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The Museum of Failures

The Museum of Failures
  • Author(s): Thrity Umrigar
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A riveting story about uncovering family secrets and the power of forgiveness, set in India and the United States, from the bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club pick Honor Remy Wadia left India for the United States long ago,...

A House in Pondicherry

A House in Pondicherry
  • Author(s): Lee Langley
  • Location(s): Pondicherry (Puducherry)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

The third in a series of novels set in India. This novel is set in Pondicherry, a tropical Paris flourishing on the shore of the Coromandel coast. At the centre of the novel is the figure of Oriane, a...

The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu

The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu
  • Author(s): Ann Bennett
  • Location(s): Burma (Myanmar), Darjeeling, Kathmandu
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

A sweeping wartime tale of secrets and love, mystery and redemption, moving from the snow-capped Himalayas to the steamy heat of battle in the Burmese jungle. Perfect for fans of Dinah Jeffries, Victoria Hislop and Rosie Thomas. Hampshire, UK,...

The Moor’s Last Sigh

The Moor’s Last Sigh
  • Author(s): Salman Rushdie
  • Location(s): Kochi (Cochin), Mumbai (Bombay), Spain
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1900 onwards

Moraes ‘Moor’ Zogoiby is the last in line of a crooked and fantastical dynasty of spice merchants and crime lords from Cochin. He is also a compulsive storyteller and an exile. As we travel with him on a route...

The Girl from Trichy

The Girl from Trichy
  • Author(s): Gita V Reddy
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

“Appa enna solluvaro? What will Appa say?” Malathi comes from a conservative family. When she takes up a job in Bengaluru, her father gives her a list of conditions. Falling in love is definitely not among them! Aditya is...

Destiny at Trichy

Destiny at Trichy
  • Author(s): Julie Marsh, Michael Maher
  • Location(s): Trichy (Tiruchirappalli)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After travelling in India for 5 months, Michael and Julie meet with a dramatic accident in the revered temple city of Trichy, Tamil Nadu. Their hotel is blacked out and dangerously engulfed by an electrical fire; the only escape,...

The Pagoda Tree

The Pagoda Tree
  • Author(s): Claire Scobie
  • Location(s): Chennai (Madras), Thanjavur (Tanjore)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 18th Century

Tamil Nadu, southern India, 1765. Maya plays among the towering granite temples in the ancient city of Tanjore. Like her mother before her, she is destined to become a devadasi, a dancer for the temple. On the day of...

The Perfumist of Paris

The Perfumist of Paris
  • Author(s): Alka Joshi
  • Location(s): Agra, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

(The Jaipur Trilogy Book 3) From the author of Reese’s Book Club Pick The Henna Artist, the final chapter in Alka Joshi’s New York Times bestselling Jaipur trilogy takes readers to 1970s Paris, where Radha’s budding career as a...

An Astronomer in Love

An Astronomer in Love
  • Author(s): Antoine Laurain, Louise Rogers Lalaurie (Translator), Megan Jones (Translator)
  • Location(s): Paris, Pondicherry (Puducherry), The Indian Ocean
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Adventure, Historical
  • Era(s): 2010 (and 1760)

Part swashbuckling adventure on the high seas and part modern-day love story set in the heart of Paris, An Astronomer in Love is an enchanting tale of adventure, destiny, and the power of love from bestselling author Antoine Laurain....

Death in the Air

Death in the Air
  • Author(s): Ram Murali
  • Location(s): Indian Himalayan Region
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Welcome to Samsara, a world-class spa nestled in the Indian Himalayas where all your wishes are just a gilded notecard away. Ro Krishna has just checked in. With his rakish charm, Oxford education, perfect hair, he has it all...

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