LGBTQ India News Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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When We Were Sisters
Fatimah Asghar
Queer South Asian author Fatimah Asghar’s debut work of fiction, When We Were Sisters, is a searing portrait of grief and longing https://t.co/Tr3znA0Mxp
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
People Change
Vivek Shraya
In her book People Change, the Indo-Canadian trans author Vivek Shraya weaves together life observations and cultural commentary to make sense of herself in relation to the larger world. https://t.co/JUlUE9wChx
Hardcover, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All This Could Be Different
Sarah Thankam Mathews
All This Could Be Different: Queer Love, Visa Hardships and Friendships in America. Sarah Thankam Mathews’ bold new novel tackles issues that are not always addressed in the South Asian community. https://t.co/kr2LW2J3tN
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Until It Rains Again
Ruchikaa Bhuyan
Book Review: Ruchikaa Bhuyan’s 'Until It Rains Again', sexuality and society https://t.co/pwl8G7ZSEP
Paperback, 2022
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Broken Rainbow: Mysterious Dark Karma
Julio Antonio del Marmol
Review: The Broken Rainbow by Ruth Vanita: Ruth Vanita seamlessly combines lyric feeling and the historical archive in her new poetry collection https://t.co/YuDVuiL6vR
Paperback, 2022
$36.99$18.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern India
Mansi Choksi
Mansi Choksi’s book, The Newlyweds, shows what three Indian couples go through as they battle the pettiness of daily life https://t.co/hruTVpDmoo
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nikhil Out Loud
Maulik Pancholy
Popular Indian-American actor Maulik Pancholy’s second novel Nikhil Out Loud, features a fictional character whose story organically aligns with his own life and its conflicts https://t.co/Zor3UEdRW4
Paperback, 2023
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Delhi: Communities of Belonging
Sunil Gupta
Revisiting Sunil Gupta’s 1986-87 landmark series documenting gay Indian men at Delhi monuments in the light of his exhibition, Cruising. https://t.co/Xa0ZuSfE6F
Paperback, 2016
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Shehan Karunatilaka
Shehan Karunatilaka's ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’: Maali won’t identify as queer, though he has slept with more men than he can count. https://t.co/tO5BuSvLpi via @VOGUEIndia
Paperback, 2022
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rohzin
Rahman Abbas
A disquieting look at desire: Rohzin by Rahman Abbas is a highly unusual novel that employs the technique of magic realism to examine human sexuality. https://t.co/9UbEF41JCg
Hardcover, 2022
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book