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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The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

352 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Chosen Spirits by Samit Basu

Chosen Spirits

Samit Basu

243 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction science fiction challenging reflective medium-paced
A Patchwork Family by Mukta Sathe

A Patchwork Family

Mukta Sathe

150 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction emotional reflective medium-paced
Milk Teeth by Amrita Mahale

Milk Teeth

Amrita Mahale

311 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
There's Gunpowder in the Air by Arunava Sinha, Manoranjan Byapari

There's Gunpowder in the Air

Arunava Sinha, Manoranjan Byapari

178 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical politics emotional reflective slow-paced
Undertow by Jahnavi Barua

Undertow

Jahnavi Barua

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Jasmine Days by Benyamin

Jasmine Days

Benyamin

264 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Prelude to a Riot by Annie Zaidi

Prelude to a Riot

Annie Zaidi

184 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced
In Search of Heer by Manjul Bajaj
In Search of Heer
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Manjul Bajaj

In Search of Heer

Manjul Bajaj

300 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Empire by Devi Yesodharan

Empire

Devi Yesodharan

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous challenging slow-paced