Sashi Tharoor besides his acclaimed career with the UN was also a writer of great fame. His columns in The Hindu(2001-2008) and other national dailies were well received. He also contributed to the Gentleman magazine and his reviews and other articles in many news papers and magazines were well received. The list includes the Washington Post, The NewYork Times ,Los Angeles Times, international Herald Tribune among others. His fictions and non-fictions mostly are based in India. The writings reflect his love and evokes a sense of nostalgia of India.The “Great Indian Novel” is considered one of his best works.  All the works of Tharoor has been a bestseller in India. One of his works Show Buisness was made into a Bollywood Film called “Bollywood”. The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone has been his latest literary work and the hardback is currently on its fifth reprint.Given below is his Bibliography

FICTION	NON-FICTION	ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Riot (2001)	The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India in the 21st Century (2007)	Kerala: God’s own country (2002)[with artist M.F. Husain]
Show Business (1992)	Bookless in Baghdad (2005)	L’Inde (French) and India (English) (2008) [with photographer Ferrante Ferranti]
The Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories (1990)	Nehru: The Invention of India (2003)
The Great Indian Novel (1989)	India: From Midnight to the Millennium (1997)
	Reasons of State (1982)