India: novels fiction
Explore the best Indian fiction novels with our curated list of top books. Discover captivating stories, rich cultural tales, and must-read fiction from India's finest authors.
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The Hungry Tide
by Amitav Ghosh
The arrival of marine biologist, Piya Roy, and urbane businessman, Kanai Dutt, upsets the balance in the small community in the Sundarbans.
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The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this is the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel who try to craft a childhood for …
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Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
The story of Saleem Sinal, born precisely at midnight, August 15, 1947, the moment India became independent. Saleem's life parallels the history of his nation.
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The House of Kanooru
by Kuvempu
From Kannada's first Jnanpith award winner, a landmark of modern fiction that documents a vanishing world. When Hoovayya and Ramayya return from their studies in …
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A Suitable Boy
by Vikram Seth
Tells the story of four large extended families in 1950s India against the political and religious upheavals of the time.
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The Point of Return
by Siddhartha Deb
Set in the remote northeastern hills of India, the story revolves around the father-son relationship of a willful curious boy, Babu, and Doctor Dam, an …
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In Times of Siege
by Githa Hariharan
At 52, Shiv Murthy is a New Delhi professor of history. He leads a mild, unremarkable life until, while his wife is away, things spin …
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Bombay Time
by Thrity Umrigar
During the wedding of one of their neighbors, the longtime residents of a middle-class apartment building in Bombay look back on their lives, in a …
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Song of the Cuckoo Bird
by Amulya Malladi
From the author of "Serving Crazy with Curry" comes an ambitious, moving tale of one woman's search for a meaningful life in post-independence India.
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Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and a baffling new world, the characters in Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of …
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The Death of Vishnu
by Manil Suri
Suffused with Hindu mythology, this bestselling story of one apartment building becomes a metaphor for the social and religious divisions of contemporary India, and Vishnu's …
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Sister of My Heart
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
From the award-winning author of Mistress of Spices, the bestselling novel about the extraordinary bond between two women, and the family secrets and romantic jealousies …
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The Hero's Walk
by Anita Rau Badami
In a small, dusty town in India, Sripathi Rao struggles as a copywriter to keep his family afloat in their crumbling ancestral home. But his …
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Holder of the World
by Bharati Mukherjee
“An amazing literary feat and a masterpiece of storytelling. Once again, Bharati Mukherjee prove she is one of our foremost writers, with the literary muscles …