Across the Black WatersW
Across the Black Waters

Across the Black Waters is an English novel by the Indian writer Mulk Raj Anand first published in 1939. It describes the experience of Lalu, a sepoy in the Indian Army fighting on behalf of Britain against the Germans in France during World War I. He is portrayed by the author as an innocent peasant whose poor family was evicted from their land and who only vaguely understands what the war is about. The book has been described as Anand's best work since the Untouchable.In Lalu's tragedy lied the tragedy of the Indian village and Anand dramatizes a poignant truth: to disposses any one of land is to deny him an identity.—Basavaraj Naikar

Ajaya: Rise of KaliW
Ajaya: Rise of Kali

Ajaya: Rise of Kali is a 2015 Indian novel of mythological fiction written by Anand Neelakantan. The second installment of the Ajaya series, it tells the story of the Kauravas. As opposed to the usual tale told from the point of view of the victors, this entire story is written from Duryodhana’s view. It was originally released in English on 21 June 2015 in Hyderabad by the celebrity couple Nagarjuna and Amala.

Ajaya: Roll of the DiceW
Ajaya: Roll of the Dice

Ajaya: Roll of the Dice is a 2013 Indian novel of mythological fiction written by Anand Neelakantan. The first installment of the Ajaya series, it tells the story of the Kauravas. As opposed to the usual tale told from the point of view of the victors, this entire story is written from Duryodhana's view.

The Alchemy of DesireW
The Alchemy of Desire

The Alchemy of Desire is a 2006 novel by Tarun Tejpal. It was shortlisted for the Prix Femina and won France's Le Prix Mille Pages for Best Foreign Literary Fiction.

Asura: Tale of the VanquishedW
Asura: Tale of the Vanquished

Asura: Tale of the Vanquished is Anand Neelakantan’s debut novel. It was published by Leadstart Publishing on 14 May 2012. This mythological fiction depicts the tale of Ramayana from the view point of Ravana and a common Asura, Bhadra.

BabyjiW
Babyji

Babyji is a novel by Abha Dawesar first published in 2005. Set in 1980s Delhi, India, it recounts the coming of age and the sexual adventures and fantasies of a 16-year-old bespectacled schoolgirl, the only child of a Brahmin family. The three simultaneous "affairs" she has in the course of the novel are all secret, and all with members of her own gender: two with older women and one with a classmate.

The Bachelor of ArtsW
The Bachelor of Arts

The Bachelor of Arts (1937) is a novel written by R. K. Narayan. It is the second book of a trilogy that begins with Swami and Friends and ends with The English Teacher. It is again set in Malgudi, the fictional town Narayan invented for his novels.

Battle for BittoraW
Battle for Bittora

Battle for Bittora is a novel by Indian writer and advertiser Anuja Chauhan. It is her second novel after The Zoya Factor.

Black Friday: The True Story of the Bombay Bomb BlastsW
Black Friday: The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts

Black Friday: The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts is a 2002 Indian non-fiction crime novel written by journalist Hussain Zaidi. It retraces the events that led to the 1993 Bombay bombings and the investigation that followed. It was first published by Penguin Books in 2002 and later in 2008. The novel was adapted into a feature film of the same name directed by Anurag Kashyap.

Bollywood StripteaseW
Bollywood Striptease

Bollywood Striptease is a 2012 novel by Neeta Shah. The plot of this novel is centered on Nikki, a chartered accountant, who wants to become a Bollywood actress. To pursue her dream, she quits her job and has to undergo difficult situations including the casting couch. The book is published by Rupa & Co.. According to the author Neeta Shah, the novel is a "factual, but fictionalised" description of the Hindi film industry.

Cuckold (novel)W
Cuckold (novel)

Cuckold is a 1997 book by Indian author Kiran Nagarkar and his third novel. It is a historical novel set in the Rajput kingdom of Mewar, India during the 16th century that follows the life of Maharaj Kumar, a fictional character based upon the real life Prince Bhoj Raj.

Cut Like WoundW
Cut Like Wound

Cut Like Wound is a detective fiction novel written by Anita Nair, set in the city of Bengaluru. The novel, written in Indian English, was first published in India by Harper Collins. To bring out the true functioning of a police establishment in India, the author interacted in real life with the officials in a police station. It is Anita Nair's first book of crime fiction. This book also marks the entry of Borei Gowda as detective protagonist.

The English TeacherW
The English Teacher

The English Teacher is a 1945 novel written by R. K. Narayan. It is a part of a series of novels and collections of short stories set in "Malgudi". The English Teacher was preceded by Swami and Friends (1935), The Bachelor of Arts (1937) and Malgudi Days (1943) and followed by Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi.

Five Point SomeoneW
Five Point Someone

Five Point Someone: What not to do at IIT is a 2004 novel written by Indian author Chetan Bhagat. The book sold more than a million copies worldwide. The Hindi movie 3 Idiots is based on this book.The book was also adapted into a play by the theatre company "Evam.

The God of Small ThingsW
The God of Small Things

The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much." The book explores how the small things affect people's behavior and their lives. The book also reflects its irony against casteism, which is a major discrimination that prevails in India. It won the Booker Prize in 1997.

The Golden Gate (Seth novel)W
The Golden Gate (Seth novel)

The Golden Gate (1986) is the first novel by poet and novelist Vikram Seth. The work is a novel in verse composed of 590 Onegin stanzas. It was inspired by Charles Johnston's translation of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin.

Half GirlfriendW
Half Girlfriend

Half Girlfriend is an Indian English coming of age, young adult romance novel by Indian author Chetan Bhagat. The novel, set in rural Bihar, New Delhi, Patna, and New York, is the story of a Bihari boy in quest of winning over the girl he loves. This is Bhagat's sixth novel which was released on 1 October 2014 by Rupa Publications. The novel has also been published in Hindi and Gujarati.

Inside the HaveliW
Inside the Haveli

Inside the Haveli is an English-language novel written by Rama Mehta. For this novel Mehta was conferred Sahitya Akademi Award in 1979. The story of the novel revolved around a young girl from Mumbai, India. She marries a son of a former Indian prince and post-marriage she relocates to Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Joker in the PackW
Joker in the Pack

Joker in the Pack - An Irreverent View of Life at IIMs is a work of fiction by IIM Bangalore alumnus Neeraj Pahlajani and IIM Lucknow alumnus Ritesh Sharma. It was published in September 2007 by Orient Paperbacks and was a bestseller in India. The novel features a section devoted to Manjunath Shanmugam and the Manjunath Shanmugam Trust.

Leila (novel)W
Leila (novel)

Leila is a 2017 Indian dystopian novel written by journalist Prayaag Akbar. Set in the 2040s, the story follows Shalini, who tries to find her missing daughter Leila, in a totalitarian regime. It was published by Simon & Schuster in several formats on 20 April 2017 and received a positive critical response.

Losing My Religion (novel)W
Losing My Religion (novel)

Losing My Religion is a fiction novel by Indian author Vishwas Mudagal. This debut novel of Mudagal was published by FingerPrint! Publishing and released on 10 February 2014.

The Man-Eater of MalgudiW
The Man-Eater of Malgudi

The Man-Eater of Malgudi is a 1961 Indian novel, written by R. K. Narayan. In this novel R.K. Narayan uses the historical reference of Bhasmasura.

The Ministry of Utmost HappinessW
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is the second novel by Indian writer Arundhati Roy, published in 2017, twenty years after her debut, The God of Small Things.

Possession (Kamala Markandaya novel)W
Possession (Kamala Markandaya novel)

Possession: a novel is a 1963 English-language novel by Kamala Markandaya.

Revolution 2020W
Revolution 2020

Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition is a 2011 novel by Chetan Bhagat. Its story is concerned with a love triangle, corruption and a journey of self-discovery. R2020 has addressed the issue of how private coaching institutions exploit aspiring engineering students and how parents put their lifetime's earnings on stake for these classes so that their children can crack engineering exams and change the fortune of the family. While a handful accomplish their dreams, others sink into disaster. The book is available as an Audiobook on Amazon.

Riddle of the Seventh StoneW
Riddle of the Seventh Stone

Riddle of the Seventh Stone is a 2010 novel by Monideepa Sahu. This fantasy novel for children is set in Bangalore, India. The book was longlisted for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award for 2011.

The Rise of SivagamiW
The Rise of Sivagami

The Rise of Sivagami is an Indian historical fiction novel written by Anand Neelakantan. It acts as a prequel to the film Baahubali: The Beginning. It was originally released in English on 7 March 2017, with Telugu, Hindi and Tamil versions released in April 2017.

The Room on the RoofW
The Room on the Roof

The Room on the Roof is a novel written by Ruskin Bond. It was Bond's first literary venture. Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. The novel revolves around Rusty, an orphaned seventeen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy living in Dehradun. Due to his guardian, Mr Harrison's strict ways, he runs away from his home to live with his Indian friends.

The Space Between Us (novel)W
The Space Between Us (novel)

The Space Between Us is the second novel by Thrity Umrigar, published by William Morrow and Company in January 2006. Set in present-day Mumbai, India, the novel follows the lives of two women: Serabai Dubash, an upper-middle-class widow, and her domestic servant, Bhima. The pair experience similar situations in their lives: abuse, the death or absence of a husband, a pregnant dependent, and the hope for a better future. Told using an omniscient third-person narrative in mainly present tense, the novel incorporates Hindi words and phrases amongst predominantly English text.

Swami and FriendsW
Swami and Friends

Swami and Friends is the first of a trilogy of novels written by R. K. Narayan (1906–2001), English language novelist from India. The novel, the first book Narayan wrote, is set in British India in a fictional town called Malgudi. The second and third books in the trilogy are The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher.

The Tailor's NeedleW
The Tailor's Needle

The Tailor's Needle (2009) is the debut novel of Indian writer Lakshmi Raj Sharma, who is a professor in the Department of English, University of Allahabad. It was first published in the UK in 2009 (ISBN 0956037046) by Picnic Publishing Limited, UK and then by Penguin Books India. It is a Raj novel covering the era from 1917 to the 1940s and ends a little before India gets its independence. The characters are Indians and Brits, including a fictional British Viceroy of India. Sir Saraswati is educated at Cambridge and employed with the Maharaja of Kashinagar. He must leave Kashinagar and settle down in Mirzapur after a debauched Maharaja is enthroned. The Viceroy and Sir Saraswati have a battle of wits and diplomacy. His wife and three children, and their problems, form the thrust of the novel.

TaranautsW
Taranauts

Taranauts is a series of children's novels by Indian author Roopa Pai. It is India's first fantasy-adventure series for children in English. The eight-part series, aimed primarily at the 8-12 age group, is published by Hachette India Children's Books. The first book of the series, The Quest for the Shyn Emeralds, was published in the first week of December 2009. The eighth and final book, The Magic of the Dazl Corals, was released in July 2013.

The Walls of DelhiW
The Walls of Delhi

The Walls of Delhi is a novel by Indian writer Uday Prakash. It was translated into English by Jason Grunebaum. Novel tells three stinging and comic tales of living and surviving in today's urban, globalised India. Author portrays the realities about caste and class, and there is a charming and compelling authenticity in his stories. The Walls of Delhi was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (2013), and was a 2013 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature finalist.