2020
October- The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal
September- Silence of the Chagos by Shenaz Patel
July- The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You by Amulya Malladi
June- The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey
February- Tamarind Woman by Anita Rau Badami
January- A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
2019
December-
November- The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
October- The Ministry of Utmost Happines by Arundhati Roy
September-
August- State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee
July- Windfall by Diksha Bashu
June- I am Executioner by Rajeesh Parameswaran
May- The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
April- The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
March- A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
February- The Storyteller's Secret by Sejal Bedani
January - Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
2018
November - Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
October - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekarah
August - No One Can Pronounce My Name by Rakesh Satyal
July - The Copenhagen Affair by Amulya Malladi
June - The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam
May - One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Kamila Shamsie
April - Selection Day by Aravind Adiga
March - A Season for Martyrs by Bina Shah
February - A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie
January - Temporary People by Deepak Unnikrishnan
2017
December- Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
November- The Wildlings by Nilanjana Roy
August- Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh
April- The Golden Son by Shilpa Somaya Gowda
March- Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif
2016
Dec- Ode to Broken Things by Dipika Mukherjee
Oct- Between Clay and Dust by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
June - Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama
May - The Tusk That Did the Damage by Tania James
April- The Leaving of Things by Jay Antani
March- Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Naoymi Munaweera
February- A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev
January- A Bad Character, by Deepti Kapoor
2015
November- A Cut-Like Wound by Anita Nair
October - Sleep Walker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob
August - The Invitation by Anne Cherian
July - Noor by Sorraya Khan
June - How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid
May - Twilight in Delhi by Ahmed Ali
April - Romantics by Pankaj Mishra
March - Family Life by Akhil Sharma
February - Teatime for the Firefly by Shona Patel
January - The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
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PAST SELECTIONS have included:
Sari Shop by Rupa Bujwa, Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, In Other Rooms Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin, Animal's People by Indra Sinha, Invisible Lives by Anjali Banerjee, Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh, The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri, City of Djinns by William Dalrymple, One Amazing Thing by Chitra Divakaruni, Love Marriage by V. V. Ganeshananathan, Blue Boy by Rakesh Satyal, The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall,A Convent of Little Flowers by Indu Sundaresan,The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan, The Writing on My Forehead by Nafisa Haji, The Storyteller of Marrakesh by Joydeep Roy-Bhattachary, Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry, 2 States by Chetan Bhagat, Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje, The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah, Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie, Everything Was Goodbye by Gurjinder Basran, Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil, A Deconstructed Heart by Shaheen Ashraf-Ahmed (author in attendance!), The Age of Shiva by Manil Suri, Hindi-Bindi Club by Monica Prahdan, The Illicit Happiness of Other People by Manu Joseph, Miss Timmins' School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy, River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh, Quarantine by Rahul Mehta, Point of Return by Siddhartha Deb, American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar, The Hundred Foot Journey by Richard Morais, Oleander Girl by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Salaam Love by Nura Maznavi and Ayesha Mattu, City of Devi by Manil Suri, The Lost Pearl by Lara Zubieri, Last Man in Tower by Aravind Adiga, The Blind Man's Garden by Nadeem Aslam, Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna, The Mountain of Light by Indy Sunderasan, The Newlyweds by Neil Fredenberger, Atlas of Unknowns by Tania James
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