100 Malayalam books to read before you die

Adukkallayil Ninn Arangatheck - V.T. Bhattathirippad (Play)
Agnisakshi - Lalithambika Antharjanam (Novel)
Ahalyayude Pennmakkal - Sarah Joseph (Short Stories)
Aithihyamala - Kottarathil Sankunni (Short Stories)
Ambalamani - Sugathakumari (Poetry)
Arabiponn - MT and NP Muhammed (Novel)
Arangu Kanatha Nadan - Thikkodiyan (Autobiography)
Aswathamaav - Madamp Kunjukuttan (Novel)
Atmakatha - E.M.S. Namboothirpad (Autobiography)
Atmopadesa Satakam - Sree Narayana Guru (Poetry)

Avakasikal - Vilasini (Novel)

Avanavan Kadamba - Kavalam Narayana Panicker (Play)

Ayalkar - P. Kesavadev (Novel)

Aysha - Vayalar Rama Varma (Poetry)

Ayyappa Panickarude Krithikal - Ayyappa Panicker (Poetry)

Bharathaparyadanam - Kuttikrishna Marar (Essay)

Bhashpanjali - Changampuzha (Poetry)

Bhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum - Zacharia (Short Stories)

Bhoomigeethangal - Vishu Narayanan Nambuthiri (Poetry)

Chalachitrathinte Porrul - Vijayakrishnan (Essay)

Chandalabhikshuki - Kumaran Asan (Poetry)

Chathravum Chamaravum - M.P. Sankunni Nair (Essay)

Chemmeen - Thakazhi (Novel)

Daivathinte Kann - N.P. Muhammed (Novel)

Daivathinte Vikruthikal - M. Mukundan (Novel)

Gandhiyum Godseyum - N.V. Krishna Warrier (Poetry)

Ghasal - Balachandran Chullikkad (Poetry)

Guru - K. Surendran (Novel)

Gurusagaram - O.V. Vijayan (Novel)

Higwita - N.S. Madhavan (Short Stories)

Himalaya Sanuviloode - K.V. Surendranath (Travel)

Indulekha - O. Chandu Menon (Novel)

Ini Njan Urrangatte - P.K. Balakrishnan (Novel)

Isangallkkappuram - S. Guptan Nair (Essay)

Kairaliyude Katha - N. Krishna Pillai (Essay)

Kalam - M.T. Vasudevan Nair (Novel)

Kalyana Sougandhikam - Kunchan Nambiar (Poetry)

Kanchana Seetha - C.N. Sreekantan Nair (Play)

Kannuneerthulli - Nalapat Narayana Menon (Poetry)

Karoorinte Cherukathakal - Karoor Neelakanta Pillai (Short Stories)

Karuna - Kumaran Asan (Poetry)

Kayar - Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (Novel)

Kaypavallari - Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (Poetry)

Kazhinja Kalam - Joseph Mundasseri (Autobiography)

Khasakinte Ithihasam - O.V. Vijayan (Novel)

Kodunkaatt Uyarthiya Kalam - Joseph Idamaruk (Essay)

Kozhinja Ilakall - K.P. Kesava Menon (Autobiography)

Krishna Gatha - Cherrusseri (Poetry)

Kuchelavritham Vanchippatt - Ramapurath Warrier (Poetry)

Kurathi - Kadamanitta Ramakrishnan (Poetry)

M.T. yude Therenjedutha Kathakal - M.T. Vasudevan Nair (Short Stories)

Mahabharatham - Thunchath Ramanujan Ezhuthachan (Poetry)

Marthanda Varma - C.V. Raman Pillai (Novel)

Marubhoomikal Undakunnath - Anand (Novel)

Marunn - Punathil Kunjadbullah (Novel)

Mayyazhipuzhayude Theerath - M. Mukundan (Novel)

Nakshathrangale Kaval - P. Padmarajan (Novel)

Nalacharitham Attakkatha - Unnayi Warrier (Poetry)
Naranath Bhranthan - P. Madhusoodanan Nair (Poetry)

Neermathalam Poothappoll - Kamala Das (Novel)

Nilavil Virinja Kappi Pookkal - D. Babu Paul (Essay)

Ningallenne Communistaakki - Thoppil Bhasi (Play)

Nivedyam - Balamaniamma (Poetry)

Odakkuzhal - G. Sankara Kurup (Poetry)

Ormakallude Virunn - V.K. Madhavan Kutty (Autobiography)

Oru Desathinte Katha - S.K. Pottekkatt (Novel)

Oru Sankeerthanam Poley - Perumpadavam Sreedharan (Novel)

Oru Vazhiyum Kurre Nizhalukalum - Rajalekshmi (Novel)

Pandavapuram - Sethu (Novel)

Pani Theeratha Veed - Parapurrath (Novel)

Pathradharmam - Swadesabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai (Essay)

Pathrapravarthanam Enna Yatra - V. K. Madhavan Kutty (Autobiography)

Payyan Kathakal - V.K.N. (Short Stories)

Poothapaatt - Edasseri (Poetry)

Prakasam Parathunna Pennkutti - T. Padmanabhan (Short Stories)

Ramanan - Changampuzha (Poetry)

Ramayanam - Thunchath Ramanujan Ezhuthachan (Poetry)

Randamoozham - M.T. Vasudevan Nair (Novel)

Sahitya Varaphalam - M. Krishnan Nair (Essay)

Sahityamanjari - Vallathol Narayana Menon (Poetry)

Sampoorna Krithikal - Vaikom Muhammed Basheer (Short Stories)

Sancharasahityam Vol I - S.K. Pottekkatt (Travel)

Sancharasahityam Vol II - S.K. Pottekkatt (Travel)

Saphalamee Yatra - N.N. Kakkad (Autobiography)

Souparnika - Narendra Prasad (Play)

Spandamapinikale Nandi - C. Radhakrishnan (Novel)

Sree Chithira Thirunal - Avasanathe Naduvazhi - T.N. Gopinathan Nair
(Essay)

Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum - Uroob P.C. Kuttikrishnan (Novel)

Swathi Thirunal - Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair (Novel)

Tatwamasi - Sukumar Azhikode (Essay)

Thattakam - Kovilan (Novel)

The Judgement - N.N. Pillai (Play)

Ullkkadal - George Onakkoor (Novel)

Umakeralam - Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer (Poetry)

Upp - O.N.V. Kurup (Poetry)

Vasthuhara - C.V. Sriraman (Novel)

Verukal - Malayatoor Ramakrishnan (Novel)

Vikramaditya Kathakal - C. Madhavan Pillai (Short Stories)

Yantram - Malayatoor Ramakrishnan (Novel)

Yaticharya - Nitya Chaitanya Yati (Essay)