freedom, exile, displacement, violence en

- Guerrillas 1975 novel revolution, violence, power, race en

- India: A Wounded Civilization 1976 non-fiction travel, india en

- Among the Believers 1981 non-fiction travel, islam, religion en

- The Enigma of Arrival 1987 novel en

- A Turn in the South 1989 non-fiction america, travel, race, history en

- India: A Million Mutinies Now 1990 non-fiction travel, india en

- A Way in the World 1994 novel historical en

- Beyond Belief 1998 non-fiction travel, islam en

- Between Father and Son 1999 non-fiction letters en

- Half a Life 2001 novel exile, identity, colonialism, migration en

- The Nightwatchman's Occurrence Book 2002 anthology trinidad, comedy, colonialism, satire en

- The Writer and the World 2002 short-stories travel, politics, postcolonialism, india, africa en

- Literary Occasions 2003 non-fiction essays en

- Magic Seeds 2004 novel exile, ideology. revolution en