His first individual book was published in 1964, when he was on his death-bed: [Chand Ka Muh Teda Hai (चाँद का मुहँ टेढ़ा है) [REF].
Ek Sahityik ki Diary, first written for his column in the weekly Naya Khun, and later continued in the journal Vasudha, published from Jabalpur (1957-60), offers a glimpse of his literary and socio-political criticism, and insights into his way of thinking, and was first published in 1964.