Aravind Adiga books

Aravind Adiga is an Indian-Australian novelist who won the Man Booker Prize for his debut The White Tiger, a darkly comic novel about ambition and class in modern India.

Short Story Collections

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Between the Assassinations 2008 Buy

Standalone Novels

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The White Tiger 2008 Buy
Last Man in Tower 2011 Buy
Selection Day 2016 Buy
Amnesty 2020 Buy

Aravind Adiga was born in Madras (now Chennai) and educated in the United States and England before working as a journalist in India. The White Tiger, his first novel, won the Man Booker Prize in 2008 and established him as one of the sharpest voices writing about modern India’s contradictions — its booming economy alongside entrenched inequality.

His subsequent novels have continued to explore Indian society with a satirical edge. Last Man in Tower follows the residents of a Mumbai apartment building resisting a developer’s buyout, Selection Day traces two cricket-obsessed brothers in Mumbai, and Amnesty follows an undocumented Sri Lankan immigrant in Australia. Adiga writes with a reporter’s eye for detail and a novelist’s feel for moral ambiguity.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Aravind Adiga written?

Aravind Adiga has written five books across two series.

What was Aravind Adiga's first book?

Aravind Adiga’s first book is Between the Assassinations, published in 2008.

What is Aravind Adiga known for?

Adiga won the 2008 Man Booker Prize for The White Tiger, his debut novel told as a letter from an Indian entrepreneur to the Chinese Premier, recounting his rise from servant to businessman through crime. The book is a sharp satire of India’s class system and economic transformation.

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