| 1. |  | The White Tiger: A Novel (Man Booker Prize)
from Free Press
Price: $8.40
Customer Review:
This book is hilarious. It is witty, with the narrator using contemporay language to make fun of rich people, politics, urban life and even Muslims (who I hope will take no offense). The book is a quick read because it is easier to understand than other Booker award-winning books. The book has no... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Slumdog Millionaire: A Novel
from Scribner
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
You might say that at times this book could be "over the top" or have too many coincidences, but the story is really about luck and the lives of people around the main character, how they affect him and how he affects them. I love the way the book is set out - each chapter is an individual and... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The God of Small Things: A Novel
from Random House Trade Paperbacks
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
At heart Roy's book is about true love thwarted by family and society. Set in the state of Kerala on the rain-soaked coast of the Indian peninsula, Ammu, an independent woman from a good family, and Velutha, an enterprising man belonging to the "untouchable" caste have a short, intense love affair... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Buddha (Distribution)
from HarperLuxe
Price: $18.96
Customer Review:
I picked this book up on a whim and I'm so thankful that I did-everything happens for a reason. This book is not pushing an ethos. It tells the story of a prince who gives up riches to become a monk who then finds enlightenment and lives as a buddha. It is full of action, love, hate and drama. The... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | The Inheritance of Loss
from Penguin Audio
Price: $31.16
Customer Review:
How much the world can humiliate a person, turning him inward to self-hatred and destruction. This novel is a sad and exhilarating book to read, the paradoxical nature of living and the human mind is lovingly described in nuanced details, sometimes comical, sometimes tragic, but always brutally... more info | 3.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Sacred Games: A Novel
from HarperCollins
Price: $19.85
Customer Review:
I have been a big fan of Indian fiction for some time and found this book a great read on a par with the best (A Suitable Boy, MIdnight's Children, you name it). | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | A Suitable Boy: A Novel (Perennial Classics)
from Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Price: $16.03
Customer Review:
I lost myself in India multiple times when reading this epic. My family would tease me for not hearing them trying to get my attention. Seth's skill in weaving so many vivid characters together is tremendous. The variety of communication struck me: internal thoughts, dialogue, letters, speeches,... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Hungry Tide: A Novel
from Mariner Books
Price: $11.16
Customer Review:
This book kept me up past my bedtime last night, although I found it not entirely convincing. Still, parts were enthralling. Ghosh throws together an American cetacean researcher of Indian descent, a translator from New Delhi, an illiterate fisherman, and the turbulent landscape of the Sundarbans,... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | The Shadow Lines: A Novel
from Mariner Books
Price: $11.20
Customer Review:
I read this book for a graduate course in global English literature. It was one of the more enjoyable reads in that class. The novel is set in India and Pakistan both before and after Partition. It deals with the effects that Partition had on the cities of Calcutta and Dhaka. Ghosh's prose is clear... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | The Splendor of Silence: A Novel
from Washington Square Press
Price: $11.90
Customer Review:
I am a fan of Indu Sindaresan, but I do not like this novel. The idea is terrific, as is the main female character, Mila, but the novel itself is boring and at the same time, too "James Bondish." To sum it up, an American fellow comes to Rudrakot looking for his MIA brother. He has only four days of... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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