South Asia

BY THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A magnificent novel- beautiful, terrible, true _x2026_ It reads already like a classic' - Ali SmithShortlisted for the Baileys Women s Prize for...

'A richly woven novel ... The voice that guides us around this world darts with wit and lightness in a way that is unique and often lovely' - Rana Dasgupta, Guardian'The plot...

When Dr Anika's patient dies on the operating table and the media pick up on Anika's parasomnia, she has no choice but to escape to Sri Lanka. But returning to...

 ‘A devastating work, but proof that a novelist of Naipaul’s stature can often define problems quicker and more effectively than a team of economists and other experts’ – The Times n...

Amalie Howard whisks you away with a historical romance full of drama, true love, and the perfect happily ever after. Sometimes, finding love means flouting the rules... Born to a...

What if love is the best magic of all? Once, Sera Swan was one of the most powerful witches in Britain. Then she resurrected her great-aunt Jasmine from the (very...

The Hamlyn Classic Recipes series is a celebratory collection of some of the most admired chefs the world has to offer - noteworthy not only for their pioneering approach to...

From Yorkshire to Afghanistan, Ours are the Streets is a poignant and powerful story of political radicalization by Sunjeev Sahota, author of Man Booker Prize shortlisted The Year of the Runaways. When Imtiaz...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Sweeping between India and England, from childhood and the present day. Sunjeev Sahota's unforgettable novel about illegal immigrants is a story of dignity in...

Bestselling author Amalie Howard delivers the unputdownable companion novel to Queen Bee, Lady Knight, which follows the daughter of a duke defying the rules of high society in regency-era London with the...

Detective Kamil and restaurant owner Anjoli go to Mumbai to solve the ritualistic killing of a British construction worker found with eighteen arrows embedded in his body. For readers of...

Willy Chandra whom we first met in 'Half a Life' is a man who has allowed one identity after another to be thrust upon him. Now, in his early 40s,...

'Vaseem Khan writes with charm and wit, and an eye for detail that transports the reader entirely. I couldn't love this series more' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Historical fiction at its finest' MAIL ON...

**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...

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...

An Observer Best Book of 2020 'A story of quiet striving and determination, of love and friendship' Guardian It is New Year's Eve, 1960. Hashim has left behind his homeland and his bride,...

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...

A Joyful Celebration of Indian Home Cooking A stunning celebration of regional Indian food for the home cook. The word 'Thali' refers to the way meals are eaten in India;...

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...

One family's escape from the Taliban and their fight to save their son. A powerful tale of a family in crisis, and a moving love letter to the NHS. Herat,...

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...

Essays 2003-2020A collection of the finest essays by the 'Best of the Booker' winner, following on from his much-acclaimed STEP ACROSS THIS LINESalman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of...

A haunting and elegiac love story set in a spoiled paradise, as vital and as relevant today as when it was first published. A single lighted match banishes Triton from...

A chance sighting on a bus; a letter which should never have been read; a pianist with a secret that touches the heart of her music... AN EQUAL MUSIC is...

'This is where I begin. This blank page draws me nearer to you, the day sweltering, my courage quickens, the curtains billowing and the punkah swaying, the punkah rattling as...

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021, a thrilling and heartbreaking story of love, family, survival and betrayal from the prize-winning author of The Year of the Runaways Mehar, a young...

Gripping, immersive, and full of Vaseem Khan's trademark wit, this is historical fiction at its finest.A priceless manuscript. A missing scholar. A trail of riddles.Bombay, 1950. For over a century,...

Translated by Sunandini Banerjee May 1992. In Russia, Boris Yeltsin is showing millions of communists the spectre of capitalism. Yugoslavia is disintegrating. United Germany is uncertain about their next move,...

**New York Times bestseller** A Guardian / Observer Book of the Year When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances, he and his three adult...

An eccentric and charming cookbook from Dishoom, with over 100 recipes from the much-loved restaurantsAt long last, Dishoom share the secrets to their much sought-after Bombay comfort food — the...

*A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH* Kamil Rahman, disgraced detective, turned waiter, is about to find himself embroiled in a case that might just change his life...for better...

Jasmine Aimaq's stunning debut explores Afghanistan on the eve of a violent revolution and the far-reaching consequences of a young Kochi girl's tragic death. Afghanistan, 1970s. Born to an American...

Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949. As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Persis Wadia stands vigil in the basement of Malabar House, home to the city's...

The extraordinary early life in India and England of one of the world's leading public intellectuals Where is 'home'? For Amartya Sen, home has been many places — Dhaka in...

The new novel about the present, the past, and the slippage between private and public life — from a writer who has 'like Proust, mastered the art of the moment.'...

For readers of War Doctor and Educated, a doctor's story of grit and resilience, from the war torn streets of Kabul to saving lives around the world.Born in war-torn Afghanistan,...

Amalie Howard whisks you away with a historical romance full of drama, true love, and the perfect happily ever after. Sometimes, finding love means flouting the rules... Born to a...

Pretty Woman meets the Bridgertons in this witty, vivacious historical take on 90s romcoms by USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard. Lord Lysander Blackstone, the stern Duke of Montcroix, has...

THE THRILLING NEW MYSTERY FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSEBombay, 1950. When the body of a white man is found frozen in the Himalayan foothills near Dehra...

Is the truth as simple as black and white? Mark My Words is the searing novel from Branford Boase Award-winner and 2020 World Book Day author Muhammad Khan, asking who...

Hani and Ishu couldn't be less alike — and they definitely don't like each other. But when fates collide and they pretend to date each other, things start to get...

One of TIME’s Best YA Books of All Time A gorgeous, heart-warming, queer YA love story for fans of Becky Albertalli. Nishat and Flavia are rivals at school, but Nishat...

The explosive race-against-time standalone international thriller, set between England and India, from the acclaimed author of the Harry Virdee novels.The last thing Jack Baxi expected when a detective rang his...

Life and Death in a Contested City A fast-paced journey around Karachi in the company of those who know the city inside out — from an electrifying new voice in...

Edited by Jane Garnett Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887. At East London's Tilbury Docks, Rani Das and Abdul Karim, step ashore after the long voyage from India. One has to...

From award-winning writer Anjali Joseph, a compelling new novel about a dysfunctional love affair. Meet Ved, a British investor heading back to his Indian roots with a business proposition —...

Kamil Rahman is a cook in a Brick Lane restaurant. But he used to be a detective back in Kolkata. And somehow trouble still knows how to find him.When a...

Indian family food with heart A heart-warming cookbook of comforting aromatic Indian flavours, from Asma Khan of Darjeeling Express and Netflix fame My Ammu, mother, is the centre of our...