South Asian


The God of Small Things
Interpreter of Maladies
The Namesake
The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1)
The White Tiger
A Fine Balance
Kaikeyi
Midnight’s Children
The Palace of Illusions
The Inheritance of Loss
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Kite Runner
A Place for Us
Unaccustomed Earth
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieShantaram by Gregory David RobertsSwimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag by Rohinton Mistry
Best Mumbai/Bombay Stories
58 books — 103 voters
The Jungle Book by Rudyard KiplingUntil Our Voices Meet by Biswatosh SinhaKim by Rudyard KiplingRikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard KiplingA Passage to India by E.M. Forster
India India
344 books — 39 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinZami by Audre LordeAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Books by LGBTQ People of Color
507 books — 143 voters

The Glass Palace by Amitav GhoshBurmese Days by George OrwellFrom the Land of Green Ghosts by Pascal Khoo ThweSaving Fish from Drowning by Amy TanThe Piano Tuner by Daniel       Mason
Myanmar/Burma
147 books — 74 voters
Thai Food by David ThompsonMaangchi's Real Korean Cooking by MaangchiLand of Plenty by Fuchsia DunlopJapanese Cooking by Shizuo TsujiThai Street Food by David Thompson
Best Asian Cookbooks
173 books — 32 voters

Rati Mehrotra
His gaze narrowed. “Why do you think the Portuguese are here, so far from their own country?” “Greed,” she said after a moment. “It’s always greed.” He nodded. “Europeans crave spice, are willing to pay its weight in gold.
Rati Mehrotra, Flower and Thorn

Good humour was miles behind a second cup of morning tea. It was too early for nonsense.
Zeenat Mahal, The Contract

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