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Books by Authors of South Asian Ancestry

Here are books by authors who have some form of ancestry from South Asia, including those in the diaspora
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A Rising Man (Abir Mukherjee)
A Rising Man
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Abir Mukherjee
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
2
Abraham Verghese
Ivory Key Book 2: The Crimson Fortress (Akshaya Raman)
Ivory Key Book 2: The Crimson Fortress
3
Akshaya Raman
The Ivory Key (Akshaya Raman)
The Ivory Key
4
Akshaya Raman
The Right Swipe (Alisha Rai)
The Right Swipe
5
Alisha Rai
The Henna Artist (Alka Joshi)
The Henna Artist
6
Alka Joshi
The Perfumist of Paris (Alka Joshi)
The Perfumist of Paris
7
Alka Joshi
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (Alka Joshi)
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur
8
Alka Joshi
Beyond the Gender Binary (Alok Vaid-Menon)
Beyond the Gender Binary
9
Alok Vaid-Menon
You're Invited (Amanda Jayatissa)
You're Invited
10
Amanda Jayatissa
The Oath of the Vayuputras (Amish)
The Oath of the Vayuputras
11
Amish
The Secret of the Nagas (Amish)
The Secret of the Nagas
12
Amish
Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (Amish Tripathi)
Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta
13
Amish Tripathi
Scion of Ikshvaku (Amish Tripathi)
Scion of Ikshvaku
14
Amish Tripathi
Sita: Warrior of Mithila (Amish Tripathi)
Sita: Warrior of Mithila
15
Amish Tripathi
The Immortals of Meluha (Amish Tripathi)
The Immortals of Meluha
16
Amish Tripathi
The Circus Train (Amita Parikh)
The Circus Train
17
Amita Parikh
Sea of Poppies (Amitar Ghosh)
Sea of Poppies
18
Amitar Ghosh
The Glass Palace (Amitav Ghosh)
The Glass Palace
19
Amitav Ghosh
The Hungry Tide (Amitav Ghosh)
The Hungry Tide
20
Amitav Ghosh
Rebel of Fire and Flight (Aneesa Marufu)
Rebel of Fire and Flight
21
Aneesa Marufu
The Balloon Thief (Aneesa Marufu)
The Balloon Thief
22
Aneesa Marufu
Love, Chai and Other Four Letter Words (Annika Sharma)
Love, Chai and Other Four Letter Words
23
Annika Sharma
A Passage North (Anuk Arudpragasam)
A Passage North
24
Anuk Arudpragasam
American Betiya (Anuradha D.Rajurkar)
American Betiya
25
Anuradha D.Rajurkar
All the Lives We Never Lived (Anuradha Roy)
All the Lives We Never Lived
26
Anuradha Roy
The Boy With Fire (Aparna Verma)
The Boy With Fire
27
Aparna Verma
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
28
Aravind Adiga
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
29
Arundhati Roy
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Arundhati Roy)
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
30
Arundhati Roy
Being Mortal (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal
31
Atul Gawande
Better (Atul Gawande)
Better
32
Atul Gawande
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Atul Gawande)
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
33
Atul Gawande
The Checklist Manifesto (Atul Gawande)
The Checklist Manifesto
34
Atul Gawande
Burnt Sugar (Avni Doshi)
Burnt Sugar
35
Avni Doshi
Homeland Elegies (Ayad Akhtar)
Homeland Elegies
36
Ayad Akhtar
American Dervish (Ayad Ashkar)
American Dervish
37
Ayad Ashkar
Modern Romance (Aziz Ansari)
Modern Romance
38
Aziz Ansari
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows (Balli Kaur Jaswal)
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
39
Balli Kaur Jaswal
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters (Balli Kaur Jaswal)
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
40
Balli Kaur Jaswal
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