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The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 877,778 ratings
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
by
Khaled Hosseini
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 388,341 ratings
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A Fine Balance
by
Rohinton Mistry
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 51,730 ratings
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The God of Small Things
by
Arundhati Roy
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 90,392 ratings
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The Namesake
by
Jhumpa Lahiri
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 107,060 ratings
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Interpreter of Maladies
by
Jhumpa Lahiri
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 69,119 ratings
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The White Tiger
by
Aravind Adiga
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 62,231 ratings
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Midnight's Children
by
Salman Rushdie
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 43,922 ratings
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A Suitable Boy
by
Vikram Seth
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 17,454 ratings
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Truly, Madly, Deeply
by
Faraaz Kazi (Goodreads Author)
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,056 ratings
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Shantaram
by
Gregory David Roberts
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 40,846 ratings
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The Inheritance of Loss
by
Kiran Desai
3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 23,048 ratings
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Unaccustomed Earth
by
Jhumpa Lahiri
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 39,972 ratings
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Life of Pi
by
Yann Martel
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 481,966 ratings
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Cutting for Stone
by
Abraham Verghese
4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 128,230 ratings
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Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
by
Amitav Ghosh
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 7,588 ratings
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The Glass Palace
by
Amitav Ghosh
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 7,580 ratings
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Q & A
by
Vikas Swarup
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 11,678 ratings
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The Space Between Us
by
Thrity Umrigar
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 15,723 ratings
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Secret Daughter
by
Shilpi Somaya Gowda (Goodreads Author)
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 24,769 ratings
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The Red Tent
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Anita Diamant
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 237,063 ratings
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Family Matters
by
Rohinton Mistry
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 8,286 ratings
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The Death of Vishnu
by
Manil Suri
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 4,476 ratings
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The Palace of Illusions
by
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Goodreads Author)
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4,623 ratings
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Siddhartha
by
Hermann Hesse
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 177,487 ratings
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Brick Lane
by
Monica Ali
3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 13,215 ratings
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Such a Long Journey
by
Rohinton Mistry
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 3,563 ratings
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The Satanic Verses
by
Salman Rushdie
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 22,849 ratings
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Haroun And The Sea Of Stories
by
Salman Rushdie
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 12,755 ratings
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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Mohsin Hamid
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 15,576 ratings
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A Passage to India
by
E.M. Forster
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 25,876 ratings
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The Moor's Last Sigh
by
Salman Rushdie
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 6,251 ratings
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Moth Smoke
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Mohsin Hamid
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 2,521 ratings
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The Far Pavilions
by
M.M. Kaye
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 15,410 ratings
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The Shadow Lines
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Amitav Ghosh
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 1,997 ratings
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Anil's Ghost
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Michael Ondaatje
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 7,368 ratings
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2 States: The Story of My Marriage
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Chetan Bhagat
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 22,714 ratings
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A Good Indian Wife
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Anne Cherian
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 1,690 ratings
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The Rice Mother
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Rani Manicka (Goodreads Author)
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 1,786 ratings
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The Vine Of Desire
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Goodreads Author)
3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 1,979 ratings
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The Quest of the Sparrows: Explore the Joy of Freedom
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Kartik Sharma (Goodreads Author)
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Swami and Friends
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R.K. Narayan
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 3,029 ratings
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Cracking India
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Bapsi Sidhwa
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 1,243 ratings
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The Hungry Tide
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Amitav Ghosh
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 4,736 ratings
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Animal's People
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Indra Sinha
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 1,375 ratings
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Sister of My Heart
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Goodreads Author)
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 8,607 ratings
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Train to Pakistan
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Khushwant Singh
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 3,490 ratings
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Beneath a Marble Sky
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John Shors (Goodreads Author)
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 7,319 ratings
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Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT
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Chetan Bhagat
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 27,309 ratings
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The Buddha of Suburbia
by
Hanif Kureishi
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 5,037 ratings
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Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
by
Kiran Desai
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 2,048 ratings
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In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
by
Daniyal Mueenuddin
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 2,715 ratings
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Love and Longing in Bombay
by
Vikram Chandra
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 936 ratings
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The Immortals Of Meluha
by
Amish Tripathi
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 17,889 ratings
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English, August: An Indian Story
by
Upamanyu Chatterjee
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 1,743 ratings
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Saving Fish from Drowning
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Amy Tan
3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 17,383 ratings
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| 57 |
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The Hero's Walk
by
Anita Rau Badami
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 876 ratings
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A Son of the Circus
by
John Irving (Goodreads Author)
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 10,533 ratings
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Tales from Firozsha Baag
by
Rohinton Mistry
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,379 ratings
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Veil of Roses
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Laura Fitzgerald (Goodreads Author)
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 3,709 ratings
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The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
by
Jan-Philipp Sendker
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 6,664 ratings
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Shalimar the Clown
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Salman Rushdie
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 6,671 ratings
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Raj
by
Gita Mehta
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 311 ratings
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes
by
Mohammed Hanif
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 3,022 ratings
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Sikander
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M. Salahuddin Khan (Goodreads Author)
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Cuckold
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Kiran Nagarkar
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 252 ratings
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The Blood of Flowers
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Anita Amirrezvani (Goodreads Author)
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 6,800 ratings
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Swallows of Kabul
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Yasmina Khadra
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 2,640 ratings
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The English Teacher
by
R.K. Narayan
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 1,103 ratings
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Sacred Games
by
Vikram Chandra
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 2,653 ratings
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The Lizard Cage
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Karen Connelly
4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 692 ratings
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River of Smoke (Ibis trilogy, #2)
by
Amitav Ghosh
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 1,897 ratings
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Reading Lolita In Tehran: A Memoir In Books
by
Azar Nafisi (Goodreads Author)
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 64,054 ratings
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Evening Is the Whole Day
by
Preeta Samarasan (Goodreads Author)
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 721 ratings
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The Enchantress of Florence
by
Salman Rushdie
3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 8,501 ratings
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by
Haruki Murakami
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 72,136 ratings
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Love Marriage Love Marriage Love Marriage
by
V.V. Ganeshananthan (Goodreads Author)
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 328 ratings
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The Snake Charmer: A Novel
by
Sanjay Nigam
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy #2)
by
Amish Tripathi
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 13,336 ratings
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The Siege of Krishnapur
by
J.G. Farrell
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,998 ratings
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The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet, #1)
by
Paul Scott
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 1,707 ratings
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Baumgartner's Bombay
by
Anita Desai
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 340 ratings
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If Today Be Sweet
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Thrity Umrigar
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 1,040 ratings
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The Twentieth Wife
by
Indu Sundaresan (Goodreads Author)
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 5,029 ratings
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Burmese Days
by
George Orwell
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 5,867 ratings
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The House of Blue Mangoes
by
David Davidar
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 547 ratings
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| 87 |
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Rooftops of Tehran
by
Mahbod Seraji (Goodreads Author)
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 2,445 ratings
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The Quiet American
by
Graham Greene
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 16,633 ratings
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The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life
by
Jasmin Darznik (Goodreads Author)
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,376 ratings
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The Septembers of Shiraz
by
Dalia Sofer
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 3,330 ratings
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Of Marriageable Age
by
Sharon Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 259 ratings
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Shame
by
Salman Rushdie
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 4,743 ratings
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
by
Katherine Boo
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 18,960 ratings
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The Rug Merchant
by
Meg Mullins
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 597 ratings
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Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
by
Suketu Mehta
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 3,994 ratings
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A River Sutra
by
Gita Mehta
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 985 ratings
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A Golden Age
by
Tahmima Anam
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 1,217 ratings
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The Cat's Table
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Michael Ondaatje
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 10,698 ratings
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The City of Devi
by
Manil Suri
3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 161 ratings
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Romance Quartet
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Farzana Moon (Goodreads Author)
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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