South Asian


The God of Small Things
Interpreter of Maladies
The Namesake
The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1)
Midnight’s Children
A Fine Balance
Kaikeyi
The White Tiger
The Palace of Illusions
The Inheritance of Loss
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
A Place for Us
The Kite Runner
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
Unaccustomed Earth
Until Our Voices Meet by Biswatosh SinhaThe Jungle Book by Rudyard KiplingKim by Rudyard KiplingRikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard KiplingA Passage to India by E.M. Forster
India India
344 books — 43 voters
Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina KhadraRooftops of Tehran by Mahbod SerajiThe Cry of the Dove by Fadia FaqirThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidA Blessed Olive Tree by Zain Hashmi
Middle Eastern/South Asian Doorways
40 books — 17 voters

Born Confused by Tanuja Desai HidierInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Contract by Zeenat MahalHaveli by Zeenat MahalThe Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Desi Chick Lit (fiction)
257 books — 348 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
513 books — 148 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

Yamini Vijendran
His eyes were staring at the lonely sun that was now beginning its descent behind some far off hills. How lonely its existence was, Ranjan mused. Traveling every single day from East to West, with no break, no company; nothing to wait for, nothing to look forward to, just going on and on, in a cycle of existence that did not have a beginning or end.
Yamini Vijendran, Full Circle

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