Badami, Anita Rau

The Hero's Walk
An Indian grandfather is reunited with his Canadian granddaughter.

Balasubramanyam, Raj

In Beautiful Disguises
A young woman escapes her tyrannical father.

Baldwin, Shauna Singh

What the Body Remembers
A Sikh family saga set during the partition of India.

Chaudhuri, Amit

A New World
An Indian living in the United States returns "home" for a visit.

Desai, Anita

Diamond Dust
A collection of short stories set in the contemporary world.

Desai, Kiran

Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
A drama set in a village.

Divakaruni, Chitra

Unknown Errors of Our Lives
A collection of short stories about women.

Forbes, Leslie

Bombay Ice
A thriller set in Bombay.

Forster, E.M.

Passage to India
This classic piece of fiction explores Anglo Indian race relation in 1920s British-India.

Ghosh, Amitav

Glass Palace
A family saga that spans several generations and many locations from India to Malaysia.

Gupta, Sunetra

Memories of Rain
The story of an Indian woman and her English husband.

Jha, Radhika

Smell
An Indian woman leaves Kenya for Paris.

Jha, Raj Kamal

The Blue Bedspread
A middle aged man's memories of childhood unfold with the arrival of a newborn.

Kaye, Mary Margaret

Far Pavilions
A romantic tale set in nineteenth century British-India.

Kipling, Rudyard

Kim
The classic tale of a poor white boy raised in British-India.

Kirchner, Bharati

Sharmila's Book
A young Indian woman raised in America goes to India in search of a husband.

Lahiri, Jhumpa

Interpreter of Maladies
Short stories that capture the heart of the Indian immigrant experience. Pulitzer Prize.

Mahindra, Indira

End Play
An upper-class woman has privilege, but attempts to carve out her life.

Markandaya, Kamala

Nectar in a Sieve
The lives of village women and their changing world unfold in this novel.

Mehta, Gita

River Sutra
A voyage of self-discovery for a middle aged man who leaves his job and home.

Metzer, Patty

Lights of the Veil
An inter-religious romance and thriller combined in one!

Mishra, Pankaj

The Romantics
An Indian student meets a string of western students at University.

Mistry, Rohinton

A Fine Balance
The protagonists of this novel are victims of the political crisis of the 1970s. Commonwealth Writer's Prize.

Naipaul, V.S.

A Bend in the River
A nameless African town through the eyes of an uprooted Indian.

Nigam, Sanjay

Snake Charmer
A story of faith and despair of the seemingly simple snake charmer.

Roy, Arundhati

God of Small Things
A family story that deals with class and caste issues. Booker Prize.

Rushdie, Salman

East, West: Stories
Short stories about the East, about the West, and about the two together.

Scott, Paul

Jewel in the Crown
A drama that explores race relations during the collapse of the British Empire.

Seth, Vikram

Suitable Boy
The lives and stories of four families in newly independent India. Commonwealth Writer's Prize.

Sidhwa, Babsi

Cracking India
The partition of India through the eyes of a young Parsee girl.

Suri, Manil

Death of Vishnu
The twists and turns of life in an apartment building in Bombay. Local author.

Syal, Meera

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
Three women and their many adventures.

Tagore, Rabindranath

Selected Short Stories
Scenes from Bengali life at the turn of the century. Nobel Prize.