have you read any Indian book? if yes, which is your favourite. Curious ☺️
have you read any Indian book? if yes, which is your favourite. Curious ☺️
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have you read any Indian book? if yes, which is your favourite. Curious ☺️
I’m not sure what you mean by this. I’ve read books set in India. I read A Fine Balance and if I remember correctly…I believe Sweetness in the Belly is also set in India. I don’t remember the character names but I remember enjoying both books.
Ah, sorry if i couldnot put my question correctly. I meant any book by Indian author. ?
the titles got me intrigued ? i shall check them out.
A Fine Balance is a bit sad! But Sweetness in the Belly was a lighter read and I enjoyed that one more. ??
My favorite books are non fiction mostly set in the Middle East and India or Asia somewhere. Here are some of my favorites
@Melissa i love this!!!!?
me too! Please share your favorites as well! Or connect with me on goodreads
@Melissa hey,i would love to add you in goodreads! I am an Indian, so i have read enough. Would like to know what kind of books you prefer. Anyway, For now, lets connect in goodreads.
@Melissa I could not find you! Would you add me – Paullomy chowdhury.
i have been to India 4 times… and have some of my best friends who live there. There is a special place in my heart for that land ❤️ ??
@Melissa wow! How proud that makes me feel ???
I read, W to M of Self-Publishing: Why do Indie Authors Fail?
Prakash Vir Sharma https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B57FTBR/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o08_?ie=UTF8&psc=1.
@Melissa I read this one. Such an incredible story! I also liked the movie a lot!
how’s Wave??
I would say it’s good. A tragic story for sure! I don’t know how that woman rebuilt herself. I read a lot about people overcoming adversity and always hate giving a bad review because there is always something to learn from each. I would say it’s a good solid read. Probably only took a couple of days to finish so not a big investment
@Melissa oh, sounds interesting. Would look through. Thankyou very much.
A night at the call centre by Chetan Bagan, is it an Indian book? I liked it.
??? pulp fiction!
So yes? cool
@Ejiro yes yes. Indian book. Glad you liked. You can read his other books as well, if you like easy breezy read.
I like breezy reads
paulomi, I know the feeling
hum indians ko pata h asli me chetan bhagat kya h lol
I am an Indian and I like Chetan Bhagat’s books…
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
I just got the book couple of days back. Didnot start yet. Did you like?
I absolutely loved it!!! I read it every chance I got…home, work, at red lights driving to and from work. It has a little bit of everything in it…cultural reference, humor, love, mystery….
hahahah!! ?? my next read!
The Devourers by Indra Das. A lyrically written horror novel.
Actually, I am interested in other horror novels written by people from India, if anyone here knows of any. I found Indra Das as a fluke when searching the name Indira.
@Genevra I am not a horror fan. Lets see if some one refers here ?
Paullomy Chowdhury I did some googling and found a few. They sound promising.
@Genevra haha. All the best. Happy reading ?
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao. Fav book of 2018 also added to my list of fav books ever.
? thts nice.
Mid night children by salman rushidi
Palace of illusion by devayani
one of my favourites. ?
Paullomy Chowdhury its really excellent. Language is very simple and emotions description it very lively. I reads this book in 4 hrs
@Atul smooth read ??
Yes it is and description of Karna is very lively
Love this book!
And many more. I can’t comment all
I really liked A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth.
literature material ?
Ditto. Fab book
Does the kama sutra count? ?
Lol
U can’t reads that. U can only see that….
You can read the instructions ?
@Shanna yes Bt that is not a proper reading.
? is a joke…
I know
Akbar Babal tales is probably the only Indian book I’ve read.
I’ve just gotten more ideas for my tbr
every indian’s childhood read ?
I love the twist in his wisdom. Lol
Also read it in childhood
@Kwyn ????
Shiva Trilogy by Amish
Kama sutra. Lol. One day I shall read it
Midnight children – Salman Rushdie
The lowland – Jhumpa Lahiri
The gods of small things …
I loved all of Chitra Banergee Caruna books. Mistress of the spices, sister of my heart, etc. also A fine balance- one of my favore books by Rohinton Mistry.
White Tiger, A Fine Balance, A Suitable Boy, God of Small Things – I adore Indian books.
The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
White Tiger
Shantaram.
Bury my heart at Wounded knee.
I loved The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
Chup, by Deepa Narayan.
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
A suitable Boy
Also, another good one. Behind the beautiful forever by Katherine Boo
I absolutely loved this book.
The God of Small Things, Narcopolis, Life of Pi, Baby Ganesh Detective Agency books, Brick Lane.
Sorry Life of Pi has an Indian protagonist but is cleverly written by a Canadian. ?
Bhagavad Gita.
Karma Sutra.
Village by the sea – Anita Desai. Probably the only Indian authored book I read; and have to say it’s really one of the finely written books I’ve come across.
Immortals of meluha
Three mistakes of my life
The death of Vishnu
How it is
Excellent.
I don’t reads it yet but it is in my list
I never read an Indian book, but I LOVED visiting India.
??
So many
1 the Brick Lane
2 Hullabaloo in the guava orchard
3 interpreter of
maladies
4 the two krishnas
5 ode to lata
6 the inbetween world if bikram lal
short story collections by Jhumpa Lahiri (Interpreter of Maladies is my favorite) and her novel The Lowlands
I read and enjoyed Brick Lane by Monica Ali, (she is Bangladeshi though, does that matter?) Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup,A Good Indian Wife by Anne Cherian, The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri, Battle For Bittora by Anuja Chauhan and I loved Anita and Me by Meera Syal.
Book page just sent me an email.Look up Thrity Umrigar.She looks like a fabulous Indian author.They are promotingThe Secrets Between Us it is the sequel to The Space Between Us both books look fabulous!!
I read The Space Between Us. It was very good!
I second The Space Between Us, excellent novel. Looking forward to the sequel.
I have read her The Story Hour. Loved it
I’ve read Heat and Dust, The God of Small Things and Midnight’s Children.
I read a romance novel about an English woman and Indian doctor. Monsoon Summer.
She who remember by Linda lay Schuler great book loved it it’s an oldie but goodie
Bhagavad Gita & Upanishads! Great books!
Lost Warrior Part 1 set in 1700’s. the story is set around Nayehi’ a strong Cherokee woman and a leader of her people and her love affair with Isaac Thomas.