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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorYou Bring the Distant Near
Mitali Perkins · 303 pages
From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to their own traditions.
One Indian Girl
Chetan Bhagat · 280 pages
Hi, I'm Radhika Mehta and I'm getting married this week. I work at Goldman Sachs, an investment bank. Thank you for reading my story. However, let me warn you. You may not like me too much. One, I make a lot of money. Two, I have an opinion on everything. Three, I have had a boyfriend before. Ok, maybe two. Bestselling author Chetan Bhagat, writing for the first time in a female voice, brings to y
Serving Crazy with Curry
Amulya Malladi · 285 pages
Between the pressures to marry and become a traditional Indian wife and the humiliation of losing her job in Silicon Valley, Devi is on the edge--where the only way out seems to be to jump. . . .Yet Devi's plans to "end it all" fall short when she is saved by the last person she wants to see: her mother. Forced to move in with her parents until she recovers, Devi refuses to speak. Instead, she coo
A Good Indian Wife
Anne Cherian · 320 pages
Same Sun Here
Silas House, Neela Vaswani · 297 pages
An Indian immigrant girl in New York City and a boy in rural Kentucky become pen pals who find they share some ways of being. They support each other through various life difficulties.
Losing My Virginity and Other Dumb Ideas
Madhuri Banerjee · 234 pages
Invisible Lives
Anjali Banerjee · 284 pages
Lakshmi Sen, a young woman who has the uncanny ability perceive people's secret longings, puts her gift to use in her widowed mother's Seattle sari shop--finding fabrics that ease a bride's cold feet, evoke a widow's first love, and even soothes a young autistic boy's fears. Her reputation draws the interest of Bollywood star Asha Rae, but whenever the Rae's charming chauffeur Nick is around, Laks
Two Fates: The Story Of My Divorce
Judy Balan · 199 pages
Just Married, Please Excuse
Yashodhara Lal · 237 pages
The Tree Bride
Bharati Mukherjee · 293 pages
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Richard C. Morais
The Immigrant
Manju Kapur · 334 pages
"Nina and Ananda, both frustrated with their separate lives, search for something that will complete them. When a marriage between them is proposed, Nina is uncertain: can she really give up her home in Delhi to build a new life in Canada with a husband she barely knows?" "The consequences of change are far greater than she could have imagined. From what she eats to what she wears, Nina's whole wo
Secret Daughter
Shilpi Somaya Gowda · 352 pages
On the eve of the monsoons, in a remote Indian village, Kavita gives birth to a baby girl. But in a culture that favors sons, the only way for Kavita to save her newborn daughter's life is to give her away. It is a decision that will haunt her and her husband for the rest of their lives, even after the arrival of their cherished son.Halfway around the globe, Somer, an American doctor, decides to a
The Mistress of Spices
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · 338 pages
Magical, tantalizing, and sensual, The Mistress of Spices is the story of Tilo, a young woman born in another time, in a faraway place, who is trained in the ancient art of spices and ordained as a mistress charged with special powers. Once fully initiated in a rite of fire, the now immortal Tilo--in the gnarled and arthritic body of an old woman--travels through time to Oakland, California, wher
Single in the City
Michele Gorman · 331 pages
You Are Here
Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan · 255 pages
At twenty-five, life's innumerable entanglements are getting to Arshi. Her blonde American step-mom's trying too hard (she's taken to welcoming guests with a traditional aarti). The gorgeous guy who has Arshi all flushed and dreamy doesn't seem to be trying at all (he's the Ice Prince who thaws at his own convenience). Her best friend Deeksha's going to be married in a few months (Arshi's still in
The Hindi-Bindi Club
Monica Pradhan · 448 pages
For decades they have remained close, sharing treasured recipes, honored customs, and the challenges of women shaped by ancient ways yet living modern lives. They are the Hindi-Bindi Club, a nickname given by their American daughters to the mothers who left India to start anew -- daughters now grown and facing struggles of their own. For Kiran, Preity, and Rani, adulthood bears the indelible stamp
No One Can Pronounce My Name
Rakesh Satyal · 400 pages
"In a suburb outside Cleveland, a community of Indian Americans has settled into lives that straddle the divide between Eastern and Western cultures. For some, America is a bewildering and alienating place where coworkers can't pronounce your name but will eagerly repeat the Sanskrit phrases from their yoga class. Harit, a lonely Indian immigrant in his mid-forties, lives with his mother who can n
The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri · 406 pages
Brothers Subhash and Udayan Mitra pursue vastly different lives--Udayan in rebellion-torn Calcutta, Subhash in a quiet corner of America--until a shattering tragedy compels Subhash to return to India, where he endeavors to heal family wounds.
The Abundance
Amit Majmudar · 255 pages
"Mala and Ronak are surprisingly less comfortable with their dual Indian and American roots than their parents, part of an immigrant community that has happily embraced the New World. Told that their mother is about to die, they return home to the Midwest, where Mala persuades Ronak that they should immerse themselves in Indian culture by learning to cook their mother's favorite recipes. Then Rona