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Essential Works of Modern Indian Literature

From Adiga to Lahiri, from Desai to Rushdie, this is a list of 60 of the most essential books to understand modern India, from Indian authors and translators.
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Corridor (Sarnath Banerjee)
Corridor
1
Sarnath Banerjee
The Simoqin Prophecies (Samit Basu)
The Simoqin Prophecies
2
Samit Basu
The Manticore's Secret (Samit Basu)
The Manticore's Secret
3
Samit Basu
Unwaba Revelations (Samit Basu)
Unwaba Revelations
4
Samit Basu
Red Earth and Pouring Rain
Red Earth and Pouring Rain
5
English, August (Upamanyu Chatterjee)
English, August
6
Upamanyu Chatterjee
A Strange and Sublime Address (Amit Chaudhuri)
A Strange and Sublime Address
7
Amit Chaudhuri
Arzee the Dwarf (Chandrahas Choudhury)
Arzee the Dwarf
8
Chandrahas Choudhury
Solo (Rana Dasgupta)
Solo
9
Rana Dasgupta
The Point of Return (Siddhartha Deb)
The Point of Return
10
Siddhartha Deb
In Custody (Anita Desai)
In Custody
11
Anita Desai
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
12
Kiran Desai
The Circle of Reason (Amitav Ghosh)
The Circle of Reason
13
Amitav Ghosh
The Glassblower's Breath (Sunetra Gupta)
The Glassblower's Breath
14
Sunetra Gupta
The Burnt Forehead of Max Saul (Indrajit Hazra)
The Burnt Forehead of Max Saul
15
Indrajit Hazra
Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur
Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur
16
Looking Through Glass (Mukul Kesavan)
Looking Through Glass
17
Mukul Kesavan
Jejuri (Arun Kolatkar)
Jejuri
18
Arun Kolatkar
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
19
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
20
Jhumpa Lahiri
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
21
Jhumpa Lahiri
Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
22
Jhumpa Lahiri
Such a Long Journey
Such a Long Journey
23
The Lie of Dawns (Jayanta Mahapatra)
The Lie of Dawns
24
Jayanta Mahapatra
Collected Poems, 1954-2004 (Dom Moraes)
Collected Poems, 1954-2004
25
Dom Moraes
The Middleman and Other Stories
The Middleman and Other Stories
26
The Collected Poems of A. K. Ramanujan (A. K. Ramanujan)
The Collected Poems of A. K. Ramanujan
27
A. K. Ramanujan
An Atlas of Impossible Longing (Anuradha Roy)
An Atlas of Impossible Longing
28
Anuradha Roy
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
29
Arundhati Roy
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
30
Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
31
Salman Rushdie
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
32
Luka and the Fire of Life (Salman Rushdie)
Luka and the Fire of Life
33
Salman Rushdie
The Golden Gate (Vikram Seth)
The Golden Gate
34
Vikram Seth
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
35
Vikram Seth
Postmarked India: New and Selected Poems (Sudeep Sen)
Postmarked India: New and Selected Poems
36
Sudeep Sen
Train to Pakistan
Train to Pakistan
37
The Alchemy of Desire (Tarun J. Tejpal)
The Alchemy of Desire
38
Tarun J. Tejpal
The Great Indian Novel
The Great Indian Novel
39
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
40
Aravind Adiga
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