The most popular south Asian experience books

These books tell the stories of people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and their diasporas. Family, marriage, faith, partition, migration and ambition fill some of the most celebrated novels of recent decades. Expect big casts, rich food and stories that cross continents.

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Crow Eaters
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Crow Eaters

Bapsi Sidhwa

Published 1999

283 pages

Blue Boy
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Blue Boy

Rakesh Satyal, Vikas Adam

2009 · 2017 edition

288 pages

Londonstani
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Londonstani

Gautam Malkani

2006 · 2007 edition

342 pages

Sugarbread
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Sugarbread

Balli Kaur Jaswal

Published 2016

278 pages

The Abundance
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The Abundance

Amit Majmudar

Published 2013

272 pages

Born Confused
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Born Confused

Tanuja Desai Hidier

2002 · 2014 edition

512 pages

Blue Jasmine
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Blue Jasmine

Kashmira Sheth

2004 · 2013 edition

162 pages

Vanished
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Vanished

Sheela Chari

Published 2011

336 pages