5 best-selling indian literature books like The Parted Earth by Anjali Enjeti

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The Parted Earth

By: Anjali Enjeti

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In August 1947, 16-year-old Deepa’s life in New Delhi begins to unravel in the days leading up to t…

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Cover of All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

1. All My Rage

By: Sabaa Tahir

4.50

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arrange… read more

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  • contemporary
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Songs help me process life. They help me feel."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your fait in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your faith in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"Oh God, Toufiq," I whispered. "So much money we put in. What will we do now? I am a fool!" "Kindness is not foolish, my heart." He put his arm around me. "Anyway. At least they didn't steal the pictu…"

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

Cover of The Covenant of Water by Abraham   Verghese

2. The Covenant of Water

By: Abraham Verghese

4.45

Format: 724 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial ep… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

3. Let Us Descend

By: Jesmyn Ward

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."

-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend

Cover of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James   McBride

4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

By: James McBride

4.00

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Museum of Failures by Thrity Umrigar

5. The Museum of Failures

By: Thrity Umrigar

4.13

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

An immersive story about family secrets and the power of forgiveness from the bestselling author of… read more

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  • cultural
  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Because, ultimately everybody's story was written in scars."

-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures

"He had often thought of Bombay as the museum of failures, an exhibit hall filled with thwarted dreams and broken promises."

-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures

"Of course, there were unhappy people everywhere on earth, and if you catalogued all their griefs and disappointments, every place could be considered a museum of failures. One could argue that this w…"

-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures

Cover of The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez

6. The Great Divide

By: Cristina Henríquez

3.70

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"

-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide

Cover of A Burning by Megha Majumdar

7. A Burning

By: Megha Majumdar

3.73

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and Jhumpa Lahiri, an electrifying debut novel about three … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I am opening a card as if it is a flap of my heart. Opening and closing the card, opening and closing the card – I am ready for my heart to be tearing at the fold."

-Megha Majumdar, A Burning

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8. The Storm We Made

By: Vanessa Chan

3.87

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781668015148. A novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unl… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us by Prachi   Gupta

9. They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

By: Prachi Gupta

4.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An Indian American daughter reveals how the dangerous model minority myth fractured her family in t… read more

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  • india
  • audiobook
"We abide by their story because we think that is how we gain acceptance in America. But we cannibalize our bodies, our spirits and our minds to feed a hunger that never abates. We struggle under a we…"

-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

"The world we live in, which demands perfection and achievement, teaches us we cannot love ourselves as we are. The myth teaches us to think greatness always resides outside us instead of within us. W…"

-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

"We had each been raised to believe that every unknown could be resolved through willpower and intellect, a message reinforced by America's rigid conception of who we are supposed to be. The truth is,…"

-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

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10. Those We Thought We Knew

By: David Joy

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning writer David Joy comes a searing new novel about the cracks that form in a small… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Daughters of Madurai by Rajasree Variyar

11. The Daughters of Madurai

By: Rajasree Variyar

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Daughters of Madurai is both a heartrending family story and a page-turning mystery about the s… read more

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  • historical
  • asia
  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. The Bandit Queens

By: Parini Shroff

3.93

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Geeta's no-good husband disappeared five years ago. She didn't kill him, but everyone thinks she di… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"So I’d stay home. So my world wouldn’t get any bigger."

-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens

"At least you were seen. Hated, but seen. I was just invisible."

-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens

"Thanking him had nearly given her an ulcer, but she'd managed by imagining him dead."

-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens

"It wasn’t as though she wanted people looking at her — it was far safer to be invisible."

-Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens

Cover of When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar

13. When We Were Sisters

By: Fatimah Asghar

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An orphan grapples with gender, siblinghood, family, and coming-of-age as a Muslim in America in th… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp

14. The Oracle Code

By: Marieke Nijkamp

3.79

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp (This Is Where It Ends) and artist Manuel … read more

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  • fiction
"Losing is only permanent if you stop trying."

-Marieke Nijkamp, The Oracle Code

"Dad once told me that even a hopeless situation doesn't always stop him. Not because he believes there'll be a miracle, but because giving up feels too final."

-Marieke Nijkamp, The Oracle Code

Cover of The Double Life of Benson Yu by Kevin  Chong

15. The Double Life of Benson Yu

By: Kevin Chong

3.54

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

This work of metafiction follows a graphic novelist losing control of his own narrative as he attem… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. A House Is a Body

By: Shruti Swamy

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

INTRODUCING A DAZZLING NEW LITERARY VOICE In two-time O. Henry-prize winner Swamy's debut collectio… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The house is a body, a body houses souls."

-Shruti Swamy, A House Is a Body

"Sometimes, when you lose - when people die - it is very hard to make tears. You feel like you want to make tears but something inside you stops them and they press your chest. Like something sitting …"

-Shruti Swamy, A House Is a Body

Cover of The Parted Earth by Anjali Enjeti

17. The Parted Earth

By: Anjali Enjeti

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In August 1947, 16-year-old Deepa’s life in New Delhi begins to unravel in the days leading up to t… read more

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  • cultural
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • asia
  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Kunti: The Sati Series II by Koral Dasgupta

18. Kunti: The Sati Series II

By: Koral Dasgupta

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Kunti, a rare matriarch in the Mahabharata and one of the revered Pancha Satis, holds an unforgetta… read more

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  • indian literature
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber

19. The House of Rust

By: Khadija Abdalla Bajaber

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The first Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize winner, a story of a girl’s fantastical sea voyage t… read more

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  • fiction
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20. Cherokee America

By: Margaret Verble

3.51

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Maud's Line, an epic novel that follows a web of com… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Home by Penny  Parkes

21. Home

By: Penny Parkes

3.79

Format: 12 pages, Audiobook

***Penny Parkes' brilliant new novel MAYBE TOMORROW is out now!*** 'Moving, hopeful and heartfelt..… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Partition Voices: Untold British Stories by Kavita Puri

22. Partition Voices: Untold British Stories

By: Kavita Puri

4.46

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Dotted across homes in Britain are people who were witnesses to one of the most tumultuous events o… read more

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  • india
Cover of I'm Not Hungry But I Could Eat by Christopher   Gonzalez

23. I'm Not Hungry But I Could Eat

By: Christopher Gonzalez

3.85

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Long nights, empty stomachs, and impulsive cravings haunt the stories of I’m Not Hungry But I Could… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. The Lion Women of Tehran

By: Marjan Kamali

4.50

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stati… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"When I am surrounded by books, I feel most at peace."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

"I wanted what Homa had. I wanted her family. Her living father, her kind mother. I wanted her fat, edible baby sister. I wanted the warmth and safety of her home."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

Cover of Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America by Bill Geist

25. Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

By: Bill Geist

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Beloved TV host Bill Geist pens a reflective memoir of his incredible summers spent in the heart of… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Kashmir (The Partition Trilogy, #3) by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

26. Kashmir (The Partition Trilogy, #3)

By: Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

4.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

Maharaja Hari Singh rules Kashmir, a Muslim-majority Princely State expected to accede to Pakistan … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Hyderabad (The Partition Trilogy, #2) by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

27. Hyderabad (The Partition Trilogy, #2)

By: Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

4.18

Format: None pages, None

Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, is the Nizam of Hyderabad, the largest Princely State of the Crow… read more

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  • indian literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of An Unlasting Home by Mai Al-Nakib

28. An Unlasting Home

By: Mai Al-Nakib

4.08

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

The debut novel from an award-winning short story writer: a multigenerational saga spanning Lebanon… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Serena Singh Flips the Script by Sonya Lalli

29. Serena Singh Flips the Script

By: Sonya Lalli

3.73

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Serena Singh is tired of everyone telling her what she should want--and she is ready to prove to he… read more

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  • audiobook
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Things That Grow by Meredith Goldstein

30. Things That Grow

By: Meredith Goldstein

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

After her grandmother dies, a girl travels to different gardens to scatter her ashes, learning abou… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match by Vanessa Grubbs

31. Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match

By: Vanessa Grubbs

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

A young, hopeful doctor's memoir--an unforgettable love story and an informative journey into the w… read more

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27 best-selling fiction books like The Parted Earth by Anjali Enjeti

Transform Your Habits

All My Rage

Sabaa Tahir

4.50

Transform Your Habits

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

4.00

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19 Top fiction books like The Daughters of Madurai by Rajasree Variyar

Transform Your Habits

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

Lisa See

4.36

Transform Your Habits

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Independence

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Museum of Failures

Thrity Umrigar

4.13

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