10 Best Books Written by Indian Women That Everyone Should Read

I couldn't just include one Jhumpa Lahiri novel on this list. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013, Lahiri's second book, The Lowland, is the story of inseparable brothers Subhash and Udayan. Once they both leave for different universities, they're ideologies go separate ways, and the close tie they once had wears thin. Though their lives intertwine and mirror each other in ways, there are equal times at which you loathe and love each character for how beautifully human they are in their mistakes, imperfections, and pursuit for good.