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Every Feluda story, in the order Satyajit Ray wrote them
Satyajit Ray wrote 35 complete Feluda stories between 1965 and 1996. Here they are in the order they were first published, where each first appeared, and the 23 you can play here.
Feluda was born in a children's magazine with a family history. The first story, Feludar Goendagiri, ran in Sandesh from December 1965. As Wikipedia's Feluda page notes, Sandesh had been founded by Ray's grandfather, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury; Ray himself had revived it in 1961 with the poet Subhas Mukhopadhyay, and by then he was co-editing it. Topshe tells that first story, and he tells every one after it. For the next thirty years a new Feluda turned up, more often than not, in the Puja issue of Desh or Sandesh, which is why, for many of us, he still belongs to autumn.
Reading them in order pays, and not only for tidiness. The cast grows as you go, the way a family does in a long novel. Jatayu does not exist until Sonar Kella, where he meets Feluda and Topshe on the train to Rajasthan; Maganlal Meghraj, the villain who keeps coming back, first appears in Joi Baba Felunath. Read out of order and Jatayu turns up before anyone has introduced him.
All 35, in order
The order and dates below are the story tables of English Wikipedia and Bengali Wikipedia, which agree on the order except in a few places. Where they disagree on a year or a magazine, the table says so. For stories that came out in the same year (Ghurghutiyar Ghatona and Joi Baba Felunath in 1975, for example) and for Kailashey Kelenkari, the order here is the Bengali page's. The Bengali table gives no date for Golapi Mukta Rahasya and places it after Robertsoner Ruby; this list keeps the English table's place for it, 1989.
| # | Story | First published | Listen here |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feludar Goendagiri | Sandesh, Dec 1965 to Feb 1966 | Play |
| 2 | Badshahi Angti | Sandesh, May 1966 to May 1967 | Play |
| 3 | Kailash Choudhury'r Pathar | Sharadiya Sandesh, 1967 | Not yet |
| 4 | Sheyal Debota Rahasya | Sandesh, May to June 1970 | Play |
| 5 | Gangtokey Gondogol | Sharadiya Desh, 1970 | Play |
| 6 | Sonar Kella | Sharadiya Desh, 1971 | Not yet |
| 7 | Baksho Rahasya | Sharadiya Desh, 1972 | Play |
| 8 | Kailashey Kelenkari | Sharadiya Desh, 1973 or 1974 (sources differ) | Play |
| 9 | Samaddarer Chabi | Sharadiya Sandesh, 1973 | Play |
| 10 | Royal Bengal Rahasya | Sharadiya Desh, 1974 | Play |
| 11 | Ghurghutiyar Ghatona | Sharadiya Sandesh, 1975 | Play |
| 12 | Joi Baba Felunath | Sharadiya Desh, 1975 | Not yet |
| 13 | Bombaiyer Bombete | Sharadiya Desh, 1976 | Play |
| 14 | Gosainpur Sargaram | Sharadiya Sandesh, 1976 | Not yet |
| 15 | Gorosthaney Sabdhan | Sharadiya Desh, 1977 | Not yet |
| 16 | Chhinnamastar Abhishap | Sharadiya Desh, 1978 | Play |
| 17 | Hatyapuri | Sharadiya Sandesh, 1979 | Play |
| 18 | Golokdham Rahasya | Sandesh, May to Aug 1980 | Play |
| 19 | Joto Kando Kathmandute | Sharadiya Desh, 1980 | Play |
| 20 | Napoleoner Chithi | Sharadiya Sandesh, 1981 | Not yet |
| 21 | Tintorettor Jishu | Sharadiya Desh, 1982 | Play |
| 22 | Ambar Sen Antardhan Rahasya | Anandamela, May to June 1983 | Play |
| 23 | Jahangirer Swarnamudra | Sharadiya Sandesh, 1983 | Play |
| 24 | Ebar Kando Kedarnathe | Sharadiya Desh, 1984 | Play |
| 25 | Bosepukure Khunkharapi | Sharadiya Sandesh, 1985 | Play |
| 26 | Darjeeling Jomjomat | Sharadiya Desh, 1986 | Play |
| 27 | Apsara Theaterer Mamla | Sharadiya Sandesh, 1987 | Not yet |
| 28 | Bhuswargo Bhayankar | Sharadiya Desh, 1987 | Play |
| 29 | Shakuntalar Kanthahaar | Sharadiya Desh, 1988 | Not yet |
| 30 | Golapi Mukta Rahasya | 1989 (sources differ on the magazine) | Not yet |
| 31 | Londone Feluda | Sharadiya Desh, 1989 | Play |
| 32 | Dr Munshir Diary | Sharadiya Sandesh, 1990 | Play |
| 33 | Nayan Rahasya | Sharadiya Desh, 1990 | Not yet |
| 34 | Robertsoner Ruby | Sharadiya Desh, 1992 | Not yet |
| 35 | Indrajal Rahasya | Sandesh, Dec 1995 to Feb 1996 | Not yet |
Where to start
Start where Ray did. The first recording is under an hour, one evening; the second is a Sunday's worth. All three below are Feluda before Jatayu, when the cases are small and the thinking is everything.
59:23Play: Feludar GoendagiriFeludar Goendagiri
Mirchi Bangla
The first case: Feluda and Topshe on holiday in Darjeeling, and a threatening letter to an old man who collects curios. Sunday Suspense, Mirchi Bangla, 59 minutes.
2:53:31Play: Badshahi AngtiBadshahi Angti
Mirchi Bangla
The first novel, set in Lucknow, and a stolen ring. Sunday Suspense, Mirchi Bangla, 2 hours 53 minutes: a long one, so keep it for a free Sunday.
59:47Play: Sheyal Debota RahasyaSheyal Debota Rahasya
Mirchi Bangla
A statue of Anubis, the Egyptian god with a jackal's head, disappears from a collector's house in Kolkata. Sunday Suspense, Mirchi Bangla, an hour.
12 of the 35 are not on the site yet, Sonar Kella and Joi Baba Felunath among them. The book below has all 35.
Feluda Samagra (1-2)
Satyajit Ray · Ananda Publishers
The complete Feluda in two volumes, from Ray's own publisher. Hardback, ₹2,200 on Ananda Publishers' shop on 30 September 2026. Reading the words after hearing the voices is a different pleasure, and, as Bengali Wikipedia notes, most of the covers and drawings in the Feluda books are Ray's own.
References (3)
- Feluda (series): Stories, Wikipedia. Checked 25 Oct 2026.
- ফেলুদা: ফেলুদা সিরিজ, বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়া. Checked 25 Oct 2026.
- Feluda, Wikipedia. Checked 30 Sep 2026.
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