The henna artist —Joshi, Alka, author.

Escaping from an arranged and abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone from her 1950s rural village to the vibrant pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the henna artist, and confidante, most in-...

The secrets between us a novel —Umrigar, Thrity N., author.

The god of small things —Roy, Arundhati, author.

Two twins in Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck that is their family. When their English cousin and her mother arrive for a visit, the twins learn that ...

Rebel Queen a novel —Moran, Michelle, author.

The story of Queen Lakshmi, India's Joan of Arc, who against all odds defied the mighty British invasion to defend her beloved kingdom. When the British Empire sets its sights on India in the mid-nineteenth century, it e...

You bring the distant near —Perkins, Mitali, author.

From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to their own traditions.

The far field : a novel —Vijay, Madhuri, author.

The search for the truth surrounding her mother's death takes Shalini on a journey of grief, guilt, and compassion in this intimate look at class prejudices and sexuality.

Antony and Cleopatra —McCullough, Colleen, 1937-2015

Mark Antony, famous warrior and legendary lover, expects that he will be Julius Caesar's successor. But when Caesar is murdered, his eighteen-year-old nephew, Octavian, is named his heir. No one, least of all Antony, exp...