In honor of it being National Novel Writing Month, I wanted to showcase some Indian authors. I haven’t read all of these yet, but they’re all on my list!

Jumpha Lahiri The Namesake

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The Palace of Illusions

Amit Chaudhuri The Immortals

Amitav Ghosh The Shadow Lines

Anita Desai Baumgartner’s Bombay

Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things

Manil Suri The Death of Vishnu

Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss

Roopa Farooki Bitter Sweets

R.K. Narayan Malgudi Days

Thrity Umrigar The Space Between Us

M.T. Vasudevan Nair Bhima Lone Warrior

Sonali Dev A Bollywood Affair

Vikram Seth A Suitable Boy

Renita D’Silva Monsoon Memories

What are your favorite novels from authors of Indian ethnicity?

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