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