CITY · INDIABooks set in Delhi
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14 books · 12 authors · 1980–2025
14 books here
Most-set authors
Akhil Sharma (2) · Salman Rushdie (2) · Vikram Seth (1) · William Dalrymple (1) · Khushwant Singh (1) · Shashi Tharoor (1)
Genres
literary fiction (6)
Books set here
Set in Delhi (13)
A Suitable Girl
Vikram Seth
Contemporary Delhi setting
An Obedient Father
Akhil Sharma
childhood home, immigrant departure point
City of Djinns
William Dalrymple
Year-in-Delhi travelogue
Delhi: A Novel
Khushwant Singh
Entire novel setting
The Great Indian Novel
Shashi Tharoor
fictionalized capital, independence-era India
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai
Sunny's family home
The Moor's Last Sigh
Salman Rushdie
city as protagonist, centuries spanned
The Palace of Illusions
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Mahabharata retelling Pandava palace
The Storyteller's Tale
Omair Ahmad
18th-century Delhi Mughal decline
Clear Light of Day
Anita Desai
Das family house, Bela Road
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
Historic city setting
Murder at the Mushaira
Raza Mir
Old Delhi mushaira 1857 mutiny eve
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Arundhati Roy
Hijra graveyard, walled city
Also featuring Delhi (1)
Nearby books
An Obedient Father
Akhil Sharma
0 km · New Delhi
Family Life
Akhil Sharma
0 km · New Delhi
The Great Indian Novel
Shashi Tharoor
0 km · New Delhi
Tomb of Sand
Geetanjali Shree
0 km · North India
City of Djinns
William Dalrymple
4 km · Nizamuddin
Clear Light of Day
Anita Desai
6 km · Old Delhi
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
6 km · Old Delhi
Murder at the Mushaira
Raza Mir
6 km · Old Delhi