Great Books by Indian Authors

1. “A Bend in the River “ --- V. S. Naipaul

2. “A Fine Balance” --- Rohinton Mistry

3. “A House for Mr Biswas” --- V S Naipaul

4. “A Passage to England” --- Chaudhuri C. Nirad

5. “A Suitable Boy” --- Vikram Seth

6. “A Way in the World” --- V.S. Naipaul

7. “Afternoon Raag” --- Amit Chaudhuri

8. “All for Love: A Personal History of Desire and Disappointment” --- Ved

Mehta

9. “Among the Believers: An Islamist Journey” --- V. S. Naipaul

10. “An Area of Darkness” --- V. S. Naipaul

11. “An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth” --- Mahatma

Gandhi

12. “An Equal Music” --- Vikram Seth

13. “Anil's Ghost” --- Michael Ondaatje

14. “Animal's People“ --- Indra Sinha

15. “Baumgartner's Bombay” --- Anita Desai

16. “Beach Boy” --- Ardashir Vakil

17. “Beastly Tales (LATEST)” --- Vikram Seth

18. “Being Indian: Inside the Real India” --- Pavan K. Varma

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19. “Between the Assassinations” --- Aravind Adiga

20. “Beyond Belief” --- V.S. Naipaul

21. “Clear Light of Day” --- Anita Desai

22. “Cracking India” --- Sidhwa

23. “Difficult Daughters” --- Manju Kapur

24. “Disgrace” --- J.M. Coetzee

25. “East, West” --- Salman Rushdi

26. “English August: An Indian Story” --- Upamanyu Chatterjee

27. “From Heaven Lake : Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet” --- Vikram Seth

28. “Fury” --- Salman Rushdie

29. “Grimus” --- Salman Rushdie

30. “Guerrillas” --- V. S. Naipaul

31. “Half a Life” --- V. S. Naipaul

32. “Haroun and the Sea of Stories” --- Rushdie Salman

33. “Home” --- Manju Kapur

34. “Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard” --- Kiran Desai

35. “Humble Administrator's Garden” --- Vikram Seth

36. “Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism, 1981 to 1991” --- Salman

Rushdie

37. “In A Free State :” --- V. S. Naipaul

38. “In Custody” --- Anita Desai

39. “India: A Million Mutinies” --- V.S. Naipaul

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40. “Interpreter of Maladies: Stories of Bengal, Boston and Beyond” --- Jhumpa

Lahiri

41. “Kamala” --- Krupabai Satthianadhan

42. “Kanthapura” --- Raja Rao

43. “Kartography” --- Kamila Shamsie

44. “Leadership Wisdom from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari” --- Robin Sharma

45. “Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy” --- Arundhati Roy

46. “Love and Longing in Bombay” --- Vikram Chandra

47. “Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found” --- Suketu Mehta

48. “Midnight's Children” --- Salman Rushdie

49. “My Father's Notebook” --- Kader Abdolah

50. “Nectar in a Sieve (Signet)” --- Kamala Markandaya

51. “Purple Hibiscus” --- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

52. “Red Earth and Pouring Rain” --- Vikram Chandra

53. “Sacred Games” --- Vikram Chandra

54. “Sea of Poppies” --- Amitav Ghosh

55. “Shalimar the Clown” --- Salman Rushdie

56. “Shame” --- Salman Rushdie

57. “Shantaram” --- Gregory David Roberts

58. “Step Across This Line” --- Salman Rushdie

59. “Such a Long Journey” --- Rohinton Mistry

60. “Swimming Lessons and other Stories” --- Rohinton Mistry

61. “Tales from Firozsha Baag” --- Rohinton Mistry

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62. “The Accidental” --- Ali Smith

63. “The Age of Shiva” --- Manil Suri

64. “The Algebra of Infinite Justice: "The Cost of Living" and Other Essays” ---

Arundhati Roy

65. “The Argumentative Indian” --- Amartya Sen

66. “The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian” --- Nirad C. Chaudhuri

67. “The Buddha of Suburbia” --- Hanif Kureishi

68. “The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Fevers, Delirium & Discovery” ---

Amitav Ghosh

69. “The Country without a Post Office: Poems” --- Agha Shahid Ali

70. “The Death of Vishnu” --- Manil Suri

71. “The Discovery of India” --- Jawaharlal Nehru

72. “The Enchantress of Florence” --- Salman Rushdie

73. “The Enigma of Arrival” --- V.S. Naipaul

74. “The Essential Writings” --- Mahatma Gandhi

75. “The God of Small Things” --- Arundhati Roy

76. “The Golden Gate” --- Vikram Seth

77. “The Great Indian Novel” --- Shashi Tharoor

78. “The Ground Beneath Her Feet” --- Salman Rushdie

79. “The Guide” --- R.K. Narayan

80. “The Hungry Tide” --- Amitav Ghosh

81. “The Idea of India” --- Sunil Khilnani

82. “The Immigrant” --- Manju Kapur

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83. “The Inheritance of Loss” --- Kiran Desai

84. “The Last Jet Engine Laugh” --- Rushir Joshi

85. “The Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial History” --- V. S. Naipaul

86. “The Mango Season” --- Amulya Malladi

87. “The Middle Passage” --- V S Naipaul

88. “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari” --- Robin S. Sharma

89. “The Moor's Last Sigh” --- Salman Rushdie

90. “The Mystic Masseur & Miguel Street: AND Miguel Street” --- V. S. Naipaul

91. “The Namesake” --- Jhumpa Lahiri

92. “The Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire” --- Arundhati Roy

93. “The Pakistani Bride” --- Bapsi Sidhwa

94. “The Romantics” --- Pankaj Mishra

95. “The Satanic Verses” --- Salman Rushdie

96. “The Shadow Lines” --- Amitav Ghosh

97. “The Space Between Us” --- Thrity Umrigar

98. “The White Tiger” --- Aravind Adiga

99. “Train to Pakistan” --- Khushwant Singh

100. “Transmission” --- Hari Kunzru

101. “Twilight in Delhi” --- Ahmed Ali

102. “Untouchable” --- Mulk Anand

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