For any research work the basic requirement is an authentic and scientifically classified list of books containing background material. Hindi Upanayaskar Kosh — The encyclopaedia of Hindi Novels & Novelists — provides the required encyclopedic information  about Hindi novels written and published between 1870 and 1980.The names of novelists have been arranged in alphabetical order and also in chronological order. The book traverses a large area of Hindi fiction and offers rich variety of facts and material under one cover. It deserves wide appreciation and acceptance. A unique venture, it should meet quite admirably the needs of research scholars of Hindi literature as also those engaged in similar projects in other languages.