Read the World: India

Books by authors from India or set in/about India.

Updated February 19, 2024
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A walk across the sun
Addison, Corban, 1979-
Ebook
The windfall [electronic resource] A Novel
Basu, Diksha.
Paper Book
SELECTED AS A READ FOR LILLY SINGH'S @lillyslibrary BOOK CLUB! 'Ultra charming' Vogue Uproarious, beady-eyed social comedy with a big heart' Mail on Sunday 'A complete joy from start to finish' Kamila Shamsie ...
Clear light of day
Desai, Anita, 1937-
Ebook
**A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK** Discover the classic, Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel from one of India's finest ever writers. To the family living in the shabby, dusty house in Delhi, Tara's visit brings a sharp reminder of life...
A fine balance
Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-
Paper Book
A perennial bestseller, A Fine Balance is consistently acclaimed as a masterpiece from one of the most gifted writers of our time.
Midnight's children a novel
Rushdie, Salman.
Paper Book
WITH A NEW 40TH ANNIVERSARY INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for- telepathic powers connect him with 1,000...
The Moor's last sigh
Rushdie, Salman.
Paper Book
'Salman Rushdie's greatest novel' Sunday Times Moraes 'Moor' Zogoiby is the last in line of a crooked and fantastical dynasty of spice merchants and crime lords from Cochin. He is also a compulsive storyteller and an exile. As we travel with him...
A suitable boy a novel
Seth, Vikram, 1952-
Paper Book
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND MODERN CLASSIC: NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'A phenomenon, a prodigy, a marvel' Evening Standard ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD...
A dead hand a crime in Calcutta
Theroux, Paul.
CD
When Jerry Delfont, a travel writer with writer's block, receives a letter from an American philanthropist, Mrs Merrill Unger, with news of a scandal involving an Indian friend of her son's, he is sufficiently intrigued to pursue the story.

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