The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Indian Fiction Books
918 books — 2,425 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
736 books — 1,896 voters

Bad Blood by John CarreyrouWorm by WildbowThe Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven PinkerReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Wages of Destruction by Adam Tooze
4+ Stars on Gwern.net
95 books — 7 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaShantaram by Gregory David RobertsSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
India
1,024 books — 865 voters

India After Gandhi by Ramachandra GuhaThe Discovery of India by Jawaharlal NehruThe Argumentative Indian by Amartya SenIndia Unbound by Gurcharan DasIndia by John Keay
India on My Mind
397 books — 104 voters

Super Thinking by Gabriel WeinbergAlgorithms to Live By by Brian  ChristianSeeking Wisdom by Peter BevelinThe 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward B. BurgerPoor Charlie's Almanack by Charles T. Munger
Mental Models
13 books — 8 voters