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Must-Read Indian Subcontinent Books

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2 States: The Story of My Marriage
2 States: The Story of My Marriage
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Agency Rules by Khalid Muhammad
Agency Rules by Khalid Muhammad
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The Alchemy of Desire (Tarun J. Tejpal)
The Alchemy of Desire
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Tarun J. Tejpal
An Atlas of Impossible Longing (Anuradha Roy)
An Atlas of Impossible Longing
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Anuradha Roy
The Argumentative Indian (Amartya Sen)
The Argumentative Indian
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Amartya Sen
Arzee the Dwarf (Chandrahas Choudhury)
Arzee the Dwarf
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Chandrahas Choudhury
Bachelor of Arts (R K Narayan)
Bachelor of Arts
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R K Narayan
Between the Assassinations
Between the Assassinations
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Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
9
The Black Coat (Neamat Imam)
The Black Coat
10
Neamat Imam
The Blind Man's Garden (Nadeem Aslam)
The Blind Man's Garden
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Nadeem Aslam
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
12
The Burnt Forehead of Max Saul (Indrajit Hazra)
The Burnt Forehead of Max Saul
13
Indrajit Hazra
Burnt Shadows (Kamila Shamsie)
Burnt Shadows
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Kamila Shamsie
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanfi
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanfi
15
The Cat's Table
The Cat's Table
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Cinnamon Gardens (Shyam Selvadurai)
Cinnamon Gardens
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Shyam Selvadurai
The Circle of Reason (Amitav Ghosh)
The Circle of Reason
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Amitav Ghosh
The Collected Poems of A. K. Ramanujan (A. K. Ramanujan)
The Collected Poems of A. K. Ramanujan
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A. K. Ramanujan
Collected Poems, 1954-2004 (Dom Moraes)
Collected Poems, 1954-2004
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Dom Moraes
Corridor (Sarnath Banerjee)
Corridor
21
Sarnath Banerjee
The Crow Eaters (Bapsi Sidhwa)
The Crow Eaters
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Bapsi Sidhwa
The Death of Vishnu
The Death of Vishnu
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Destiny of Shattered Dreams (Nilesh Rathod)
Destiny of Shattered Dreams
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Nilesh Rathod
Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur
Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur
25
The Discovery of India (Jawaharlal Nehru)
The Discovery of India
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Jawaharlal Nehru
The English Patient
The English Patient
27
The English Teacher
The English Teacher
28
English, August (Upamanyu Chatterjee)
English, August
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Upamanyu Chatterjee
Family Matters (Rohinton Mistry)
Family Matters
30
Rohinton Mistry
Fasting, Feasting (Anita Desai)
Fasting, Feasting
31
Anita Desai
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
32
Rohinton Mistry
Flood of Fire (Amitav Gosh)
Flood of Fire
33
Amitav Gosh
The Glass Palace (Amitav Ghosh)
The Glass Palace
34
Amitav Ghosh
The Glassblower's Breath (Sunetra Gupta)
The Glassblower's Breath
35
Sunetra Gupta
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
36
Arundhati Roy
A Golden Age (Tahmima Anam)
A Golden Age
37
Tahmima Anam
The Golden Gate (Vikram Seth)
The Golden Gate
38
Vikram Seth
The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam
The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam
39
The Great Indian Novel
The Great Indian Novel
40
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