LGBTQ+ South Asian Books

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Cinnamon Gardens
Cinnamon Gardens 3.89 avg rating — 2,100 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
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Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating
Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating 4.08 avg rating — 35,108 ratings
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The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)
The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 35,310 ratings
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Marriage of a Thousand Lies
Marriage of a Thousand Lies 3.72 avg rating — 3,629 ratings
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Funny Boy
Funny Boy 4.06 avg rating — 8,693 ratings
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The Best at It
The Best at It 4.14 avg rating — 2,621 ratings
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Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea 3.75 avg rating — 1,236 ratings
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The City of Devi (The Hindu Gods, #3)
The City of Devi (The Hindu Gods, #3) 3.28 avg rating — 1,046 ratings
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Cobalt Blue
Cobalt Blue 3.95 avg rating — 3,320 ratings
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Mohanaswamy
Mohanaswamy 3.74 avg rating — 665 ratings
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My Magical Palace
My Magical Palace 4.31 avg rating — 101 ratings
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My Father's Garden
My Father's Garden 3.59 avg rating — 417 ratings
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Moving Truth(s): Queer and Transgender Desi Writings on Family
Moving Truth(s): Queer and Transgender Desi Writings on Family 4.48 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Yaraana: Gay Writing from India
Yaraana: Gay Writing from India 3.40 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Hijra
Hijra
by: Kotak ash
4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Ritu Weds Chandni
Ritu Weds Chandni 4.47 avg rating — 474 ratings
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The Sufi's Nightingale
The Sufi's Nightingale 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Tree Outside My Window Is a Drama Queen
The Tree Outside My Window Is a Drama Queen 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali
The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali 3.85 avg rating — 9,135 ratings
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Made in India: Decolonizations, Queer Sexualities, Trans/national Projects
Made in India: Decolonizations, Queer Sexualities, Trans/national Projects 3.19 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Henna Wars
The Henna Wars 3.93 avg rating — 30,597 ratings
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No Other World
No Other World 3.58 avg rating — 318 ratings
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Nikhil Out Loud
Nikhil Out Loud 4.15 avg rating — 451 ratings
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Ode to Lata
Ode to Lata 3.58 avg rating — 53 ratings
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In Sensorium: Notes for My People
In Sensorium: Notes for My People
by: Tanaïs
4.12 avg rating — 363 ratings
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A Life Apart
A Life Apart 3.48 avg rating — 785 ratings
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A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim's Hajj of Defiance
A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim's Hajj of Defiance 3.40 avg rating — 89 ratings
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AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India
AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India 3.91 avg rating — 255 ratings
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Quarantine: Stories
Quarantine: Stories 3.61 avg rating — 373 ratings
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No One Can Pronounce My Name
No One Can Pronounce My Name 3.66 avg rating — 3,585 ratings
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A Thousand Dreams Within Me Softly Burn
A Thousand Dreams Within Me Softly Burn 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Babyji
Babyji 3.32 avg rating — 1,335 ratings
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Blue Boy
Blue Boy 3.65 avg rating — 1,516 ratings
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She of the Mountains
She of the Mountains 4.06 avg rating — 3,359 ratings
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The Boy & The Bindi
The Boy & The Bindi 4.18 avg rating — 723 ratings
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Bright Lines
Bright Lines 3.58 avg rating — 1,394 ratings
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High Noon and the Body
High Noon and the Body it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Two Krishnas: A Novel
The Two Krishnas: A Novel 3.73 avg rating — 107 ratings
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The Paths of Marriage
The Paths of Marriage 3.86 avg rating — 93 ratings
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The Pregnant King
The Pregnant King 3.85 avg rating — 3,381 ratings
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Shikhandi and Other Stories They Don't Tell You
Shikhandi and Other Stories They Don't Tell You 3.60 avg rating — 3,167 ratings
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Stealing Nasreen
Stealing Nasreen 3.67 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Trying to Grow
Trying to Grow 3.76 avg rating — 139 ratings
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Valmiki's Daughter
Valmiki's Daughter 3.70 avg rating — 331 ratings
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The World Unseen
The World Unseen 4.07 avg rating — 2,275 ratings
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Because I Have a Voice: Queer Politics in India
Because I Have a Voice: Queer Politics in India 4.28 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home
Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home 4.23 avg rating — 1,234 ratings
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Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)longing in Contemporary India
Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)longing in Contemporary India 3.33 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures
Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures 4.17 avg rating — 214 ratings
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The Invisibles: A Tale of the Eunuchs of India
The Invisibles: A Tale of the Eunuchs of India 3.27 avg rating — 131 ratings
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Lotus Of Another Color: An Unfolding of the South Asian Gay and Lesbian Experience
Lotus Of Another Color: An Unfolding of the South Asian Gay and Lesbian Experience 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West
Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West 4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Loving Women: Being Lesbian in Unprivileged India
Loving Women: Being Lesbian in Unprivileged India 3.84 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Me Hijra, Me Laxmi
Me Hijra, Me Laxmi 3.57 avg rating — 170 ratings
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Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India
Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India 3.74 avg rating — 412 ratings
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Out! Stories From The New Queer India
Out! Stories From The New Queer India 3.64 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Queering India
Queering India 4.19 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Queer Activism in India: A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics
Queer Activism in India: A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics 4.24 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Queering Digital India: Activisms, Identities, Subjectivities
Queering Digital India: Activisms, Identities, Subjectivities really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Sakhiyani: Lesbian Desire in Ancient and Modern India
Sakhiyani: Lesbian Desire in Ancient and Modern India 3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History
Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History 4.10 avg rating — 116 ratings
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Sexual Sites, Seminal Attitudes: Sexualities, Masculinities and Culture in South Asia (Studies on Contemporary South Asia series)
Sexual Sites, Seminal Attitudes: Sexualities, Masculinities and Culture in South Asia (Studies on Contemporary South Asia series) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Sex Longing & Not Belonging : A Gay Muslim's Quest for Love & Meaning
Sex Longing & Not Belonging : A Gay Muslim's Quest for Love & Meaning 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India
With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India 3.95 avg rating — 149 ratings
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Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story
Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story 3.96 avg rating — 555 ratings
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The Boyfriend
The Boyfriend 3.07 avg rating — 162 ratings
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Whistling in the Dark: Twenty-One Queer Interviews
Whistling in the Dark: Twenty-One Queer Interviews 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Hostel Room 131
Hostel Room 131 2.84 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Criminal Love?: Queer Theory, Culture, and Politics in India
Criminal Love?: Queer Theory, Culture, and Politics in India
by: R Raj Rao
3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India: The Hijra, c.1850–1900
Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India: The Hijra, c.1850–1900 4.32 avg rating — 40 ratings