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Goodread's Top 100 Best South Asian Fiction

A collection of favourite fiction stories from South Asia. Voted for on Goodreads. This is the top 100 as accurate on the 30th September 2016.
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Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
1
Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
2
Khaled Hosseini
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
3
Rohinton Mistry
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
4
Arundhati Roy
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
5
Jhumpa Lahiri
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
6
Jhumpa Lahiri
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
7
Aravind Adiga
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
8
Salman Rushdie
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
9
Yann Martel
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
10
Vikram Seth
Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts)
Shantaram
11
Gregory David Roberts
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
12
Abraham Verghese
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
13
Kiran Desai
Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
14
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Glass Palace (Amitav Ghosh)
The Glass Palace
15
Amitav Ghosh
Sea of Poppies (Amitav Ghosh)
Sea of Poppies
16
Amitav Ghosh
Q & a (Vikas Swarup)
Q & A
17
Vikas Swarup
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
18
Mohsin Hamid
The Space Between Us
The Space Between Us
19
Family Matters (Rohinton Mistry)
Family Matters
20
Rohinton Mistry
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
21
E.M. Forster
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
22
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
23
Salman Rushdie
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
24
Secret Daughter
Secret Daughter
25
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
26
Khaled Hosseini
Such a Long Journey
Such a Long Journey
27
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie (Salman Rushdie)
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
28
Salman Rushdie
The Death of Vishnu
The Death of Vishnu
29
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanfi
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanfi
30
The Far Pavilions (M. M. Kaye)
The Far Pavilions
31
M. M. Kaye
Train to Pakistan
Train to Pakistan
32
Moth Smoke (Mohsin Hamid)
Moth Smoke
33
Mohsin Hamid
2 States: The Story of My Marriage
2 States: The Story of My Marriage
34
Anil's Ghost
Anil's Ghost
35
The Moor's Last Sigh (Salman Rushdie)
The Moor's Last Sigh
36
Salman Rushdie
The Lamentations of a Sombre Sky (Manan Kampoor)
The Lamentations of a Sombre Sky
37
Manan Kampoor
Swami and Friends (R.K. Narayan)
Swami and Friends
38
R.K. Narayan
The Hungry Tide
The Hungry Tide
39
The Shadow Lines
The Shadow Lines
40
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