Of course you guys knew I was going to join my own challenge, right?  I’m not going to make a list of books for the challenge, but I will tell you what I have on my SAAC shelf at this point, in case you’re curious!

I’m going to be joining the challenge at the 10 books level, though I’m hoping to read much more than that.

My SAAC shelf:

Babyji – Abha Dawesar
Everything Happens for a Reason – Kavita Daswani
The Sari Shop – Rupa Bajwa
Goddess for Hire – Sonia Singh
The Age of Shiva – Manil Suri
Bitter Sweets – Roopa Farooki
Between the Assassinations – Aravind Adiga
White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
Blue Boy – Rakesh Satyal
Unaccustomed Earth – Jhumpa Lahiri
Sacred Games – Vikram Chandra
Brick Lane – Monica Ali
An Equal Music – Vikram Seth
Slumdog Millionaire – Vikas Swarup
The Space Between Us – Thrity Umrigar
Bollywood Nights – Shobhaa De
Madras on Rainy Days – Samina Ali
The Mango Season – Amulya Malladi
The Toss of a Lemon – Padma Viswanathan

Review Copies:

 

Atlas of Unknowns – Tania James
The Prayer Room – Shanthi Sekaran
The Wish Maker – Ali Sethi
Bombay Time – Thrity Umrigar
Sea of Poppies – Amitav Ghosh

And there’s one of my Indian shelves which contains some unread books:

Fury – Salman Rushdie
Shalimar the Clown – Salman Rushdie
Grimus – Salman Rushdie
Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
Shame – Salman Rushdie
The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri

And kep in mind, this doesn’t even include books I’m planning on buying/checking out from the library in the next year!