8 Best romance books like Well-Behaved Indian Women by Saumya Dave

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Well-Behaved Indian Women

By: Saumya Dave

3.78

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

From a compelling new voice in women's fiction comes a mother-daughter story about three generation…

If you liked the romance plot in Well-Behaved Indian Women by Saumya Dave , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. When Ashish Met Sweetie

By: Sandhya Menon

4.07

Format: 242 pages,

Sandhya Menon's WHEN ASHISH MET SWEETIE, a companion novel to her NYT bestselling When Dimple Met R… read more

Similar categories in Sandhya Menon's When Ashish Met Sweetie book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary

2. A Bollywood Affair

By: Sonali Dev

3.67

Format: None pages,

Mili Rathod hasn't seen her husband in twenty years--not since she was promised to him at the age o… read more

Similar categories in Sonali Dev's A Bollywood Affair book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • romance
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. The Palace of Illusions

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharat--told from the point of view of an am… read more

Similar categories in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Palace of Illusions book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction

4. The Windfall

By: Soneela Nankani , Diksha Basu

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Audio CD

For the past thirty years, Mr. and Mrs. Jha's lives have been defined by cramped spaces, cut corner… read more

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5. Independence

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

India, 1947. In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor.… read more

Similar categories in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's Independence book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • literary fiction
  • indian literature
  • india
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The year is 1947. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

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6. The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3)

By: Alka Joshi

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Paris, 1974. Radha is now thirty-two and living in Paris with her husband, Pierre, and their two da… read more

Similar categories in Alka Joshi's The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3) book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • literary fiction
  • india
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I've given my best, but I've been used. Delphine said I have to move past it. Lakshmi moved past her betrayals. So did Victorine. Isn't that the look she's giving us in Manet's paining? There will al…"

-Alka Joshi, The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3)

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7. Kaikeyi

By: Vaishnavi Patel

4.19

Format: 478 pages, Hardcover

“I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions—much good … read more

Similar categories in Vaishnavi Patel's Kaikeyi book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Because those who are good question themselves. Because those who are good always wonder if there was a better way, a way that could have helped more and hurt less. That feeling is why you are good."

-Vaishnavi Patel, Kaikeyi

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8. 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

Similar categories in Prachi Gupta's They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • india
  • family
  • 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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9. 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

Similar categories in Rajasree Variyar's The Daughters of Madurai book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • indian literature
  • india
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1)

By: Alka Joshi

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Vivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman’s struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting … read more

Similar categories in Alka Joshi's The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1) book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • adult fiction
  • india
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He deserves paradise who makes his companions laugh."

-Alka Joshi, The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1)

"Independence changed everything. Independence changed nothing."

-Alka Joshi, The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1)

"Hadn't Gandi-ji said, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"?"

-Alka Joshi, The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1)

"People are more gullible and less compassionate than any of us want to believe."

-Alka Joshi, The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1)

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11. The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

By: Alka Joshi

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

It’s the spring of 1969, and Lakshmi, now married to Dr. Jay Kumar, directs the Healing Garden in S… read more

Similar categories in Alka Joshi's The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2) book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • adult fiction
  • india
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There's more power in keeping a secret than in betraying it."

-Alka Joshi, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

"I turn the pages carefully. Our tribal elders may not know how to read, but they revere those who can. "Books contain magic," they say."

-Alka Joshi, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

"I never knew there was a place where you could go look at books, much less borrow them, then return them when you are through looking. Imagine! Something that precious!"

-Alka Joshi, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (The Jaipur Trilogy, #2)

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12. Tell Me How to Be

By: Neel Patel

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Lost in the jungle of Los Angeles, Akash Amin is filled with shame. Shame for liking men. Shame for… read more

Similar categories in Neel Patel's Tell Me How to Be book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Lies are like children, the second you conceive them you must protect them at all costs."

-Neel Patel, Tell Me How to Be

"You came into my life and rimmed it with gold. Everything was more bearable with you by my side."

-Neel Patel, Tell Me How to Be

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13. Late Bloomers

By: Deepa Varadarajan

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An Indian American family is turned upside down when the parents split up thirty-six years into the… read more

Similar categories in Deepa Varadarajan's Late Bloomers book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Sugar, Spice, and Can't Play Nice (Chai Masala Club, #2)

By: Annika Sharma

3.56

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Payal is a girl on the verge―of living a life she's always dreamt of, becoming a rising star in fas… read more

Similar categories in Annika Sharma's Sugar, Spice, and Can't Play Nice (Chai Masala Club, #2) book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. At Least You Have Your Health

By: Madi Sinha

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Behind the wholesome veneer of a wellness clinic lies a dangerous secret in this compelling women's… read more

Similar categories in Madi Sinha's At Least You Have Your Health book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Well-Behaved Indian Women

By: Saumya Dave

3.78

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

From a compelling new voice in women's fiction comes a mother-daughter story about three generation… read more

Similar categories in Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words (Chai Masala Club, #1)

By: Annika Sharma

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A charming NYC romance by co-host of the Woke Desi, for fans of: • multicultural connections • … read more

Similar categories in Annika Sharma's Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words (Chai Masala Club, #1) book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Goddess of the River

By: Vaishnavi Patel

3.86

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from… read more

Similar categories in Vaishnavi Patel's Goddess of the River book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. 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

Similar categories in Sonya Lalli's Serena Singh Flips the Script book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Purple Lotus

By: Veena Rao

4.05

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Tara moves to the American South three years after her arranged marriage to tech executive Sanjay. … read more

Similar categories in Veena Rao's Purple Lotus book and Saumya Dave's Well-Behaved Indian Women

  • literary fiction
  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
  • adult
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21. A Rhyme & A Reason

By: Ik Jagait

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

He's never gotten over his first love. She's coming out of an abusive relationship with a life chan… read more

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18 Best fiction books like Well-Behaved Indian Women by Saumya Dave

Transform Your Habits

When Ashish Met Sweetie

Sandhya Menon

4.07

A Bollywood Affair

Sonali Dev

3.67

Transform Your Habits

The Palace of Illusions

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

5.00

Transform Your Habits

Independence

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.11

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21 best-selling fiction books like Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel

Transform Your Habits

Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

S.T. Gibson

3.66

Transform Your Habits

The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread, #1)

Sophie Kim

4.12

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Song of the Huntress

Lucy Holland

3.76

Transform Your Habits

A Letter to the Luminous Deep

Sylvie Cathrall

3.69

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