Bill's favorites through May 2018 from the Great Indian Novel discussions.

A Suitable Boy, by Vikram Seth
A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, by Arundhati Roy
Train to Pakistan, by Khushwant Singh
The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
The Hungry Tide, by Amitav Ghosh
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, by Katherine Boo
The Glass Palace, by Amitav Ghosh
The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India, by William Dalrymple
The House of Blue Mangoes, by David Davidar (here is a glossary of sorts)

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Last Updated May 10, 2018.