Fiction Books Set in India

1.
The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai, #1)
The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 4,695 ratings
2.
The Blue Monsoon (Blue Mumbai, #2)
The Blue Monsoon (Blue Mumbai, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 731 ratings
3.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,531 ratings
4.
Shantaram
Shantaram 4.28 avg rating — 233,150 ratings
5.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,381 ratings
6.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,141 ratings
7.
The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1)
The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 130,546 ratings
8.
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 49,452 ratings
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Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,705 ratings
10.
A Fine Balance: Drama
A Fine Balance: Drama 4.55 avg rating — 2,574 ratings
11.
East of the Sun
East of the Sun 3.71 avg rating — 8,467 ratings
12.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating — 200,080 ratings
13.
A Girl In Traffick
A Girl In Traffick 4.08 avg rating — 158 ratings
13.
Arjun's Jenny
Arjun's Jenny 4.56 avg rating — 167 ratings
15.
The Far Pavilions
The Far Pavilions
by: M.M. Kaye
4.20 avg rating — 44,841 ratings
16.
Kim
Kim 3.70 avg rating — 39,386 ratings
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The Outcasts - A Thousand Dreams of Redemption
The Outcasts - A Thousand Dreams of Redemption 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings
18.
Inga
Inga 3.94 avg rating — 116 ratings
19.
The Storyteller's Secret
The Storyteller's Secret 4.37 avg rating — 97,135 ratings
20.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,843 ratings
21.
Delhi Return
Delhi Return really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
22.
Heat and Dust
Heat and Dust 3.55 avg rating — 8,490 ratings
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Cracking India
Cracking India 3.85 avg rating — 5,866 ratings
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Family Matters
Family Matters 4.03 avg rating — 24,363 ratings
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The Glass Palace
The Glass Palace really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27,578 ratings
26.
Monsoon Memories
Monsoon Memories 3.99 avg rating — 982 ratings
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Teatime for the Firefly
Teatime for the Firefly 3.97 avg rating — 2,927 ratings
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Bombay Wali & Other Stories (5) (First Fictions Series)
Bombay Wali & Other Stories (5) (First Fictions Series) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Zero Defect
Zero Defect 3.84 avg rating — 201 ratings
26.
Finding Fabi
Finding Fabi 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Jalendu
Jalendu really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings
32.
The Sea Change
The Sea Change 3.43 avg rating — 612 ratings
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The Linnet Bird
The Linnet Bird 4.15 avg rating — 3,267 ratings
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Tiger's Curse (The Tiger Saga, #1)
Tiger's Curse (The Tiger Saga, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 66,773 ratings
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Esmond In India
Esmond In India 3.44 avg rating — 184 ratings
36.
What the Body Remembers
What the Body Remembers 3.91 avg rating — 2,972 ratings
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The Secrets Between Us
The Secrets Between Us 4.50 avg rating — 10,516 ratings
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The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1)
The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 32,488 ratings
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A Change in the Weather (The Purana Qila Stories, #1)
A Change in the Weather (The Purana Qila Stories, #1) 3.31 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Truly, Madly, Deeply
Truly, Madly, Deeply 3.58 avg rating — 1,555 ratings
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Nick of Time
Nick of Time 3.40 avg rating — 197 ratings
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Epic Adventure of Shiva, the Destroyer of Tripura (Book 1 of ANCIENTS Series)
Epic Adventure of Shiva, the Destroyer of Tripura (Book 1 of ANCIENTS Series) 3.77 avg rating — 210 ratings
39.
Love, Heartbreak, Repeat?
Love, Heartbreak, Repeat? 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Why Do Indians...?: A Contemporary Perspective On Inscrutable Indian Ways
Why Do Indians...?: A Contemporary Perspective On Inscrutable Indian Ways 3.58 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Overnight Palace
The Overnight Palace 3.30 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Friendship Love And Killer Escapades
Friendship Love And Killer Escapades 3.54 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Thomas (The Deptford Histories, #3)
Thomas (The Deptford Histories, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 389 ratings
39.
The Hungry Tide
The Hungry Tide 3.99 avg rating — 19,601 ratings
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Thunderstorm: Dalit Stories
Thunderstorm: Dalit Stories 4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings
39.
A Twist at Every Turn
A Twist at Every Turn 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
39.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A novel
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A novel 3.55 avg rating — 38,034 ratings
39.
Mumbai Matinee
Mumbai Matinee
by: Ajay Kaul
3.97 avg rating — 37 ratings
39.
Time Crawlers
Time Crawlers 3.73 avg rating — 525 ratings
39.
After Annihilation: Would you want to survive?
After Annihilation: Would you want to survive? 3.86 avg rating — 72 ratings
39.
The Assassin's Song
The Assassin's Song 3.69 avg rating — 800 ratings
39.
Romantic Guerrilla
Romantic Guerrilla 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings
39.
The Peshawar Lancers
The Peshawar Lancers 3.86 avg rating — 2,836 ratings
39.
Like the Radiant Sun
Like the Radiant Sun
by: Anu Kay
4.43 avg rating — 175 ratings
39.
The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)
The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 9,570 ratings
39.
The Fox Hollow Encounters: A Historical Fiction Novel
The Fox Hollow Encounters: A Historical Fiction Novel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
61.
Natural Elements
Natural Elements 3.80 avg rating — 69 ratings
61.
Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India, 1627
Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India, 1627 3.87 avg rating — 4,889 ratings
61.
The Case of the Missing Servant (Vish Puri, #1)
The Case of the Missing Servant (Vish Puri, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 9,314 ratings
61.
The Oxford India Anthology of Tamil Dalit Writing
The Oxford India Anthology of Tamil Dalit Writing
by: Ravikumar
4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
61.
Martha's Cross
Martha's Cross 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
61.
The Lowland
The Lowland 3.88 avg rating — 95,698 ratings
67.
The Far Pavillions, Volume 2
The Far Pavillions, Volume 2
by: M.M. Kaye
4.32 avg rating — 218 ratings
67.
Song of the Cuckoo Bird
Song of the Cuckoo Bird 3.84 avg rating — 989 ratings
67.
The Oxford India Anthology of Telugu Dalit Writing
The Oxford India Anthology of Telugu Dalit Writing 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
67.
The Songbird on my Shoulder
The Songbird on my Shoulder 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
67.
The Sleeping Dictionary
The Sleeping Dictionary 4.17 avg rating — 2,447 ratings
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The House of Blue Mangoes
The House of Blue Mangoes 3.57 avg rating — 1,508 ratings
72.
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People 3.65 avg rating — 4,636 ratings
72.
The Oxford India Anthology of Malayalam Dalit Writing
The Oxford India Anthology of Malayalam Dalit Writing
by: M. Dasan
3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
72.
The Color of Our Sky
The Color of Our Sky 4.24 avg rating — 12,282 ratings
76.
A Singular Hostage
A Singular Hostage 3.79 avg rating — 639 ratings
76.
The Stepchild: Angaliyat
The Stepchild: Angaliyat really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 80 ratings
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The Golden Son
The Golden Son 4.12 avg rating — 14,943 ratings
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Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard 3.47 avg rating — 6,222 ratings
80.
A Beggar at the Gate
A Beggar at the Gate 3.92 avg rating — 492 ratings
80.
The Grip of Change
The Grip of Change 3.85 avg rating — 93 ratings
80.
A Walk Across the Sun
A Walk Across the Sun 4.16 avg rating — 19,306 ratings
80.
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 29,066 ratings
84.
The Peacock Ring
The Peacock Ring 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings
84.
Motherwit
Motherwit 4.28 avg rating — 116 ratings
84.
Secret Daughter
Secret Daughter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77,034 ratings
87.
The Emerald Peacock
The Emerald Peacock 3.79 avg rating — 66 ratings
87.
Homeless in my Land: Translations from Modern Marathi Dalit Short Stories
Homeless in my Land: Translations from Modern Marathi Dalit Short Stories
by: Dangle
4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
87.
The Hero's Walk
The Hero's Walk 3.73 avg rating — 4,090 ratings
90.
In the Shadow of the Peacock
In the Shadow of the Peacock 3.90 avg rating — 39 ratings
90.
The Toss of a Lemon
The Toss of a Lemon 3.78 avg rating — 3,181 ratings
90.
The Glass Palace
The Glass Palace really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27,578 ratings
93.
Forbidden Jewel of India (Herriard, #1)
Forbidden Jewel of India (Herriard, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 288 ratings
93.
No Onions Nor Garlic
No Onions Nor Garlic 3.43 avg rating — 229 ratings
93.
Monsoon Summer
Monsoon Summer 3.96 avg rating — 1,880 ratings
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The strange case of Billy Biswas
The strange case of Billy Biswas 4.11 avg rating — 318 ratings
96.
Shalimar
Shalimar 3.83 avg rating — 281 ratings
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The Age of Shiva (The Hindu Gods, #2)
The Age of Shiva (The Hindu Gods, #2) 3.33 avg rating — 1,910 ratings
98.
A House for Happy Mothers
A House for Happy Mothers 3.74 avg rating — 7,164 ratings
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The Death of Vishnu
The Death of Vishnu 3.62 avg rating — 9,324 ratings
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