Anita Desai Reading Order
1 series · 105 books
Anita Desai is an acclaimed Indian novelist whose introspective, psychologically nuanced fiction explores family dynamics and the inner lives of her characters, particularly women navigating complex emotional landscapes. Her body of work, spanning from the 1960s through the early 1990s, earned her three Booker Prize shortlistings and established her as a significant voice in contemporary world literature. A longtime faculty member at MIT, Desai crafted her novels as standalone works that delve into themes of alienation, identity, and the tension between tradition and modernity in Indian society.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete105 books
Start with Cry, the peacock, the first of 105 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | 'Fasting, Feasting' |
| 2 | A secret connivance |
| 3 | Artist of Disappearance |
| 4 | Avaḳ yahalom |
| 5 | Baumgartner's Bombay |
| 6 | Baumgartner's Bombay |
| 7 | Bye-bye blackbird |
| 8 | Carol Ross: Sculpture and Reliefs |
| 9 | Cat on a houseboat |
| 10 | Clara Luz Del Dia |
| 11 | Clear Light of Day |
| 12 | Clear Light of the Day |
| 13 | Collected Stories [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] Desai |
| 14 | Complete Stories |
| 15 | Complete Stories |
| 16 | Cry, the peacock |
| 17 | Cry, the peacock |
| 18 | Diamond Dust |
| 19 | Diamond Dust and Other Stories |
| 20 | Diamond Dust and Other Stories |
| 21 | Diamond dust |
| 22 | Digiunare, divorare |
| 23 | Doṅgarāvelo ujo |
| 24 | En custodia/ In Custody |
| 25 | Eye to Eye Women : Their Words and Worlds |
| 26 | Fasting, Feasting |
| 27 | Fasting, Feasting |
| 28 | Fasting, feasting |
| 29 | Fire on the Mountain |
| 30 | Fire on the Mountain |
| 31 | Fire on the Mountain |
| 32 | Fire on the mountain |
| 33 | Fuego en la montaña |
| 34 | Games at Twilight |
| 35 | Games at Twilight |
| 36 | Games at Twilight and Other Stories |
| 37 | Games at twilight and other stories |
| 38 | Il villaggio vicino al mare |
| 39 | In Custody |
| 40 | In Custody |
| 41 | India |
| 42 | Jeux au crépuscule |
| 43 | Journey to Ithaca |
| 44 | Journey to Ithaca |
| 45 | Journey to Ithaca |
| 46 | Journey to Ithaca(749396652) |
| 47 | La claire lumière du jour |
| 48 | La claire lumière du jour |
| 49 | Le Jeûne et le Festin |
| 50 | Le jeûne et le festin |
| 51 | Museum of Final Journeys |
| 52 | Notte e nebbia a Bombay |
| 53 | Où irons-nous cet été? |
| 54 | Peacock Garden Desai Long Ago |
| 55 | Peasant Struggles in India |
| 56 | Polvere di diamante e altri racconti |
| 57 | Polvo de diamante / Diamond Dust |
| 58 | Poussière de diamant |
| 59 | Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition |
| 60 | Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum |
| 61 | Prentice Hall Literature [Grade Ten] |
| 62 | Prentice Hall Literature--Florida--Language and Literacy |
| 63 | Prentice Hall Literature--The British Edition--Volume II |
| 64 | Rosarita |
| 65 | Sagar nere ikk pind |
| 66 | Samudra tat ka ek ganu |
| 67 | Taʻaniyot, taʻanugot |
| 68 | The Scholar-gypsy |
| 69 | The Village by the Sea. |
| 70 | The Vintage Book of Indian Writing 1947-1997 |
| 71 | The Zigzag Way |
| 72 | The artist of disappearance |
| 73 | The artist of disappearance |
| 74 | The artist of disappearance |
| 75 | The peacock garden |
| 76 | The village by the sea |
| 77 | The zigzag way |
| 78 | The zigzag way |
| 79 | Translator Translated |
| 80 | Uma en Arun |
| 81 | Un Village près de la mer |
| 82 | Village By the Sea |
| 83 | Village by the Sea |
| 84 | Village by the Sea |
| 85 | Village by the Sea |
| 86 | Voices in the city |
| 87 | Voices in the city |
| 88 | Voices in the city |
| 89 | Voices in the city, a novel |
| 90 | Where Shall We Go This Summer? |
| 91 | X 5 Fasting, Feasting Reading Guide |
| 92 | ZIGZAG WAY |
| 93 | Zigzag Way |
| 94 | Zwarte diamant |
| 95 | a cat on a house boat |
| 96 | a cat on a house boat |
| 97 | Cry, the peacock 1963 |
| 98 | Voices in the city 1965 |
| 99 | Where shall we go this summer? 1975 |
| 100 | Clear Light of Day 1980 |
| 101 | The village by the sea: An Indian family story 1982 |
| 102 | In custody 1984 |
| 103 | Bye-bye blackbird 1985 |
| 104 | The village by the sea 1989 |
| 105 | Pahar par aag 1992 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Anita Desai written?
- Anita Desai has written 105 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1963 to 1992.
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- Anita Desai has 1 completed series.