A few of my favorite books, many by individuals of Indian origin, (arguably) producing the best contemporary writing in English
Poetry
- Jejuri by Arun Kolatkar ISBN 1590171632
- Sarpa Satra by Arun Kolatkar
- Kala Ghoda Poems by Arun Kolatkar
- Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S. by Nissim Ezekiel
- Vanishing Acts by Ranjit Hoskote
- The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
Essays
- The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen
- The Idea of India by Sunil Khilnani
- Passport Photos by Amitava Kumar
- India after Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha
- India: A Wounded Civilization by V. S. Naipaul
- Reading & Writing: A Personal Account by V. S. Naipaul
- Finding the Center by V. S. Naipaul
- India: A Million Mutinies Now by V. S. Naipaul
- The Karma of Brown Folk by Vijay Prashad
- Maximum City by Suketu Mehta
- India Unbound by Gurcharan Das
Fiction
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
- The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
- Love & Longing in Bombay by Vikram Chandra
- India: From Midnight to the Millennium by Shashi Tharoor
- The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor
- The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
- Beach Boy by Ardashir Vakil
- Ecstasy by Sudhir Kakar
- The Ascetic of Desire by Sudhir Kakar
- Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh
- The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru
- Ravan & Eddie by Kiran Nagarkar
- God’s Little Soldier by Kiran Nagarkar
- five point someone by Chetan Bhagat
- The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
- The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
- Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra
- Two Plays : The Dreams of Tipu Sultan / Bali by Girish Karnad
- Londonstani by Gautam Malkani
- Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid