[3] He died in Pune on 18 August 2008 due to pneumonia, having suffered from lung disease for some time.

The main characters which can be found often in his stories or novels are: Samartha, Appa Joshi, Krishnachandra, Pant and Jaidev.

The general characteristics of Dharap's books include "a victory of good over evil", "origination of the concepts in the book from Marathi culture", "keeping the story away from any kind of sexual references (which is considered an important factor in any "popular" horror or suspense literature)", "despite the books being of the horror genre, keeping the contents away from any kind of gore or offense against 'good taste'".

Narayan Dharap is loved by most Marathi readers who have some interest in the horror genre.

Some of Dharap's novels and stories were inspired from contemporary American authors including Stephen King, typically in the area of plot and geography.