Urdu literature
اردو ادب
101 books
Dastan · 1804
Bagh-o-Bahar (The Garden and the Spring): Tales of the Four Darvesh
باغ و بہار
Mir Amman
25 chapters · first two free
Novel · 1936
Godaan (The Gift of a Cow)
گئودان
Munshi Premchand
24 chapters · first two free
Novel · 1888
Ibn-ul-Waqt (The Time-Server)
ابن الوقت
Deputy Nazir Ahmad
28 chapters · first two free
Novel · 1931
Gaban (The Embezzlement)
غبن
Munshi Premchand
52 chapters · first two free
Nazm · 1905
The Reward of Silence
چپ کی داد
Altaf Hussain Hali
9 chapters · first two free
Afsana · 1922
Tears of the Begums
بیگمات کے آنسو
Khwaja Hasan Nizami
19 chapters · first two free
Tanqeed
Jan-e-Urdu (The Soul of Urdu)
جان اردو
Abdur Rauf Ishrat Lakhnavi
6 chapters · first two free
Tanqeed
Qawaid-e-Mir (The Rules of Mir)
قواعد میر
Abdur Rauf Ishrat Lakhnavi
10 chapters · first two free
Tanqeed
Mahakama-e-Markaz-e-Urdu (A Judgement on the Centre of Urdu)
محاکمۂ مرکز اردو
Syed Ahmad Dehlvi
6 chapters · first two free
Tareekh (history)
Shahi Sair-e-Kashmir (The Royal Tours of Kashmir)
شاہی سیر کشمیر
Munshi Muhammad Din Fauq
7 chapters · first two free
Safarnama
Sair-e-Dehli (A Visit to Delhi)
سیر دہلی
Shah Muhammad Akbar Danapuri
12 chapters · first two free
Safarnama
Sair-e-Kashmir (A Tour of Kashmir)
سیر کشمیر
Pandit Kanhaiya Lal Ashiq
8 chapters · first two free
Autobiography & Biography
Beeti Kahani (The Story of What Befell Me)
بیتی کہانی
Shahr Bano Begum
12 chapters · first two free
Masnavi
Zehr-e-Ishq (The Poison of Love)
زہر عشق
Mirza Shauq Lakhnavi
6 chapters · first two free
Dastan
Qissa-e-Maqtool-e-Jafa (The Tale of the Victims of Cruelty)
قصۂ مقتول جفا
Hafiz Amiruddin
6 chapters · first two free
Dastan
Lataif-e-Hindi (Indian Jests)
لطائف ہندی
Lallu Lal Kavi
first two free
Dastan
Madhonal and Kam Kandla
مادھونل اور کام کندلا
Mazhar Ali Khan Wila
9 chapters · first two free
Dastan
Shakuntala
سکنتلا
Mirza Kazim Ali Jawan
9 chapters · first two free
Dastan
Shagufa-e-Mohabbat (The Blossom of Love)
شگوفۂ محبت
Mirza Rajab Ali Beg Suroor
11 chapters · first two free
Dastan
Nasr-e-Benazir (Benazir in Prose)
نثر بے نظیر
Mir Bahadur Ali Husaini
first two free
Safarnama
Ajaibat-e-Farang (The Wonders of Europe)
عجائبات فرنگ
Yusuf Khan Kambalposh
13 chapters · first two free
Dastan
Nau Tarz-e-Murassa (The Tale of the Four Dervishes)
نو طرز مرصع
Mir Muhammad Husain Ata Khan Tahsin
10 chapters · first two free
Dastan
Akhlaq-e-Hindi (Indian Morals)
اخلاق ہندی
Mir Bahadur Ali Husaini
11 chapters · first two free
Mazmoon
Muraqqa-e-Zaban-o-Bayan-e-Dehli (A Portrait of the Language and Speech of Delhi)
رسالہ نذر آصف یعنی مرقع زبان و بیان دہلی
Sayyid Ahmad Dehlavi
14 chapters · first two free
Dastan
Gul-e-Bakavali (Mazhab-e-Ishq: The Tale of the Bakavali Flower)
مذہب عشق یعنی قصۂ گل بکاؤلی
Munshi Nihal Chand Lahori
29 chapters · first two free
Tareekh (history)
Bazm-e-Akhir (The Last Assembly: Life in the Red Fort of the Last Mughals)
بزم آخر
Munshi Faizuddin Dehlavi
first two free
Dastan
Zahaar
زہار
Iram Farooq (Arzo)
first two free
Poetry collection
Bang-e-Dara (The Call of the Caravan Bell)
بانگِ درا
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
first two free
Dastan
Fasana-e-Ajaib (The Tale of Wonders)
فسانۂ عجائب
Mirza Rajab Ali Beg Suroor
23 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Jurat ka Kalam (Poems of Jurat)
جرأت کا کلام
Shaikh Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat
4 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Bahadur Shah Zafar ka Kalam (Poems of Bahadur Shah Zafar)
بہادر شاہ ظفر کا کلام
Bahadur Shah Zafar
first two free
Ghazal
Mushafi ka Kalam (Poems of Mushafi)
مصحفی کا کلام
Ghulam Hamadani Mushafi
8 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Jigar Moradabadi ka Kalam (Poems of Jigar Moradabadi)
جگر مرادآبادی کا کلام
Jigar Moradabadi
5 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Riyaz Khairabadi ka Kalam (Poems of Riyaz Khairabadi)
ریاض خیرآبادی کا کلام
Riyaz Khairabadi
7 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Seemab Akbarabadi ka Kalam (Poems of Seemab Akbarabadi)
سیماب اکبرآبادی کا کلام
Seemab Akbarabadi
first two free
Ghazal
Arzoo Lucknavi ka Kalam (Poems of Arzoo Lucknavi)
آرزو لکھنوی کا کلام
Arzoo Lucknavi
6 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Aatish ka Kalam (Poems of Aatish)
آتش کا کلام
Haidar Ali Aatish
6 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Bekhud Dehlavi ka Kalam (Poems of Bekhud Dehlavi)
بیخود دہلوی کا کلام
Bekhud Dehlavi
5 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Shad Azimabadi ka Kalam (Poems of Shad Azimabadi)
شاد عظیم آبادی کا کلام
Shad Azimabadi
6 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Mehr ka Kalam (Poems of Mehr)
مہر کا کلام
Mirza Hatim Ali Beg Mehr
5 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Tasleem ka Kalam (Poems of Tasleem)
تسلیم کا کلام
Ameerullah Tasleem
4 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Majrooh ka Kalam (Poems of Majrooh)
مجروح کا کلام
Mir Mehdi Majrooh
5 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Shefta ka Kalam (Poems of Shefta)
شیفتہ کا کلام
Mustafa Khan Shefta
5 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Aasi Ghazipuri ka Kalam (Poems of Aasi Ghazipuri)
آسی غازی پوری کا کلام
Aasi Ghazipuri
4 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Ameer Minai ka Kalam (Poems of Ameer Minai)
امیر مینائی کا کلام
Ameer Minai
4 chapters · first two free
Ghazal
Nasikh ka Kalam (Poems of Nasikh)
ناسخ کا کلام
Imam Bakhsh Nasikh
first two free
Ghazal
Momin ka Kalam (Poems of Momin)
مومن کا کلام
Momin Khan Momin
5 chapters · first two free
Nazm
Zafar Ali Khan ki Nazmen (Poems of Zafar Ali Khan)
ظفر علی خاں کی نظمیں
Zafar Ali Khan
first two free
Ghazal
Nazm Tabatabai ka Kalam (Poems of Nazm Tabatabai)
نظم طباطبائی کا کلام
Nazm Tabatabai
5 chapters · first two free
Nazm
Chakbast ki Nazmen (Poems of Brij Narain Chakbast)
چکبست کی نظمیں
Brij Narain Chakbast
7 chapters · first two free
Poetry collection
Sauda: Selected Poems
انتخاب کلام سودا
Mirza Muhammad Rafi Sauda
8 chapters · first two free
Poetry collection
The Urdu Ghazal from Wali to Yagana
اردو غزل: ولی سے یگانہ تک
Wali Dakkani, Mir Dard, Atish, Zauq, Dagh, Hasrat Mohani, Fani and Yagana
10 chapters · first two free
Mazmoon
Abdul Haq ke Mazameen (Essays and Addresses of Maulvi Abdul Haq)
عبد الحق کے مضامین
Maulvi Abdul Haq
18 chapters · first two free
Mazmoon
Saleem ke Mazameen (Essays of Wahiduddin Saleem)
سلیم کے مضامین
Wahiduddin Saleem
10 chapters · first two free
Poetry collection
Meeraji: Selected Poems
میراجی کی نظمیں
Meeraji
10 chapters · first two free
Novel
Ayama: The Widows
ایامیٰ
Deputy Nazir Ahmad
21 chapters · first two free
Mazmoon
Ifadat-e-Mehdi (Essays of Mehdi Afadi)
افادات مہدی
Mehdi Afadi
15 chapters · first two free
Nazm
Ismail Merathi ki Nazmen (Poems of Ismail Merathi)
اسماعیل میرٹھی کی نظمیں
Ismail Merathi
7 chapters · first two free
Mazmoon
Firaq ki Dilli (Firaq's Delhi)
فراق کی دلی
Nasir Nazir Firaq Dehlavi
first two free
Afsana
Chughtai ke Afsane (Chughtai's Stories)
چغتائی کے افسانے
Mirza Azim Beg Chughtai
9 chapters · first two free
Mazmoon
Shibli ke Mazameen (Essays and Poems: Sir Syed and Urdu Literature, Zeb-un-Nisa, and Others)
شبلی کے مضامین
Shibli Nomani
7 chapters · first two free
Autobiography & Biography
Aab-e-Hayat: The Chapter on Ghalib
آب حیات: غالب کا باب
Muhammad Husain Azad
first two free
Mazmoon
Azad ke Lecture (Lectures: A Journey Through Iran, On Urdu and English Prose, On Poetry)
آزاد کے لکچر
Muhammad Husain Azad
5 chapters · first two free
Mazmoon
Sharar ke Mazameen (Essays: Delhi That Was, The Gallants of Europe, The Garden of Desire)
شرر کے مضامین
Abdul Halim Sharar
5 chapters · first two free
Safarnama
Sharar ke Safarname (Sharar's Travels: Gibraltar, Italy, Switzerland and Palanpur)
شرر کے سفرنامے
Abdul Halim Sharar
6 chapters · first two free
Novel
Banat-un-Nash: The Daughters of the Bier
بنات النعش
Deputy Nazir Ahmad
22 chapters · first two free
Novel
Mina Bazar (The Ladies' Fair of Shah Jahan)
مینا بازار
Abdul Halim Sharar
16 chapters · first two free
Mazmoon
Mazameen-e-Farhat: Intikhab (Selected Essays of Mirza Farhatullah Baig)
مضامین فرحت: انتخاب
Mirza Farhatullah Baig
10 chapters · first two free
Afsana
Yildirim ke Afsane (Stories and Sketches of Sajjad Haidar Yildirim)
یلدرم کے افسانے
Sajjad Haidar Yildirim
13 chapters · first two free
Mazmoon
Bahadur Shah aur Phool Walon ki Sair (Bahadur Shah and the Flower-Sellers' Festival)
بہادر شاہ اور پھول والوں کی سیر
Mirza Farhatullah Baig
8 chapters · first two free
Khaka
Dr. Nazir Ahmad ki Kahani (The Story of Dr Nazir Ahmad): A Pupil's Memoir
ڈاکٹر نذیر احمد کی کہانی، کچھ میری اور کچھ ان کی زبانی
Mirza Farhatullah Baig
first two free
Afsana
Saras ki Tarik-ul-Watani (The Cranes Leave Their Homeland): An Allegory
سارس کی تارک الوطنی
Rashid ul Khairi
4 chapters · first two free
Afsana
Gohar-e-Maqsood (The Pearl of Desire): Two Tales
گوہر مقصود
Rashid ul Khairi
7 chapters · first two free
Nazm
Intikhab-e-Akbar: Satires and Occasional Poems
انتخابِ اکبر: پیش رو یعنی قطعات
Akbar Allahabadi
9 chapters · first two free
Insha'iya
Ataleeq Bibi (The Wife as Tutor): Curtain Lectures from an Urdu Household
اتالیق بی بی
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali Rudaulvi
16 chapters · first two free
Novel
Fasana-e-Mubtala (The Tale of Mubtala): A Novel of Two Wives
فسانۂ مبتلا
Deputy Nazir Ahmad
first two free
Autobiography & Biography
Yadgar-e-Ghalib, Part One: The Life of Ghalib
یادگار غالب (حصہ اول)
Altaf Husain Hali
18 chapters · first two free
Tazkira
Dehli ki Akhri Shama (The Last Candle of Delhi): A Royal Mushaira of 1845
دہلی کی آخری شمع
Mirza Farhatullah Baig
12 chapters · first two free
Tareekh (history)
Guzishta Lucknow (Lucknow of the Past: The Last Example of Eastern Civilisation in India)
گذشتہ لکھنؤ
Abdul Halim Sharar
56 chapters · first two free
Novel
Fasana-e-Azad (The Tale of Azad): Selected Chapters
فسانۂ آزاد (انتخاب)
Ratan Nath Sarshar
first two free
Nazm
Nazms of Nazeer Akbarabadi: The Poet of the People
نظمیں نظیرؔ اکبر آبادی
Nazeer Akbarabadi
5 chapters · first two free
Tanqeed
Muqaddama-e-Shair-o-Shairi (An Introduction to Poetry and the Art of Poetry)
مقدمۂ شعر و شاعری
Altaf Husain Hali
13 chapters · first two free
Khutoot
Khutoot-e-Ghalib (Letters of Mirza Ghalib): A Selection
خطوطِ غالب (انتخاب)
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
9 chapters · first two free
Drama
Rustam-o-Sohrab (Rustam and Sohrab)
رستم و سہراب
Agha Hashr Kashmiri
10 chapters · first two free
Novel · 1874
Majalis-un-Nissa (Assemblies of Women)
مجالس النساء
Altaf Husain Hali
11 chapters · first two free
Masnavi · 1844
Gulzar-e-Naseem (The Tale of the Bakavali Rose)
گلزارِ نسیم
Pandit Dayashankar Naseem
10 chapters · first two free
Novel · 1899
Firdaus-e-Bareen (The Highest Paradise)
فردوسِ بریں
Abdul Halim Sharar
12 chapters · first two free
Mazmoon · 1859
Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind (The Causes of the Indian Revolt)
اسباب بغاوت ہند
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
10 chapters · first two free
Dastan · c. 1803
Rani Ketki ki Kahani (The Story of Rani Ketki)
رانی کیتکی کی کہانی
Insha Allah Khan Insha
8 chapters · first two free
Novel · 1869
Mirat-ul-Uroos (The Bride's Mirror)
مراۃ العروس
Deputy Nazir Ahmad
20 chapters · first two free
Nazm · 1879
Musaddas-e-Hali: The Ebb and Flow of Islam
مسدسِ حالی: مد و جزرِ اسلام
Altaf Husain Hali
19 chapters · first two free
Ghazal · 1841
Diwan-e-Ghalib: The Urdu Diwan of Mirza Ghalib, First Edition (1841)
دیوانِ غالب
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
9 chapters · first two free
Nazm · 1924–1935
Intikhab-e-Iqbal: Poems from Bang-e-Dara and Bal-e-Jibril
انتخابِ اقبال
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
first two free
Ghazal · 1841–1863
Diwan-e-Ghalib (Standard Edition)
دیوانِ غالب (متداول نسخہ)
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
16 chapters · first two free
Ghazal · 1811
Intikhab-e-Mir: Sixty Ghazals of Mir Taqi Mir
انتخابِ میر
Mir Taqi Mir
first two free
Dastan · 1805
Baital Pachisi
بیتال پچیسی
Mazhar Ali Khan Vila
26 chapters · first two free
Novel · 1899
Umrao Jan Ada
امراؤ جان ادا
Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa
20 chapters · first two free
Mazmoon
Mythological Discourses and Other Essays
اساطیری مباحث اور دوسرے مضامین
Sajid Ali Ameer
18 chapters · first two free
Novel · 1874
The Repentance of Nasuh (Taubat-un-Nasuh)
توبۃ النصوح
Deputy Nazir Ahmad
12 chapters · first two free
Mazmoon · 1870–1897
Essays from Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq
مضامینِ سرسید: تہذیب الاخلاق سے
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
first two free
Afsana
Writings of 1857
۱۸۵۷ء کی تحریریں
Khwaja Hasan Nizami
first two free