Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grimus | 1975 | Salman Rushdie | Buy |
| 2 | Midnight’s Children | 1981 | Salman Rushdie | Buy |
| 3 | Shame | 1983 | Salman Rushdie | Buy |
| 4 | The Satanic Verses | 1988 | Salman Rushdie | Buy |
| 5 | The Moor’s Last Sigh | 1995 | Salman Rushdie | Buy |
| 6 | The Ground Beneath Her Feet | 1999 | Salman Rushdie | Buy |
| 7 | Fury | 2001 | Salman Rushdie | Buy |
| 8 | Shalimar the Clown | 2005 | Salman Rushdie | Buy |
| 9 | The Enchantress of Florence | 2008 | Salman Rushdie | Buy |
| 10 | Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights | 2015 | Salman Rushdie | Buy |
| 11 | The Golden House | 2017 | Salman Rushdie | Buy |
| 12 | Quichotte | 2019 | Salman Rushdie | Buy |
| 13 | Victory City | 2023 | Salman Rushdie | Buy |
Salman Rushdie’s standalone novels cover close to fifty years of fiction, from his debut Grimus in 1975 to Victory City in 2023. The thirteen titles listed here are each independent stories, so there is no required reading order. That said, readers often start with Midnight’s Children (1981) or The Satanic Verses (1988), two of his most widely known works from the 1980s.
His output remained consistent through the following decades, with novels like The Moor’s Last Sigh (1995), The Ground Beneath Her Feet (1999), and Shalimar the Clown (2005) appearing at regular intervals. More recent entries include The Golden House (2017), Quichotte (2019), and Victory City (2023). Readers can pick up any title on its own without needing context from the others.