Indian books to decentralize the literature canon
A list with (your!) recs ✍🏻📚, because i am tired of searching on social media and finding nothing. We have to solve that.
created by Candle_thrill
last updated August, 2026
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Add all of Sudha Murthy's books! She's published a bunch of novels in English and quite a few short story collections too! Twinkle Khanna is another author I'd recommend adding to your list. Srishti Chaudhary is a romance author. Saksham Garg and Nidhi Upadhyay are other authors I can name. You could include more books by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. A similar author to her is Kavita Kane though I'm yet to read her books. If you have questions, let me know and I'll try updating here if more author/book names come to me!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Your comment is very valuable, I've made sure to add works written by the authors you mentioned 🫡
You're very welcome!! I suggest you add multiple if not all books by authors you've already put on the list so that readers can find your list on the page of the books and be led here to discover more!!
I didn't knew it worked like that, will do!!
Nikita Gill ~ the Girl & the Goddess .
Not sure what your list specifications are, this title feels like it belongs here.
Added!! 🫶🏻💗💗
Ohh you've added Hekate aswell 💕 I've just begun it a few days ago. So far each treasure by Nikita Gill I've read has been a little transformative journey. I don't know why she's prominently into the greek pantheon. * The Girl & the Godess * is hindu mythology.
I feel like I've been chosen by the book goddess for being shown this list (and that club post) as the first thing since I logged back in after a week. Placing holds on every book Libby has right now.
Bibliomancy doing it's work 🔮😌✨🤍. Have fun reading all these gems!!
I have a comic recommendation if that fits your list! It's called In Your Skin by Aditya Bidikar. I've only seen the first issue on Hoopla, so not sure if others are in the works or just not available yet. But so far, it's an interesting horror story!
The cover is gorgeous and it fits perfectly, thank you!
No problem! If you ever read it, let me know what you think! There is body horror in it, as a heads up!
I read The Henna Artist, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, and The Perfumist of Paris, by Alka Joshi, and it seems like they would be a good fit here :)
Thanks for putting this together! I also highly recommend adding (and reading) The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth. An Indian friend gifted it to me years ago because it was her favourite book, and I loved it!
Added! Thank you so much for the rec!☺️🫶🏻💗💗💗
these are all so cool! thank you for this list!
