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Goodread's Top 100 Best South Asian Fiction - Page 2

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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Zero Defect (Aarohan Atwal)
Zero Defect
41
Aarohan Atwal
Everyone Burns (John Dolan)
Everyone Burns
42
John Dolan
Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat
Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat
43
The Immortals of Meluha (Amish)
The Immortals of Meluha
44
Amish
The Rice Mother (Rani Manicka)
The Rice Mother
45
Rani Manicka
The Buddha of Suburbia (Hanif Kureishi)
The Buddha of Suburbia
46
Hanif Kureishi
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
47
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
48
A Good Indian Wife (Anne Cherian)
A Good Indian Wife
49
Anne Cherian
Tales From Firozsha Baag (Rohinton Mistry)
Tales From Firozsha Baag
50
Rohinton Mistry
English, August (Upamanyu Chatterjee)
English, August
51
Upamanyu Chatterjee
Cracking India (Bapsi Sidhwa)
Cracking India
52
Bapsi Sidhwa
River of Smoke (Amitav Ghosh)
River of Smoke
53
Amitav Ghosh
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
54
Jhumpa Lahiri
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (Daniyal Mueenuddin)
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
55
Daniyal Mueenuddin
The Vine of Desire (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni)
The Vine of Desire
56
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Destiny of Shattered Dreams (Nilesh Rathod)
Destiny of Shattered Dreams
57
Nilesh Rathod
Saving Fish From Drowning
Saving Fish From Drowning
58
Love and Longing in Bombay (Vikram Chandra)
Love and Longing in Bombay
59
Vikram Chandra
Animal's People
Animal's People
60
The Blood of Flowers (Anita Amirrezvani)
The Blood of Flowers
61
Anita Amirrezvani
Sister of My Heart
Sister of My Heart
62
The Hero's Walk (Anita Rau Badami)
The Hero's Walk
63
Anita Rau Badami
Beneath a Marble Sky
Beneath a Marble Sky
64
The Siege of Krishnapur (J.G. Farrell)
The Siege of Krishnapur
65
J.G. Farrell
Kismet - A Desi Rhapsody in London (Shaheen Darr)
Kismet - A Desi Rhapsody in London
66
Shaheen Darr
The Quest of the Sparrows (Kartik Sharma)
The Quest of the Sparrows
67
Kartik Sharma
Malgudi Days
Malgudi Days
68
Shalimar the Clown
Shalimar the Clown
69
A Golden Age (Tahmima Anam)
A Golden Age
70
Tahmima Anam
The Jewel in the Crown
The Jewel in the Crown
71
Shame
Shame
72
The Twentieth Wife (Indu Sundaresan)
The Twentieth Wife
73
Indu Sundaresan
Narcopolis (Jeet Thayil)
Narcopolis
74
Jeet Thayil
Rooftops of Tehran (Mahbod Seraji)
Rooftops of Tehran
75
Mahbod Seraji
The Secret of the Nagas (Amish)
The Secret of the Nagas
76
Amish
The Lizard Cage (Karen Connelly)
The Lizard Cage
77
Karen Connelly
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie)
The Enchantress of Florence
78
Salman Rushdie
Burmese Days (George Orwell)
Burmese Days
79
George Orwell
The Jungle Books (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Books
80
Rudyard Kipling
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