An Indian-American by birth, Jhumpa Lahiri is famous for telling the story of immigrants like no other writer. This is her debut work which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2000.
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
This is Roy's debut novel which went on to win the Man Booker Prize in 1997. It is a must-read for any literature-lover. It is so beautifully written that it will almost feel like poetry disguised as prose.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2006, Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss is a story of the consequences of colonialism as it collides with the modern world.
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
This brilliant book is a reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharata, told from the point of view of an amazing woman, Panchaali.
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Divakaruni
This book is a collection of Ismat Chughtai's best short stories including masterpieces like The Quilt and The Homemaker. The stories explore women's sexuality in a sarcastic and thought-provoking manner.
Lifting the Veil by Ismat Chughtai
Set in the Mughal empire of the 1500s, the author’s debut novel is an epic tale of royal romance, tradition, history and struggle for control of the throne.
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan
A powerful book by one of the best contemporary female writers of India, this is a tale celebrating womanhood and about embracing its myriad shades- motherhood, rejection, grief, and above all, the importance of freedom.
All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy