i duno any urdu novels and stuff but there is a book "shahab-nama" by Qudrat Ullah Shahab
an amazing amazing book....its an autobiography of qudrat ullah shahab
if u need more information on book than here is the link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahab_Nama
other than this i read "zavia" by ashfaq ahmed
and amazing person with all his life stories....so interesting to read .........n u will learn a lot about the world
"guftagoo" by wasif ali wasif is also an amazing book....where he answered soooooo many question related to Islam ......they r not like a molovi kind of answers so dont worry....he is an educated person and explained everything about islam in a very gud sense
so ya do read them...u will enjoy them for sure