Literary books: poetry and prose (non-fiction) by Rita Malhotra
- Reflections, Writers workshop Kolkata 1997,
- Images of Love, Virgo Publications Delhi 2003,
- I am not your woman and other poems, Sampark, Kolkata, 2007( The book has been translated into Serbian by Serbian poet Stojomir Jamina),
- Transitentrance (work of translation from French to English”) Daastaan, 2009
- Across Social Wilds, a woman’s poetic perceptions 2010,
- Thoughts Unfolded Daastaan, (2011),a bilingual English- French collection of minimalists,
- Rhymes in Rhythm: children’s rhymes, Sampark, Kolkata
- I remain the ignited woman, World Poetry Almanac, Mongolia,2012
- Romanticizing a Cultural Journey from East to West(essays on Poetics, Poets, Sentiments and seasons), Shubhi Publications, 2017