Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan, by Toru Dutt
A collection of poetical retellings of Indian stories and fables from Toru Dutt (1856-1877), one of the first Indian women to write prolifically in English.

Snow-birds, by Swami Ananda Acharya.
A collection of poems published in 1917 by renowned poet and philosopher Swami Ananda Acharya.

Life in an Indian Village, by T. Ramakrishna Pillai.
When this book by Madrassi writer T. Ramakrishna Pillai was published in 1891, the St. James Gazette of London wrote that "we welcome this little book as a much truer picture of Indian life than many more ambitious works.".

Rajmohan's Wife, by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
This book was the first fiction to appear in print by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, the Bengali novelist and poet who also wrote Vande Mataram, the national song of India.