Aravind Adiga Standalone Novels books in order

Standalone novels by Aravind Adiga, from the Booker Prize-winning The White Tiger to stories about cricket, real estate, and immigration.
Series · Literary Fiction · Satire · Contemporary Fiction · Indian Literature

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 The White Tiger 2008 Aravind Adiga Buy
2 Last Man in Tower 2011 Aravind Adiga Buy
3 Selection Day 2016 Aravind Adiga Buy
4 Amnesty 2020 Aravind Adiga Buy

Aravind Adiga’s standalone novels each take a different angle on modern India (and, in Amnesty, the Indian diaspora). The White Tiger is a first-person confession of murder and class mobility. Last Man in Tower is a slow-building drama about the human cost of urban development. Selection Day follows two brothers groomed by their father for cricket stardom.

Amnesty shifts the setting to Australia, following an undocumented Sri Lankan cleaner who witnesses evidence of a murder and must decide whether to come forward and risk deportation. Each novel uses a specific situation to examine broader questions about power, morality, and the systems people live within.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Aravind Adiga Standalone Novels series?

There are four books in the Aravind Adiga Standalone Novels series, published between 2008 and 2020.

What is the first book in the Aravind Adiga Standalone Novels series?

The first book in the Aravind Adiga Standalone Novels series is The White Tiger, published in 2008.

Which Aravind Adiga novel should I read first?

Start with The White Tiger — it’s his most celebrated novel, a Booker Prize winner, and the most accessible entry point to his writing. It reads like a thriller disguised as literary fiction, with a darkly funny narrator whose story about rising from poverty to wealth keeps you turning pages.

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