The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best South Asian Fiction
734 books — 1,894 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithAn Ishmael of Syria by Asaad Almohammad
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,008 books — 1,447 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniGirls of Riyadh by Rajaa AlsaneaThe Arabian Nights by AnonymousThe Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
Fiction About Life In The Middle East
76 books — 57 voters

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,171 voters