10 Books by Indian Authors To Read Now

10 Books by Indian Authors To Read Now


You cannot be any wise other than reading a book. Books are proven best mates of human beings. There are millions of books to read in this world and we can’t obviously read all of them in a single life and may be not even in two. Still we must read some of the selected books which are written by awesome authors. But the thin is where to find a list that could ease your worry of finding which books to read.

So here we have come with a decent list of 10 books which you must read.

  1. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

It is a debut novel of Arundhati Roy and was the winner of Booker Prize. This novel narrates the story of two fraternal twins whose lives were destroyed. It tells you how small things affect lives of people.

  1. The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay by Siddharth Dhanvat Shanghvi

This novel displays a quintessence of life in Bombay and its lonely hearts and burning ambitions in the crowd of people.

  1. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

This is a second novel of Rohinton Mistry and reveals the changes in Indian society after the time of Independence. Author has done really well to bring the natural tinge in the book.

  1. English, August: An Indian Story by Upamanyu Chatterjee

It is a beautifully written novel that focuses on urban and rural life of Indian people.

  1. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

This is the second novel by Kiran Desai. After her first novel she wrote it after 7 years. This book won a number of awards. It demonstrates such accurate words for the abstract feelings of humans and that makes it utterly honest.

  1. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

The White Tiger was debut novel of Aravind Adiga. White Tiger is referred to a person whose name is Balram and symbolizes power in East Asian cultures. It also represents the inviduality and freedom.

  1. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

It is a book written by Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri. The book is a collection 9 short stories and has won Pulitizer Award for fiction.

  1. The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

An amazing story that defines the insecurities, jealousy, love of a woman. It is an account of Hindu epic “Mahabharata” and has been written on Draupadi, one of the important characters of Mahabharata.

  1. Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh

This novel is a depiction of hatred feeling between Sikh and Muslims and why this feeling emerged. It also defines the love between a Sikh boy and a Muslim girl whose love goes beyond all religious differences between their communities.

  1. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

It deals with India’s transformation from British rule to Indian Independence and the partition of India.

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