South Asia


The God of Small Things
Interpreter of Maladies
Midnight’s Children
The White Tiger
A Fine Balance
The Kite Runner
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
The Namesake
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
The Inheritance of Loss
Life of Pi
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha SuriThe Warden's Good Girl by Jaspreet K. BajwaMafia Mommy's Sweet Obsession by Jaspreet K. BajwaHani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba JaigirdarThe Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
Desi sapphics master list
17 books — 5 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiriविप्लवी [Biplavi] by Sanu Sharmaएकादेशमा [Ekadeshma] by Sanu Sharma
South Asian Fiction by Women
198 books — 167 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best South Asian Fiction
755 books — 1,921 voters

My Feast With Peter Kuruvita by Peter KuruvitaLands of the Curry Leaf by Peter KuruvitaSerendip by Peter KuruvitaMy Feast by Peter KuruvitaSerendip by Peter Kuruvita
Sri Lankan Cooking Books
33 books — 1 voter
The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. BorosonA-Ma Alchemy of Love by Nataša PantovićGulab by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Girl with No Face by M.H. BorosonA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Asian Protagonist
178 books — 40 voters

M.F. Moonzajer
Miracle means; when a South Asian Woman does not turn into an elephant after marriage.
M.F. Moonzajer

The desire for this land/woman is constructed as a hyper-masculine desire; the desire to possess it, take pride in it, love it, protect it and even die fighting for it against invaders. A logical corollary of this construction is that women's bodies are treated as territories to be conquered, claimed or marked by the assailant. When the feminine self comes to signify the nation, communal, regional, national and international conflicts are then played out on women's bodies, which become arenas of ...more
Laxmi Murthy, Garrisoned Minds: Women and Armed Conflict in South Asia

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