Bose has written 27 books and 15 collaborations on a range of subjects. His books include "False Messiah: The Life and Times of Terry Venables" (Andre Deutsch, 1997), "A History of Indian Cricket" (Andre Deutsch, 2002), "Manchester Disunited" (Aurum Press, 2007) and "The Spirit of the Game" (Constable, 2012). His "History of Indian Cricket" was the first book by an Indian writer to win the prestigious Cricket Society Literary Award in 1990. His study of sports and apartheid, "Sporting Colours", was runner-up in the 1994 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award.