📖 Literary Fiction · India
Best Literary Fiction Books from India
Literary fiction is fiction that prioritises style, language, and psychological depth over plot mechanics. India has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in literary fiction, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best literary fiction from India by editorial consensus.
#1
literary-fiction
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie· 1981
★Nobel Prize in Literature★Booker Prize
Editorial Score100/100
#2
literary-fiction
The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy· 1997
★Nobel Prize in Literature★Booker Prize
Editorial Score100/100
#3
literary-fiction
The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga· 2008
★Nobel Prize in Literature★Booker Prize
Editorial Score100/100
#4
literary-fiction
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Salman Rushdie· 1990
Library Journal
Editorial Score45/100
#5
literary-fiction
A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth· 1993
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score42/100
#6
literary-fiction
Gitanjali (song offerings)
Rabindranath Tagore· 1910
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#7
literary-fiction
The Moor's Last Sigh
Salman Rushdie· 1995
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score38/100
#8
literary-fiction
Bonheur d'occasion
Gabrielle Roy· 1945
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#9
literary-fiction
The Black Dahlia
James Ellroy· 1987
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#10
literary-fiction
The disinherited
Jack Conroy· 1933
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#11
literary-fiction
The feud of Oakfield Creek
Josiah Royce· 1887
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#12
literary-fiction
The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie· 1988
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score34/100
#13
literary-fiction
Suicide Hill
James Ellroy· 1986
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#14
literary-fiction
Clandestine
James Ellroy· 1982
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#15
literary-fiction
After thirty years
William Saroyan· 1962
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#16
literary-fiction
The Best American Noir of the Century
James Ellroy· 2010
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#17
literary-fiction
Making Home
Maria Troy· 2014
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#18
literary-fiction
Classical Tradition in Modern American Fiction
Tessa Roynon· 2020
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#19
literary-fiction
Enter, Mysterious Stranger
Roy R. Male· 1979
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#20
literary-fiction
Reading Trauma Narratives
Laurie Vickroy· 2015
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#21
literary-fiction
La montagne secrète
Gabrielle Roy· 1961
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#22
literary-fiction
Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
Peter Ackroyd· 1994
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#23
literary-fiction
English music
Peter Ackroyd· 1988
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#24
literary-fiction
Milton in America
Peter Ackroyd· 1996
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#25
literary-fiction
Racism and Xenophobia in Early Twentieth-Century American Fiction
Wisam Abughosh Chaleila· 2020
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score25/100
#26
literary-fiction
Voltage
Easton Royce· 1996
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score25/100
