Best Indian Fiction Novels - April 2024

The Storyteller's Secret: A Novel

An Amazon Charts, USA Today, and Washington Post bestseller.From the bestselling author of Trail of Broken Wings comes an epic story of the unrelenting force of love, the power of healing, and the invincible desire to dream.Nothing prepares Jaya, a New York journalist, for the heartbreak of her third miscarriage and the slow unraveling of her marriage in its wake. Desperate to assuage her deep anguish, she decides to go to India to uncover answers to her family’s past.Intoxicated by the sights, smells, and sounds she experiences, Jaya becomes an eager student of the culture. But it is Ravi�... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1542048273
• ASIN: 1542048273
• ISBN: 1542048273
• Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

Flight of the Sparrow: A Novel of Early America

“A compelling, emotionally gripping”* novel of historical fiction—perfect for readers of America’s First Daughter.Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1676. Even before Mary Rowlandson was captured by Indians on a winter day of violence and terror, she sometimes found herself in conflict with her rigid Puritan community. Now, her home destroyed, her children lost to her, she has been sold into the service of a powerful woman tribal leader, made a pawn in the ongoing bloody struggle between English settlers and native people. Battling cold, hunger, and exhaustion, Mary witnesses harrowing brutalit... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0451466691
• ASIN: 0451466691
• ISBN: 0451466691
• Brand: Brown Amy Belding
• Manufacturer: Berkley

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel

• ASIN: 0525562028
• ASIN: 0525562028
• ISBN: 0525562028
• Manufacturer: Penguin Press

There There

National BestsellerOne of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the YearOne of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe  Winner of the PEN/Hemingway AwardWinner of the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard PrizeWinner of the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize   Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction   “Powerful. . . . There There has so much jangling energy and brings so much news from a distinct corner of America... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0525436146
• ASIN: 0525436146
• ISBN: 0525436146
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The Displaced : Fall of a Fortress - One of the Best Historical Fiction Novels You'll Read in 2019: Book 1 of 3

"The Displaced is an engaging work set in one of the most intriguing locales in Canadian history." — Kirkus ReviewsStranded in a besieged fortress, can a strong refugee woman survive and fight for her true love? Canadian Author Frieda Watt transports us into the barbaric world of 18th century colonial America where treachory, murder, and rival armies fight violent turf wars in Volume One of her epic new series, The Displaced: Fall of a Fortress. In 1744, the mortar in the walls of Louisbourg fortress is still wet as Britain advances to conquer this new French city, its citizens both protect... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07BYV15NM
• ASIN: B07BYV15NM

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   -  NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A New York Times Notable BookNamed a best book of the year by Amazon, Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, GQ, Time, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly, Time Magazine, NPR, Vogue, Smithsonian, Cosmopolitan, Seattle Times, Bloomberg, Lit Hub, and SlateFrom the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Lost City of Z, a twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history            In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world wer... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307742482
• ASIN: 0307742482
• ISBN: 0307742482
• Brand: Vintage
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native Amer... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316013692
• ASIN: 0316013692
• ISBN: 9780316013697
• Brand: Little Brown Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Storm Cursed (A Mercy Thompson Novel Book 11)

In this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Mercy Thompson must face a deadly enemy to defend all she loves… My name is Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman, and I am a car mechanic. And a coyote shapeshifter. And the mate of the Alpha of the Columbia Basin werewolf pack. Even so, none of that would have gotten me into trouble if, a few months ago, I hadn’t stood upon a bridge and taken responsibility for the safety of the citizens who lived in our territory. It seemed like the thing to do at the time. It should have only involved hunting down killer goblins, zom... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07DMYTL6L
• ASIN: B07DMYTL6L
• Manufacturer: Ace

A Place for Us: A Novel

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NEW YORK’S “ONE BOOK, ONE NEW YORK” PICKNamed One of the Best Books of 2018 by: Washington Post • NPR • People • Refinery29 • Parade • Buzzfeed"Mirza writes with a mercy that encompasses all things." — RON CHARLES, Washington Post"A Place for Us is a book for our times." — CHRISTIANE AMANPOURThe first novel from Sarah Jessica Parker’s new imprint, SJP for Hogarth, A Place for Us is a deeply moving and resonant story of love, identity, and belongingAs an Indian wedding gathers a family back together, parents Rafiq and Layla m... [Read More]

• ASIN: 152476356X
• ASIN: 152476356X
• ISBN: 152476356X
• Manufacturer: SJP for Hogarth

When Breath Becomes Air

• ASIN: 081298840X
• UPC: 642688054472
• ASIN: 081298840X
• ISBN: 081298840X
• Manufacturer: Random House

Third Daughter (The Royals of Dharia, Book One)

Sneaking out of the palace wasn’t one of Aniri’s best ideas. But she’s the Third Daughter of the Queen of Dharia—zero responsibilities and zero royal duties. She’s just the backup daughter, in case her older sisters’ arranged marriages—to take the crown or broker an alliance—don’t quite work out. But once Aniri reaches her 18th birthday, she’ll be truly free… and then she can marry the charming fencing instructor she meets for fevered kisses in the forest.But then the impossible happens—a marriage proposal. From a barbarian prince in the north, no less. And if Aniri ref... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00H8TBQCC
• ASIN: B00H8TBQCC
• Manufacturer: Twisted Space LLC

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

"Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find."—Booklist, starred review Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives. Yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years. But now Joseph Bruchac brings the... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0142405965
• ASIN: 0142405965
• ISBN: 0142405965
• Brand: Speak
• Manufacturer: Speak

Life of Pi

The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0156027321
• ASIN: 0156027321
• ISBN: 9780156027328
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

The Namesake: A Novel

 "Dazzling...An intimate, closely observed family portrait."—The New York Times "Hugely appealing."—People Magazine "An exquisitely detailed family saga."—Entertainment Weekly Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world—conflicts that will haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs. In The Namesake, the Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri br... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0618485228
• UPC: 046442485227
• ASIN: 0618485228
• ISBN: 9780618485222
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

And Then There Were None

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickOne of the most famous and beloved mysteries from The Queen of Suspense—Agatha Christie—now a Lifetime TV movie."Ten . . ."Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U. N. Owen.""Nine . . ."At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead."Eight . . ."Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one . . . as one by one . . . they begin to die."Seven . . ."Which among them is the ki... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062073486
• ASIN: 0062073486
• ISBN: 0062073486
• Brand: Harper
• Manufacturer: William Morrow

The Indian in the Cupboard (Paperback)

In this classic, a young man receives two presents that will change his life: a plastic miniature Indian that magically comes to life inside a mysterious old

• UPC: 12455534
• Color: Multicolor
• Rating: 4.031

The Goldfinch : A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

"Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home

• UPC: 50554733
• Rating: 3.916

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Paperback)

Alexie's National Book Award winner chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he thought he was destined to live. Includes poignant drawings that reflect

• UPC: 10083846
• Rating: 4.495

The Goldfinch : A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

Taken in by a wealthy family friend after surviving an accident that killed his mother, thirteen-year-old Theo Decker tries to adjust to life on Park

• UPC: 30530066
• Rating: 3.916

Indian Summer : A Novel

Originally published: Great Britain: Bantam Press,

• UPC: 55312204
• Rating: 3.5

Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels - eBook

From one of the best-known editors in modern science fiction, this lively and authoritative guide will appeal to both newcomers and connoisseurs of the genre alike. Informative and readable, David Pringle's choices focus on landmark

• UPC: 733794071
• Rating: 5.0

Kanthapura : Indian Novel

Originally published: London: Allen & Unwin,

• UPC: 25663184
• Rating: 3.0

A Good Indian Wife: A Novel - eBook

“An absorbing tale of contrasts. . . . Cherian tells the story with quiet strength.” —San Francisco ChronicleHandsome anesthesiologist Neel is sure he can resist his family’s pleas that he marry a “good” Indian girl.

• UPC: 558905683
• Rating: 3.714

The Best Goodbye : A Rosemary Beach Novel

"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines comes the next sizzling novel in the Rosemary Beach series, featuring well-known playboy and Blaire's half brother,

• UPC: 45966195
• Rating: 3.0

BFF*: Two novels by Judy Blume--Just As Long As We're Together/Here's to You, Rachel Robinson (*Best Friends Forever)

In this new bind-up, Blume's two novels about three *Best Friends Forever will reach a new set of girls. Stephanie, Rachel, and Alison know there will be plenty of family issues, broken hearts, and tough

• UPC: 5223916
• Rating: 4.0