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A darkly hilarious and deeply philosophical exploration of a father's grief and the terrifying mystery of a teenager's mind. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Illicit Happiness Of Other People.
- melancholic
- absurdist
- restless
- tragicomic
- 01
Serious men
Manu Joseph
A biting, mischievous satire of class, ambition, and the lengths a cunning underdog will go to upend the academic elite.
- 02
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Arundhati Roy
A sprawling, deeply felt tapestry of broken souls finding sanctuary in the margins of a fractured nation.
- 03
The last song of dusk
Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
A lush, mythic exploration of a fairy-tale romance fractured by profound tragedy and reshaped by fate.
- 04
The death of Vishnu
Manil Suri
A vibrant, tragicomic exploration of a single apartment building where mundane neighborly dramas elevate into a cosmic meditation on the soul.
- 05
The association of small bombs
Karan Mahajan
A tense, psychologically astute exploration of how a single act of violence fractures lives and reshapes allegiances.
- 06
The inheritance of loss
Kiran Desai
A lush, melancholic exploration of fractured identities caught between the ghosts of empire and the harsh realities of the modern world.
- 07
The Moor's Last Sigh
Salman Rushdie
A kaleidoscopic, tragicomic family saga that drowns you in the vibrant, decaying history of a fractured world.
- 08
One Night at the Call Center
Chetan Bhagat
A chaotic, caffeine-fueled night shift where quarter-life crises collide with a touch of divine intervention.
- 09
A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth · 1993
A sprawling, deeply affectionate immersion into the bustling heart of a newly independent nation and the quiet pragmatism of the human heart.
- 10
White tears
Hari Kunzru
A feverish, dread-soaked descent into the dark, unquiet ghosts of America's musical past.
- 11
Down the rabbit hole
Juan Pablo Villalobos
A darkly comic and delirious fever dream of corrupted innocence inside a cartel hideout.
- 12
Moth Smoke
Mohsin Hamid
A tense, atmospheric plunge into the restless desires and destructive secrets of the ultra-rich.
