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Warp and WeftVinay JallaAndhra PradeshNovelSet in a fictitious village called Zarivaram, this novel is based on the life and story of a weaver who overcomes poverty to become the richest man in the villageEnglish2013 'Warp and Weft' has been translated into Telugu titled - 'Narayaneeyam'. The foreword is written by one of South India's most-loved and celebrated Telugu novelist Yandamoori Veerendranath.
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The Legend of KuldharaMalathi Ramachandran Jaisalmer, RajasthanNovelBased on the legend of 84 villages of Paliwals abandoning their homes overnight to save one girl's honourEnglish 2013
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Mandu.you try /Malathi Ramachandran Mandavgarh Fort, Madhya Pradesh NovelBased on the true story of Sultan Baz Bahadur and peasant girl Roopmati and how their love was tested by an invasion by Mughal army to capture herEnglish 2020
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Amaravthi KathaluSatyam SankaramanchiAndhra Pradesh-AmaravthiShort stories real life stories, way of living, relatable incidents to present situations and everything about AmaravathiTelugu 1960This book also won the Andhra Sahitya Academy award in 1979.
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Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in BanarasRadhika IyengarVaranasiEnglish2023
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City on Fire: A Boyhood in AligarhZeyad Masroor KhanAligarhEnglish2023
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The Temple-GoersAatish TaseerDelhiEnglish2010
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The Twice-BornAatish TaseerVaranasiEnglish2018
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The Way Things WereAatish TaseerDelhiEnglish2014
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Delhi: A SoliloquyM. MukundanDelhiMalayalam2010English Translation: Fathima E.V:, Nandakumar K.
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Perpetual CityMalvika SinghDelhiESSAYEnglish2013
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A Death in DelhiKamaleshwarDelhiShort StoryHindiEnglish Translation: Gordon C. Roadarmel
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City of Djinns: A Year in DelhiWilliam DalrympleDelhiESSAYEnglish1993
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The Red Tin RoofNirmal VermaShimlaHindiEnglish Translation: Kuldip Singh
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SignsNirmal VermaDelhiShort StoryHindiEnglish Translation: Pratik Kanjilal
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Korma, Kheer & Kismet: Five Seasons in Old DelhiPamela TimmsDelhiEnglish2014
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Day ScholarSiddharth ChowdhuryDelhiEnglish2010
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A Bad CharacterDeepti KapoorDelhiEnglish2014
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The Book of Gold LeavesMirza WaheedSrinagarEnglish2014
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The ChronicleIntizar HusainLahoreUrdu1987English Translation: Matt Reeck
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Want to flag double entry for the Eighteenth Parallel
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In the City by the SeaKamila ShamsieKarachiNovelEnglish1998
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The kite runner Khaled Hosseini KabulNovelfriendship, family, betrayal, redemption, and the effects of political events on lives.English2003
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Cilappatikaram/ SilappathikaramIlango AdigalPoompuhar,MaduraipoemLove,chastity,justice,cheatingTamil5th-6th century CEEnglish- The story that centers around an anklet
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The Inheritance of LossKiran DesaiKalimpongnovel
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People On Our RoofShefali Tripathi MehtaDelhiNovelFamily, memory, mental health, disability, care English2020
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The Barn Owl's Wondrous CapersSarnath BanerjeeKolkataGraphic NovelIdentity; history; familyEnglish2007
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CorridorSarnath BanerjeeNew DelhiGraphic NovelIdentity; alienation; connection; city lifeEnglish2004
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The City InsideSamit BasuNew DelhiNovelDystopic future; technology; radical politics; social mediaEnglish2022
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God's Little SoldierKiran NagarkarMumbai
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QuarterlifeDevika RegeMumbai/WaiNovelContemporary life trajectories, Emerging political scene, young people navigating relationships amidst deeply conflicting political beliefs and transformationsEnglish2023
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DarjeelingParimal BhattacharyaDarjeelingMemoir On Local life, Society and HistoryBengali2009Parimal Bhattacharya has a book in English as well named as "No Path in Darjeeling Is Straight: Memories of a Hill Town"
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The Education of YuriJerry PintoBombayNovelAdolescence, identity, family, coming of age, queernessEnglish2022
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Milk TeethAmrita MahaleBombayNovelFamily, Neighbourhood, Housing Societies, Intergenerational2018
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Wide-eyed in a Sleepy TownAlok SinhaDhanbad, Jharia, HazaribaghMemoir Growing up in Dhanbad in the suburbs of coal mining town of Jharia, Anglos, Tribals, Missionaries English2022
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Dui Bigha JomiRabindranath TagoreWest Bengal (rural landscape)PoemLand ownership, poverty, class, lossBengaliLots of english translations are available online!

This poem inspired Bimal Roy's 'Do Bigha Zameen' which is an incredible film traversing the landscape of post-colonial India.
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On the Banks of the River MayyazhiM.MukundanMahe, Northern KeralaNovelFrench Colonialism, Historical FictionMalayalamThe book that made M.Mukundan a household name in Kerala
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KarikkottakkariVinoy ThomasKarikkottakkari, KannurNovelDalit Christian HistoryMalayalamReally needs a good translation
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Rinjal DhanJalPhaniswarnath RenuPatnaMemoir Flooding, DroughtHindi2021This book is in form of reportage cum memoir of Phaniswar Nath Renu's experience during flooding in Patna in 70s. It has two parts, the first part is on flooding and the second part is on his travel in drought areas with Ageya.
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The Illicit Happiness of Other PeopleManu JosephChennaiNovelLove, Purpose of Life, Struggles of an artist, FamilyEnglish2012
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ZenShabnam MinwallaMaharashtra: MumbaiNovelLove, History, Family, Protest, Bombay, Mumbai, movementsEnglish2023
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History's AngelAnjum HasanDelhiNovelWhat it means to be Muslim , Muslim identity, history, Muslim neighborhoods English2023
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PyrePerumal MuruganKattupatti (village in Tamil Nadu)NovelCaste-based violenceTamil translated to EnglishPublished in Tamil in 2013, in English in 2016
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The Shadow LinesAmitav GhoshDelhi, Dhaka, Calcutta and LondonNovelPartition, Swadeshi Movement, Communal riots of 1963-64 in Dhaka and CalcuttaEnglish1988
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The Swaraj SpyVijay BalanKozhikode, Chennai, Singapore, Penang, Yangon, DelhiNovelHistory, Espionage Wing of the INA, The savagery of war and India's march to independence as evinced by their impact on two ordinary peopleEnglish2022
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Operation Blazing SnowVarun BhakaySrinagar, New Delhi, Gurez Valley, Ganderbal, Mumbai, Multan, Muzaffarabad, KahutaNovelEspionage fiction set against the Kashmir InsurgencyEnglish2016
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Club You to DeathAnuja ChauhanNew DelhiNovelA murder-mystery examinng class disparity in urban contemporary IndiaEnglish2021
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Filming, A love story.Tabish Khair1930-1947 Bombay, 1920, Calcutta, Gaya.NovelA love story set against the backdrop of a Bombay Film studio and rising communalism English2009
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The World We FoundThrity Umrigar1970'S BombayNovelFour girls who are thick friends in college in 1970's Bombay reunite after decades when one of them is about to dieEnglish2012
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Adarsha Hindu Hotel Bibhutibhushan BandopadhyayRanaghat, West BengalNovelA novel about a pice hotel during WWII in Bengal, about its owner/chef, maid, suppliers and how their lives are intertwined together. this is a rare culinary fiction in Bangla. Bangla1940A film and a tv serial were made based on the novel in 1957 and 1989 respectively. Trivia: the author also wrote 'Pather Panchali' and Satyajit Ray made a film based on it.
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Minor Disturbances in Grand Life ApartmentsHema SukumarChennai, Tamil NaduNovelFour residents of a quaint apartment in life navgiate their lives while powerful men try to buy the apartment English2023I haven't come across many books based in Chennai, and the book truly captures the city's essence
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The WildingsNilanjana S. RoyDelhiNovelSeeing old Delhi through the eyes and lives of its street cats. English2016
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Those Pricey Thakur GirlsAnuja ChauhanDelhiNovelA great comedy of manners set in 1980s post anti-Sikh riots Delhi.English2013
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The Caliph's HouseTahir ShahCasablanca NovelAn acclaimed English travel writer Tahir Shah shares a highly entertaining account of making an exotic dream come true.English2006Just learnt so much about Morocco and its culture through this book. It is a fantastic book
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In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan DreamsTahir ShahCasablanca - FezNovelThe author takes us deeper into the heart of morocco's exotic and magical land to uncover mysteries that have been hidden from Western eyes for centuries.…English2007
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Begum Hazrat Mahal- Warrior Queen of Awadh Malathi Ramachandran LucknowNovelThe story of India's first war of independence triggered in Lucknow and led by the young wife of the exiled Nawab English 2023
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A Strange and Sublime Address
Amit ChaudhuriKolkatanovelurban life, family lifeEnglish1991
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Freedom SongAmit ChaudhuriKolkatanovelurban life, 1992-93 riots, PartitionEnglish1998
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DIksha at St Martin'sSiddharth ChowdhuryPatnastoriesteenage yearsEnglish2002
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The Patna Manual of StyleSiddharth ChowdhuryDelhi, Patnastoriesurban life, publishingEnglish2015
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Delhi CalmVishwajyoti GhoshDelhigraphic novelEnglish2010
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In Times of SiegeGita HariharanDelhinoveluniversity, politicsEnglish2003
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The Garden of Earthly Delhights
Indrajit HazraKolkatanovelurban life, tall tales, pyromaniaEnglish2003
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Once there was a city named delhi
Intazar HusainDelhinovelUrdu / Englishtrans. by Ghazala Jami and Faiz Ullah
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The City of Good DeathPriyanka ChampaneriVaranasinoveldeath, family, memoryEnglish2021
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Coming Back to the City: Mumbai Stories
Anuradha KumarMumbainovel in storiesdevelopment, women's lives English2019
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Bombay StoriesSaadat Hasan MantoMumbaishort storiesUrdu / English2014
trans. into English by Matt Reeck and Aftab Ahmad
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Midnight's ChildrenSalman RushdieSrinagar, Amritsar, Delhi, Mumbai, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Daccanovelhistory, independence, filiation, magicEnglish1981
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The Satanic VersesSalman RushdieMumbai, londonnovelmigrationEnglish1988
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The Moor's Last SighSalman RushdieKochi, Mumbainovelfamily, art, underworld, religionsEnglish1995
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Beach BoyArdashir VakilMumbai (1970s)novelcoming of ageEnglish1997
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The ThinnaiAri GautierPondicherrynovelstorytelling, community, caste and urban spaces, historicalFrench 2021Translated into English by Blake Smith
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The LowlandJhumpa LahiriTollygunge, Calcuttanovelstory of two brothers and intersection of political and personalEnglish2013
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Kai Chand the Sare aasmanShamsur Rahman FaarouqiDelhinovelhistorical fiction set in years preceding the 1857 revolt. Urdu/Hindi (Also translated into English by the author himselfPenguin
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A Death in ShonagachhiRijula DasKolkata/ Calcuttanovelthe trials of Kolkata's sex workers in the aftermath of demonetisation, a trafficking nexus fuelled by religious organisations and a dreamer of old Calcutta, in love with a whore.English2021Picador India
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The Hunter of LalbazarSuhit SenKolkata/ CalcuttanovelA series of horrific crimes on women in Kolkata makes the elite detective unit of Lalbazar, led by Tanya Samanta, take a closer look at themselves.English2022Speaking Tiger
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Delhi: A NovelKushwant SinghDelhiHistorical fictionConsidered Kushwant Singh's vast, erotic, irreverent magnum opus on the city of Delhi, this novel travels through time, space and history to 'discover' his beloved city. English1990Penguin Books, Translated into Urdu by Irfan Ahmad Khan
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Sleeping On JupiterAnuradha RoyJarmuli (fictionalised coastal temple town overlooking the Bay of Bengal)NovelEnglish2015
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Kashi Ka AssiKashinath SinghAssi Ghat(Kashi/Varanasi)NovelHindi
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Kalikatay Nabakumar Samaresh Majumdar Kolkata NovelBengali 2020
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The Boy who wanted to know moreEmani Rani SarmaSrikakulamMemoirMalgudi days like children storiesEnglish2025
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