The novel as a genre of literature arrived in Tamil in the third quarter of the 19th century, more than a century after it became popular with English writers. Its emergence was perhaps facilitated by the growing population of Tamils with a western education and exposure to popular English fiction. Mayuram Vedanayagam Pillai wrote the first Tamil novel Prathapa Mudaliar Charithramin 1879.It was followed by Kamalambal Charitram by B.R. Rajam Iyer in 1893 and Padmavathi Charitram by A. Madhaviah in 1898.
Popular categories include crime, detective fiction, historical, social fiction, family subject, romance, realitywith some humor added for the readers to enjoy their leisure.
The best selling authors include subha, pattukkottai prabakar and rajeshkumar were famous for crime and detective fiction novels. Indira soundar Rajan famous for supernatural crime thriller types.
In 1940's and 1950s Kalki Krishnamurthy was notable for his historical and social fiction.
In the 1950s and 60s, Chandilyan wrote a number of very popular historical romance novels set in medieval India or on medieval trade routes with Malaysia, Indonesia and Europe
recent Tamil Novels which has entered the hearts of many Tamil readers covers family subject, romance, reality, with some humor added for the readers to enjoy their leisure. The writers who are famous in this type f novels include Ramanichandran, Muhulakshmi Raghavan, aruna nandhni, jai sakthi, Uma balakumar, and many more. many writers are introduced recently too.
So I have few of these authors novel collections which i've gonna share with you. Hope you all enjoy it..
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