Fiction

An anthology of weird, fantastic, supernatural, Dalit futurist, & magical realist fiction by writers from South Asia and the diaspora. This book features a mix of original English short stories...

A gay novel in which the rural landscapes of Bengal set the stage for a story that transcends the boundaries of tradition and love. Mallar, a shy and introspective sixteen-year-old,...

'Anita Desai is a magnificent writer' - Salman Rushdie From three times Booker-shortlisted author Anita Desai, Rosarita is a beautiful, haunting novel that explores memory, grief, and a young woman’s...

A thrilling story of love and resistance about two young people born across social lines, set against a tumultuous political landscape in India.The mounting curiosity amongst them was not about...

She's chosen her own future. Madras, India: The orphaned girls of St Ursulas convent are destined to be nuns or servants but seventeen-year-old Savi dreams of escape. Responsible and good with...

A sweeping family saga set against the backdrop of a Sikh wedding. On the morning of his nephew’s wedding, Devinder Gill is certain the delicate balance of his life will...

An exceptionally moving novel that traces the arc of a man’s life from his 1935 birth in a small village in India to his death from Covid. 'This profound book...

 A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NEEL MUKHERJEEThe international bestseller from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author'Ghosh has established himself as one of the finest prose writers of his generation' Financial...

A BRAND NEW sun-drenched, forced proximity rom-com beach read for 2024 ‘A simply gorgeous slow-burning love story’. Natasha Harding, Sun A totally gorgeous and escapist romcom that will hook fans...

Delve into this debut fantasy and journey through the Spice Gates as Amir, a young man born with the ability to travel between the eight kingdoms, unravels the power that...

A Silk Road epic fantasy full of magic and mystery A breathtaking Silk Road-inspired epic fantasy, an ode to the power of storytelling and an adventure story filled with magic...

In this dazzling sequel to the The Surviving Sky, Ahilya and Iravan risk everything—their lives, their culture, and their fragile marriage—in pursuit of the earth-shattering truth about their existence. "Breathtakingly...

‘Nair captures the seedy side of shiny new India vividly’ --Guardian When elderly Professor Mudgood, a well-known rationalist and fervent critic of right-wing forces in India, is found dead in...

The Bharat Party has come to power after an intensely divisive election. Naren, a jaded Wall Street consultant, is lured home to Mumbai by their promise of ' better days...

Inspector Gowda is back in another nail-biting thriller set in Bangalore India, the city now a hub for child trafficking. How is twelve-year-old Nandita's disappearance connected to the murder of...

"Nair writes big, brave descriptions of one brutal murder after the next, relentlessly describing each death even as sub-inspector Santosh loses his breakfast over them."—Time Out It's the first day...

A fast-paced and action-packed dystopian novel, addressing the nature of power, the limits of rationality, and the dominance of fear. In a world on the brink of totalitarian rule, one...

**A 2024 literary highlight in Esquire, Vogue, GQ, i-D, and Dazed** An intensely moving, lyrical and often funny novel about a family whose story of migration from Kenya and India to England is...

The fourth instalment of the Kamil Rahman murder mystery series, THE SPY sees Kamil and his amateur-sleuth restaurant manager partner, Anjoli thrown into the midst of a terrorist plotONE BOY...

Bombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex family dynamics as she seeks justice for a mistreated young woman in this thrilling fourth installment in...

Sam is a war photographer famous for her hauntingly beautiful pictures of the dead. After a particularly gruelling assignment, she checks into an expensive hotel. Unfortunately she has chosen the...

A landmark anthology, staking a new claim for Bengali literature in EnglishThe prose short story arrived in Bengal in the wake of British colonizers, and Bengali writers quickly made the...

The White Lotus meets Knives Out meets Crazy Rich Asians in this devilishly entertaining debut novel. Ro Krishna is the American son of Indian parents, educated at the finest institutions,...

A riveting story about uncovering family secrets and the power of forgiveness, set in India and the United States, from the bestselling author of Reese's Book Club pick Honor. Remy Wadia...

An action-packed South Asian epic fantasy featuring necromancers, jinn, and one seriously fearless heroine... Meet Kavithri. Outcast. Underdog. Survivor. Kavi is a Taemu. Her people, once feared berserkers and the...

Sometimes you need to run, to find out where you really belong. Baby has had it with just about everything. She's fed up with her job and her colleagues, her...

Winner of the 2023 FICCI India Book of the Year award — a powerful, magical indigenous novel from Nagaland, India's foremost writer. Drawing on ancient tribal tales, Spirit Nights tells...

A temple city in lush southern India, Madurai is bustling with pilgrims and steeped in history and tradition. Yet not all traditions should be upheld... 1992. As a low-caste cleaner...

Against a rising tide of fundamentalism in India, a mother and daughter lose the most important man in their lives. Shashi, fifty-something and suddenly widowed, tries to contact her only...

NAMED ONE OF CRIMEREADS' MOST ANTICIPATED CRIME NOVELS OF 2022 It lurks in the shadows. It lives in your worst nightmares. It feeds on your deepest fears. And it’s coming...

Krescent Dune is used to fighting monsters on her island, but she's unprepared for the monsters lurking in the deep in this new South Asian-inspired fantasy from the highly-acclaimed author...

This tale of motherly love blends the page-turning urgency of The Girl in the Red Coat with the political force of Slumdog Millionaire to create a searing parable of a...

British-Punjabi sisters Rajni, Jezmeen and Shirina Shergill have never been close. But now they've been thrown together on the strangest family holiday of all time…When their mother died, she had...

From the Booker-shortlisted author: one man's whirlwind weekend of self-destructive grief. Ullis went to the bathroom and carefully unfolded the business card and placed it on the sink. Then he...

What happens when an innocent prank goes horribly wrong? Natasha, Riya, Anjali and Katherine were best friends in college — each different from the other yet inseparable — until that...

The first book in an epic heart-pounding fantasy trilogy inspired by ancient Indian history and Hindu mythology, perfect for fans of Sabaa Tahir and Renée Ahdieh. A broken bond. A...

'Listen to me, child. You will be a woman soon and must behave well and with modesty. The Kazi will ask you three times whether you will marry Kalloo Mian....

Born to an Indian maharaja and a British noblewoman, Princess Sarani Rao has it all: beauty, riches, and a crown. But when Sarani's father is murdered, her only hope is...

Inspired by an obscure Chinese custom and based on actual 21st century events, Srinath Adiga's debut novel is a current, chillingly dark satire in the mold of Brave New World...

Thirty years after leaving India for a better future in America, Tina and her family head to Delhi for her cousin's great big Indian wedding extravaganza and wonder if they...

In this hilarious comedy of manners set in Mumbai, where modernity jostles with tradition, Balli Kaur Jaswal'sErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows meets Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians. Zoya is not...

From the Hugo Award nominee S.B. Divya, Zero Dark Thirty meets The Social Network in this science fiction thriller about artificial intelligence, sentience, and labor rights in a near future...

Sunlight on a Broken Column, first published in 1961, is an unforgettable coming-of-age story set against the turbulent background of Partition. 'My life changed. It had been restricted by invisible...

Exploring identity, class struggles, and romance, Hunted by the Sky is a gripping adventure set in a world inspired by medieval India. Dangerous circumstances bring them together. . . deadly...

When Esmae wins a contest of skill, she sets off events that trigger an inevitable and unwinnable war that pits her against the family she would give anything to return...

Rising like a Storm is the dramatic conclusion to the Wrath of Ambar duology, written by the talented Tanaz Bhathena. A girl with a mark, a boy with her soul....

From the Man Booker prize-winning author of The White Tiger Danny — Dhananjaya Rajaratnam — is an illegal immigrant in Sydney, denied refugee status after he has fled from his...

Spanning more than half a century and cities from New Delhi to Atlanta, Anjali Enjeti’s debut is a heartfelt and human portrait of the long shadow of the Partition of...

A prizewinning literary epic of the subcontinent, nature, climate and love. ** The phenomenal Indian bestseller ****Winner of the Tata Lit Live Best First Book of the Year Award **...

For fans of Morgan Matson's Save the Date and Sandhya Menon's When Dimple Met Rishi(streaming as Mismatched on Netflix) comes a fun and lighthearted novel about one teen's summer tackling...