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Number of Books: 54
1. Cutting For Stone (2009) by Abraham Verghese
2. Twilight In Delhi (1940) by Ahmed Ali
3. An Obedient Father (2000) by Akhil Sharma
4. The Immortals (2009) by Amit Chaudhuri
5. The Hungry Tide (2005) by Amitav Ghosh
6. The Shadow Lines (1988) by Amitav Ghosh
7. Fire On The Mountain (1977) by Anita Desai
8. In Custody (1984) by Anita Desai
9. Baumgartner's Bombay (1988) by Anita Desai
10. The White Tiger (2008) by Aravind Adiga
11. The God Of Small Things (1997) by Arundhati Roy
12. The Fig Tree (1959) by Aubrey Menen
13. Kadambari (in Sanskrit, 7th century CE) by Banabhatta, translated by Padmini Rajappa (2010)
14. Anandamath (in Bengali, 1882) by Bankim Chandra Chatterji, translated by Basanta Kumar Roy (1992)
15. Trying To Grow (1991) by Firdaus Kanga
16. All About H. Hatterr (1948) by GV Desani
17. The Trotter-Nama: A Chronicle (1988) by Irwin Allan Sealy
18. Em And The Big Hoom (2012) by Jerry Pinto
19. Nectar In A Sieve (1954) by Kamala Markandaya
20. Train To Pakistan (1956) by Khushwant Singh
21. Delhi (1990) by Khushwant Singh
22. The Inheritance Of Loss (2006) by Kiran Desai
23. Cuckold (1997) by Kiran Nagarkar
24. Ravan & Eddie (1994) by Kiran Nagarkar
25. The Death Of Vishnu (2001) by Manil Suri
26. Difficult Daughters (1998) by Manju Kapur
27. Umrao Jan Ada (in Urdu, 1893) by Mirza Hadi 'Ruswa', translated by Khushwant Singh and MA Husaini (1970)
28. Coolie (1936) by Mulk Raj Anand
29. Godan (in Hindi, 1936) by Munshi Premchand, translated by Gordon C Roadarmel (1968)
30. Playground (Rangbhoomi in Hindi, 1924) by Munshi Premchand, translated by Manju Jain (2011)
31. Paro: Dreams Of Passion (1984) by Namita Gokhale
32. Indulekha (in Malayalam, 1889) by O Chandu Menon, translated by Anitha Devasia (2005)
33. The Legends Of Khasak, (Khasakkinte Itihasam in Malayalam, 1969) by OV Vijayan, translated by the author in 1994
34. River Of Fire (Aag ka Darya in Udru, 1959) by Qurratulain Hyder, translated by the author (1999)
35. The Feuding Families Of Village Gangauli, (Aadha Gaon in Urdu, 1966) by Rahi Masoom Raza, translated by Gillian Wright (1994)
36. Kanthapura (1938) by Raja Rao
37. The Serpent And The Rope (1960) by Raja Rao
38. The English Teacher (1945) by RK Narayan
39. The Financial Expert (1952) by RK Narayan
40. The Guide (1958) by RK Narayan
41. A Fine Balance (1995) by Rohinton Mistry
42. The Room On The Roof (1956) by Ruskin Bond
43. Midnight's Children (1980) by Salman Rushdie
44. The Great Indian Novel (1989) by Shashi Tharoor
45. Raag Darbari (in Hindi, 1968) by Shrilal Shukla, translated by Gillian Wright (1991)
46. English, August (1988) by Upamanyu Chatterjee
47. Weight Loss (2006) by Upamanyu Chatterjee
48. Samskara (in Kannada, 1965) by UR Ananthamurthy, translated by AK Ramanujan (1976)
49. Sacred Games (2006) by Vikram Chandra
50. The Golden Gate (1988) by Vikram Seth
51. A Suitable Boy (1995) by Vikram Seth
52. The Enigma Of Arrival (1987) by VS Naipaul
53. The Mahabharata (in Sanskrit, between 8th-4th century BCE) by Vyasa, retold by C Rajagopalachari (1958)
54. This Is Not That Dawn (Jhootha Sach by Yashpal in Hindi, 1958-60 translated by Anand (2010)
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