2021 Reading Women Challenge - hosted by thereadingwomen

A Book Longlisted for the JCB Prize
  • The JCB Prize for Literature is an award presented each year to a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian author.
  • The prize aims to celebrate Indian writing and to help readers across the world discover the very best of contemporary Indian literature. It also makes significant awards also to translators, without whose work no reader can appreciate the scale and diversity of a literature written in over twenty languages.
  • Find out more over on the prize’s website.
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A Burning by Megha Majumdar

A Burning

Megha Majumdar

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark emotional sad medium-paced
Milk Teeth by Amrita Mahale

Milk Teeth

Amrita Mahale

311 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay

The Far Field

Madhuri Vijay

422 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
NAME PLACE ANIMAL THING by Daribha Lyndem

NAME PLACE ANIMAL THING

Daribha Lyndem

160 pages • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

reflective medium-paced
All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy

All the Lives We Never Lived

Anuradha Roy

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

Deepa Anappara

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Latitudes Of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup

Latitudes Of Longing

Shubhangi Swarup

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
What We Know About Her by Krupa Ge

What We Know About Her

Krupa Ge

204 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Queen of Jasmine Country by Sharanya Manivannan

The Queen of Jasmine Country

Sharanya Manivannan

131 pages • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

fiction historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

352 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad slow-paced