2021 Reading Women Challenge - hosted by thereadingwomen

A Book Longlisted for the JCB Prize
  • The JCB Prize for Literature is an award presented each year to a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian author.
  • The prize aims to celebrate Indian writing and to help readers across the world discover the very best of contemporary Indian literature. It also makes significant awards also to translators, without whose work no reader can appreciate the scale and diversity of a literature written in over twenty languages.
  • Find out more over on the prize’s website.
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NAME PLACE ANIMAL THING by Daribha Lyndem

NAME PLACE ANIMAL THING

Daribha Lyndem

180 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

reflective medium-paced
All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy

All the Lives We Never Lived

Anuradha Roy

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

Deepa Anappara

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery dark mysterious sad medium-paced
What We Know About Her by Krupa Ge

What We Know About Her

Krupa Ge

204 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Queen of Jasmine Country by Sharanya Manivannan

The Queen of Jasmine Country

Sharanya Manivannan

131 pages • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

fiction historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
A Burning by Megha Majumdar

A Burning

Megha Majumdar

7 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

A Woman Is No Man

Etaf Rum

337 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
When the Moon Shines by Day by Sahgal Nayantara

When the Moon Shines by Day

Sahgal Nayantara

168 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction dystopian politics challenging reflective slow-paced
The Story of a Goat by Perumal Murugan

The Story of a Goat

Perumal Murugan

192 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay

The Far Field

Madhuri Vijay

14 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced