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Novels Set in India
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April 2001
Compiled by Melissa Rice
of Morton Grove Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
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Adult fiction novels and short stories set in, or mostly in, India. Young adult (YA), children's (C), or nonfiction (NF) titles are indicated.
Alexander, Lloyd
The Iron Ring (J)
Alexander, Meena
Nampally Road: A Novel
Alter, Stephen
Silk and Steel
Anantha Murthy, U.R.
Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man
Anthony, Piers and Tella, Alfred
The Willing Spirit
Appachana, Anjana
Listening Now
Ball, Margaret
Flameweaver
Barrett, William E.
Lady of the Lotus
Bicos, Olga
White Tiger
Breem, Wallace
The Leopard and the Cliff
Buck, Pearl S.
Mandala: A Novel of India
Burgess, Justina
Winds of Eden
Buruma, Ian
Playing the Game
Cadell, Elizabeth
A Lion in the Way
Carnac, Nicholas
Indigo
Carnac, Nicholas
Tournament of the Shadows (NF)
Chaikin, Linda
Kingscote
Chaikin, Linda
Silk
Chaikin, Linda
Under Eastern Stars
Chandra, Vikram
Red Earth and Pouring Rain
Chaudhuri, Amit
Freedom Song: Three Novels
Cleary, Jon
The Faraway Drums
Clive, William
Dando on Delhi Ridge
Conrad, Joseph
Lord Jim
Conroy, Richard Timothy
The India Exhibition
Cornwell, Bernard
Sharpe's Tiger
Corwell, Bernard
Sharpe's Trafalgar
Cornwell, Bernard
Sharpe's Triumph: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803
Courter, Gay
Flowers in the Blood
Dalkey, Kara
Bhagavati
Dalkey, Kara
Bijapur
Dalkey, Kara
Blood of the Goddess
Dalkey, Kara
Goa
Daniels, Les
No Blood Spilled
Davis, Kathryn Lynn
Somewhere Lies the Moon
Davis, Kathryn Lynn
Too Deep for Tears
de Camp, L. Sprague
An Elephant for Aristotle
De Wohl, Louis
Set All Afire: A Novel of St. Francis Xavier
Delderfield, R.F.
God Is an Englishman
Demi, Ed
Buddha
Desai, Anita
Fasting, Feasting
Desai, Anita
Fire on the Mountain
Desai, Anita
Journey to Ithaca: A Novel
Desai, Kiran
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
Arranged Marriage: Stories
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
Sister of My Heart
Dockendorf, Margo
The Mahdi
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
The Sign of Four
Drake, David and Flint, Eric
An Oblique Approach
Drummond, Emma
Beyond All Frontiers
Drummond, Emma
Forget the Glory
Drummond, Emma
That Sweet and Savage Land
Emshwiller, Carol
The Start of the End of It All: Short Fiction
Endo, Shusaku
Deep River
Farrell, J.G.
The Siege of Krishnapur
Fast, Howard
The Pledge
Fast, Jonathan
Golden Fire: A Novel of Ancient India
Fitzgerald, Valerie
Zemindar
Flint, Eric and Drake, David
In the Heart of Darkness
Forbes, Leslie
Bombay Ice
Forster, E.M.
A Passage to India
Fraser, George Macdonald
Flashman
Fraser, George Macdonald
Flashman and the Angel of the Lord
Fraser, George Macdonald
Flashman and the Mountain of Light
Fraser, George Macdonald
Flashman in the Great Game
Ganesan, Indira
Inheritance
Ghosh, Amitav
The Calcutta Chromosome
Godden, Rumer
Coromandel Sea Change
Gygax, Gary
Death in Delhi
Haeger, Diane
The Return
Henley, Virginia
Seduced
Hennessy, Max
The Challenging Heights
Hesse, Hermann
Siddhartha
Hill, Porter
The War Chest
Holt, Victoria
Secret for a Nightingale
Holt, Victoria
The India Fan
Hoover, Thomas
The Moghul
Hospital, Janet Turner
The Ivory Swing
Hyatt, Betty Hale
The Shalimar
Irving, John
A Son of the Circus
Jack, Donald
Me So Far
Jensen, Jan Lars
Shiva 3000
Jha, Raj Kamal
The Blue Bedspread
Jhabvala, Ruth
Amrita (or, to Whom She Will)
Jhabvala, Ruth
Esmond in India
Jhabvala, Ruth
Heat and Dust
Jhabvala, Ruth
In Search of Love and Beauty
Jhabvala, Ruth
Out of India: Selected Stories
Jhabvala, Ruth
Shards of Memory
Jhabvala, Ruth
Three Continents
Johansen, Iris
The Tiger Prince
Kakar, Sudhir
The Ascetic of Desire
Kaye, M.M.
Death in Kashmir
Kaye, M.M.
Shadow of the Moon
Kaye, M.M.
The Far Pavilions
Keating, H.R.F.
Dead on Time
Keating, H.R.F.
Jack, the Lady Killer
Keating, H.R.F.
The Iciest Sin
Keating, H.R.F.
The Murder of the Maharajah
Kent, Alexander
Command a King's Ship
Kipling, Rudyard
The Jungle Book
Kipling, Rudyard
Just So Stories
Kipling, Rudyard
Kim
Kirchner,Bharti
Sharmilla's Book
Kirchner,Bharti
Shiva Dancing
Lahiri, Jhumpa
Interpreter of Maladies
Leasor, James
Follow the Drum
Lloyd-Jones, Robin
Lords of the Dance
Maalouf, Amin
The Gardens of Light
MacNeil, Duncan
By Command of the Viceroy
MacNeil, Duncan
Charge of Cowardice: Cunningham's Revenge
MacNeil, Duncan
Drums Along the Khyber
MacNeil, Duncan
Lieutenant of the Line
MacNeil, Duncan
Sadhu on the Mountain Peak
MacNeil, Duncan
The Gates of Kunara
MacNeil, Duncan
The Mullah from Kashmir
MacNeil, Duncan
The Restless Frontier
MacNeil, Duncan
The Train at Bundarbar
MacNeil, Duncan
Wolf in the Fold
Malgonkar, Manohar
The Devil's Wind: Nana Saheb's Story
Mallinson, Alan
Honorable Company: A Novel of India before the Raj
Mann, Paul
The Burning Ghats
Mann, Paul
Season of the Monsoon
Markandaya, Kamala
Nectar in a Sieve
Markandaya, Kamala
The Golden Honeycomb
Marshall, Edison
The Infinite Woman
Masters, John
Coromandel!
Masters, John
Nightrunners of Bengal
Masters, John
The Deceivers
Masters, John
The Lotus and the Wind
Masters, John
The Ravi Lancers
Mather, Berkely
The Pagoda Tree
Mather, Berkely
The Road and the Star
Maugham, Robin
The Barrier
Maugham, W. Somerset
Razor's Edge
McEvoy, Marjorie
Star of Randevi
McEvoy, Marjorie
The Sleeping Tiger
McNarie, Alan Decker
Yeshua: The Gospel of St. Thomas
Meacham, Ellis K.
For King and Company
Meacham, Ellis K.
On the Company's Service
Meacham, Ellis K.
The East Indiaman
Meer, Ameena
Bombay Talkie
Mehta, Gita
A River Sutra
Mehta, Gita
Raj: A Novel
Mishra, Pankaj
The Romantics: A Novel
Mistry, Rohinton
A Fine Balance
Mistry, Rohinton
Such a Long Journey
Monson, Christine
This Fiery Splendor
Moore, William
Bayonets in the Sun
Mourad, Kenize
Regards from the Dead Princess: A Novel of a Life
Mukerji, Dhan Gopal and Artzybasheff, Boris
Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
Mukherjee, Bharati
Jasmine
Mukherjee, Bharati
The Holder of the World
Mukherjee, Bharati
Wife
Murari, T.N.
The Imperial Agent
Murari, T.N.
The Last Victory
Myers, L H
The Near and the Far
Myers, Walter Dean and Provensen, Alice
The Golden Serpent (J)
Narayan, Kirin
Love, Stars, and All That
O'Brian, Patrick
H.M.S. Surprise
Park, Paul
The Gospel of Corax
Partington, Norman
Master of Bengal: A Novel of Robert Clive of India
Payne, Robert
Blood Royal
Payne, Robert
The Yellow Robe: A Novel of the Life of Buddha
Payne, Robert
The Young Emperor
Prokosch, Frederic
The Dark Dancer
Putney, Mary Jo
Veils of Silk
Rangel-Ribeiro, Victor
Tivolem: A Novel
Riefe, Alan
Viper
Rogers, Mark E.
The Sword of Samurai Cat
Roy, Arundhati
The God of Small Things
Rucker, Rudy
Freeware
Rushdie, Salman
Midnight's Children
Rushdie, Salman
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Rushdie, Salman
The Satanic Verses
Ryman, Rebecca
Olivia and Jai
Ryman, Rebecca
Shalimar
Ryman, Rebecca
The Veil of Illusion
Sahgal, Nayantara
Mistaken Identity
Scott, Paul
A Division of the Spoils
Scott, Paul
Raj Quartet
Scott, Paul
The Day of the Scorpion
Scott, Paul
The Jewel in the Crown: A Novel
Scott, Paul
The Towers of Silence
Scott, Sir Walter
Guy Mannering
Selwyn, Francis
Sergeant Verity and the Imperial Diamond
Seth, Vikram
A Suitable Boy: A Novel
Shipway, George
Free Lance
Sidhwa, Bapsi
Cracking India: A Novel
Singh, Baldwin, Shauna
What the Body Remembers
Singh, Jacquelin and Demi, Ed
Fat Gopal
Skelton, C.L.
The Maclarens
Small, Bertrice
This Heart of Mine
Small, Bertrice
Wild Jasmine
Smiley, Jane
Ordinary Love
Smith, Barbara Dawson
Fire on the Wind
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Shiva's Fire (YA)
Stewart, Fred Mustard
Pomp and Circumstance
Stuart, Vivian
Massacre at Cawnpore
Suri, Manil
The Death of Vishnu
Syal, Meera
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
Syvertson, Ryder
Fortress of Forbidden Destiny
Taylor, Liza Pennywitt
The Drummer Was the First to Die
Taylor, Winchombe
Ram: Being the Tale of One Ramillies Anstruther
Thacker, Shelly
Silver and Sapphires
Toombs, Jane
Traitor's Kiss
Trollope, Joanna
Mistaken Virtues
Trollope, Joanna
Parson Harding's Daughter
Vakil, Ardashir
Beach Boy
Vidal, Gore
Creation
Ward, Andrew
The Blood Seed
Wehen, Joy DeWeese
So Far from Malabar
Wolpert, Stanley
An Error of Judgment
Wolpert, Stanley
Nine Hours to Rama
Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn
Path of the Eclipse
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