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The Lowland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.88 — 97,947 ratings — published 2013
Unaccustomed Earth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.14 — 98,395 ratings — published 2008
The Namesake (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.02 — 290,265 ratings — published 2003
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 51,119 ratings — published 1993
Born Confused (Born Confused #1)
by (shelved 4 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,349 ratings — published 2002
Interpreter of Maladies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.18 — 212,422 ratings — published 1999
Salt and Saffron (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.46 — 2,064 ratings — published 2000
The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.17 — 230,579 ratings — published 2020
Recipe for Persuasion (The Rajes, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.79 — 13,732 ratings — published 2020
The Trouble with Hating You (The Trouble with Hating You, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.79 — 26,724 ratings — published 2020
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors (The Rajes, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.68 — 21,614 ratings — published 2019
Pashmina: A Graphic Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.75 — 10,557 ratings — published 2017
The Inheritance of Loss (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.47 — 58,228 ratings — published 2005
The Palace of Illusions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.20 — 71,753 ratings — published 2008
Kartography: A Lyrical Literary Romance of Fated Love and Secrets in Pakistan (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,159 ratings — published 2001
A Golden Age (Bangla Desh, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.80 — 6,195 ratings — published 2007
A Guardian and a Thief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.74 — 43,413 ratings — published 2025
The Bollywood Bride (Bollywood, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.59 — 4,052 ratings — published
The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.51 — 22,293 ratings — published 2020
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 7,341 ratings — published 1989
Well-Behaved Indian Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.76 — 5,658 ratings — published 2020
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.09 — 70,280 ratings — published 2021
The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.92 — 35,453 ratings — published 2018
Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.08 — 29,892 ratings — published 2018
Secret Daughter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 78,719 ratings — published 2010
Climbing the Stairs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.87 — 3,447 ratings — published 2008
First Love, Take Two (The Trouble with Hating You, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 7,960 ratings — published 2021
Radha & Jai's Recipe for Romance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.71 — 2,936 ratings — published 2021
My So-Called Bollywood Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.56 — 3,587 ratings — published 2018
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.93 — 115,022 ratings — published 2017
A Burning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.72 — 56,151 ratings — published 2020
An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.17 — 13,143 ratings — published 2016
Gitanjali (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,351 ratings — published 1910
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.44 — 27,324 ratings — published 2019
If They Come for Us (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.22 — 8,501 ratings — published 2018
The Serpent's Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 6,086 ratings — published 2018
Love, Hate & Other Filters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.73 — 14,276 ratings — published 2018
Serving Crazy with Curry (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,669 ratings — published 2004
The Mango Season (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.62 — 4,733 ratings — published 2003
When Dimple Met Rishi (Dimple and Rishi, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.68 — 55,372 ratings — published 2017
An Unrestored Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,213 ratings — published 2016
Em and The Big Hoom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.20 — 8,136 ratings — published 2012
Shikhandi and Other Stories They Don't Tell You (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.60 — 3,262 ratings — published 2014
A Life Apart (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.48 — 805 ratings — published 2008
Train to Pakistan (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.94 — 33,556 ratings — published 1956
The Glass Palace (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 4.01 — 28,890 ratings — published 2000
Trespassing (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.44 — 600 ratings — published 2003
The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 1,234 ratings — published 2015
A Bollywood Affair (Bollywood, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.71 — 9,183 ratings — published 2014
English, August: An Indian Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desi-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 6,309 ratings — published 1988