5 best-selling india books like For Now, It Is Night: Stories by Hari Krishna Kaul

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For Now, It Is Night: Stories

By: Hari Krishna Kaul

3.67

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

“An enthralling — and welcome — reclamation of Kaul’s fiction. . . Kaul’s work shimmers with questi…

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1. Fasting, Feasting

By: Anita Desai

4.22

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A wonderful novel in two parts, moving from the heart of a close-knit Indian household, with its re… read more

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  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction

2. JR

By: William Gaddis , Frederick R. Karl

3.61

Format: 8 pages, Paperback

J R is the long-awaited novel from William Gaddis, author of The Recognitions,that tremendous book … read more

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3. In Other Words

By: Jhumpa Lahiri , Ann Goldstein

4.50

Format: 142 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize winner, a surprising, powerful, and eloquent nonfiction debut In Other Word… read more

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4. The Rings of Saturn

By: Michael Hulse , W.G. Sebald

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Rings of Saturn- with its curious archive of photographs - records a walking tour of the east c… read more

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5. Life on Mars

By: Tracy K. Smith

4.45

Format: 122 pages,

You lie there kicking like a baby, waiting for God himself To lift you past the rungs of your crib.… read more

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6. Old Masters: A Comedy

By: Thomas Bernhard , Ewald Osers

4.29

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly satirical novel, the tutor Atzbacher has been summoned by his friend Reger to m… read more

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7. This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

By: Natsuko Imamura

3.63

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Other people don’t seem to understand Amiko. Whether eating curry rice with her hands at school or … read more

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  • fiction
"Every time she cried, "I love you!" the words shattered her heart without mercy."

-Natsuko Imamura, This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

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8. Enter Ghost

By: Isabella Hammad

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A bold, evocative new novel from the Sue Kaufman, Betty Trask and Plimpton Prize Award winner Isabe… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of No es un río by Selva Almada

9. No es un río

By: Selva Almada

3.95

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

Enero y el Negro llevan de pesca a Tilo, hijo adolescente de Eusebio, el amigo muerto. Mientras beb… read more

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  • fiction
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10. Sakina’s Kiss

By: Vivek Shanbhag

3.81

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Venkat answers urgent knocks on the door to his flat one evening to find two insolent young men cla… read more

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  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
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11. This Strange Eventful History

By: Claire Messud

3.63

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more

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  • fiction
"Family life, like playing chess, involved always thinking several steps ahead."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"Literature... Now, that's a religion I can believe in. That is perhaps my God."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"... she'd been a fool, enamored of a figment, had created the soul of a man who never existed -"

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"All-U-Can Hi-way 4-Sale Thru. This American English thrilled him - its energy, its freedom, its carelessness."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

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12. Your Utopia

By: Bora Chung

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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13. My Friends

By: Hisham Matar

4.34

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Return , a luminous novel of friendship, family, and … read more

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  • fiction
"A vast distance exists between a protester and his slogan; the entire history of politics exists in that gap."

-Hisham Matar, My Friends

"For a writer, exile is prison, a severing from the source, and so, courageous or not, he dies in front of our eyes."

-Hisham Matar, My Friends

"She was older and all the more beautiful, had the weary tiredness of one who, in surrendering to her life, was ennobled by it."

-Hisham Matar, My Friends

"I walked off feeling an emptiness well up inside me. It seemed, for all the emptiness that it was, a presence. It made me want to run away, dive deeper into myself, into that cold desolation, to the …"

-Hisham Matar, My Friends

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14. The Manicurist's Daughter

By: Susan Lieu

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who … read more

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15. The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)

By: Mai Mochizuki

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of c… read more

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  • fiction
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16. Enero

By: Sara Gallardo

3.97

Format: 101 pages, Paperback

La pertenencia de Sara Gallardo a la alta burguesía nacional no es un dato aleatorio a la hora de c… read more

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  • fiction
"Cuando chica, Nefer quería ser hombre para lucir en las fiestas esas prendas resplandecientes."

-Sara Gallardo, Enero

"Porque no se puede volver atrás, el tiempo viene y todo crece, y después de crecer viene la muerte. Pero para atrás no se puede andar."

-Sara Gallardo, Enero

"Her former tormenter has become her friend, her companion in a private world, which, until only a few days ago, was untainted by outside words and prying eyes. Her blood thins and begins to flow free…"

-Sara Gallardo, Enero

"Nefer tiene oídos y por eso oye, y la boca le sirve para comer, pero el mundo pasa a su alrededor como el agua en torno a un peñasco, y ella está seria y nada importa. Dentro de un tiempo empezará a …"

-Sara Gallardo, Enero

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17. The Singularity (New York Review Classics)

By: Dino Buzzati

3.53

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

In this prophetic allegory about artificial intelligence by a renowned figure of twentieth-century … read more

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  • fiction
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18. Of Cattle and Men

By: Ana Paula Maia

3.97

Format: 99 pages, Paperback

Animals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated … read more

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  • fiction
"Senhor Milo knows cattlemen, he's cut from the same cloth. No one goes unpunished. They're men of cattle and blood."

-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men

"Two enclosures, one for cattle and one for men, standing side by side. Sometimes the smell is familiar. Only the voices on one side and the mooing on the other distinguish the men from the ruminants."

-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men

"Edgar picks up the mallet. The steer comes up close to him. Edgar looks into the animal's eyes and caresses its forehead. The cow stomps one hoof, wags its tail and snorts. Edgar shushes the animal a…"

-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men

"For a few moments, Edgar Wilson yields to the late afternoon sun that has not yet fully set, but that is rushing headlong into a moonless, starless night. He knows how to listen in silence, even when…"

-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men

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19. Ungeenheden

By: Fine Gråbøl

3.68

Format: 169 pages, Paperback

Ungeenheden er Fine Gråbøls debut. En omsorgsfuld og kritisk roman om en gruppe unge i psykiatrien … read more

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  • fiction
"Our daily routines are our best illusions of new beginnings, a new cycle."

-Fine Gråbøl, Ungeenheden

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20. 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
Cover of Ædnan by Linnea Axelsson

21. Ædnan

By: Linnea Axelsson

4.23

Format: 762 pages, Hardcover

Ædnan är ett mäktigt epos som på en ordknapp vers berättar om två samiska familjer. I deras öden sp… read more

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  • fiction
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22. Welcome to Paradise

By: Twinkle Khanna

3.59

Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition

Rich narratives that explore the depth of loneliness, heartbreak and deception. Huma’s divided fami… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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23. When Fairyland Lost Its Magic

By: Bijal Vachharajani

4.59

Format: 108 pages, Kindle Edition

When Fairyland Lost Its Magic Nothing is as is ... In the once enchanted oceans and forests of Fa… read more

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24. Lallan Sweets

By: Srishti Chaudhary

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Family Drama(40 percent), Love Story( 30 percent), Heart Warming( 100 percent) It is 1995. Tara … read more

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  • india
  • fiction
Cover of A Question of Belonging: Crónicas by Hebe Uhart

25. A Question of Belonging: Crónicas

By: Hebe Uhart

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

“Sets the coordinates for a wisdom of her own.” – Alejandra Costamagna 25 Crónicas – uniquely Lati… read more

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Cover of The Brush: Poems by Eliana Hernández-Pachón

26. The Brush: Poems

By: Eliana Hernández-Pachón

4.16

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A wise, visionary debut on ecological and human resistance, perfect for fans of Amanda Gorman and G… read more

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27. For Now, It Is Night: Stories

By: Hari Krishna Kaul

3.67

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

“An enthralling — and welcome — reclamation of Kaul’s fiction. . . Kaul’s work shimmers with questi… read more

Similar categories in Hari Krishna Kaul's For Now, It Is Night: Stories book and Hari Krishna Kaul's For Now, It Is Night: Stories

  • indian literature
  • short stories
  • india
  • fiction
Cover of Maria, Just Maria by Sandhya Mary

28. Maria, Just Maria

By: Sandhya Mary

4.02

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

'A rare novel.' - S. HAREESH 'A must-read!' - DAISY ROCKWELL Following the death of her grand… read more

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  • india
  • fiction
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29. Living Things

By: Munir Hachemi

3.82

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

Living Things follows four recent graduates – Munir, G, Ernesto and Álex – who travel from Madrid t… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Mithun Number Two and Other Mumbai Stories by Jayant Kaikini

30. Mithun Number Two and Other Mumbai Stories

By: Jayant Kaikini

4.05

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

About the BookA BRILLIANT COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE AWARD-WINNER AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR TEAM THAT… read more

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  • short stories
Cover of The Hill of Enchantment: The Story of My Life as a Writer by Ruskin Bond

31. The Hill of Enchantment: The Story of My Life as a Writer

By: Ruskin Bond

4.64

Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition

In his ninetieth year, India’s best loved writer, Ruskin Bond, looks back on his rich and varied li… read more

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20 must-read fiction books like For Now, It Is Night: Stories by Hari Krishna Kaul

Transform Your Habits

Fasting, Feasting

Anita Desai

4.22

Transform Your Habits

This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

Natsuko Imamura

3.63

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Enter Ghost

Isabella Hammad

4.09

Transform Your Habits

No es un río

Selva Almada

3.95

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The Extinction of Irena Rey

Jennifer Croft

3.26

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Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

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Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

4.24

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Colin Barrett

3.78

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