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Sangu Mandanna
4.16 · 492 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · south asian · magic · young adult · audiobook · dystopian · length-medium · multicultural · mystery · contemporary · queer · united-kingdom · slow burn · third-person-pov · grumpy sunshine · racism · sweet-hero · dual-pov · urban fantasy
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Tasha Suri
4.15 · 207 ratings
historical · audiobook · fantasy · south asian · magic · paranormal · young adult · class difference · aristocratic heroine · graphic-violence · high fantasy · misogyny · f-f · length-long · death · forbidden love · queer · from hate to love · political-intrigue · dual-pov
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L.J. Hayward
4.14 · 173 ratings
m-m · queer · contemporary · mystery · south asian · suspense · audiobook · tortured hero · multicultural · bad boys · explicit-open-door · length-medium · third-person-pov · abuse · military · death · from hate to love · cold hero · past-abuse · slow burn
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Syed M. Masood
4.07 · 102 ratings
length-medium · young adult · south asian · contemporary · humor · audiobook · multicultural · muslim · arranged marriage · high-school · abuse · friends to lovers · historical · death · male-pov · war
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Uzma Jalaluddin
3.91 · 158 ratings
muslim · humor · audiobook · length-medium · south asian · contemporary · multicultural · new adult · glimpses-kisses · christmas · from hate to love · historical · forced proximity · second chances · shy-hero · behind-doors · military · virgin heroine · plain heroine · competent heroine
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Adiba Jaigirdar
3.90 · 196 ratings
young adult · contemporary · audiobook · queer · f-f · south asian · muslim · glimpses-kisses · length-medium · humor · racism · from hate to love · bisexual · non-trad-hea · dystopian · fake relationship · dual-pov · first-person-pov · love triangle · length-long
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Naina Kumar
3.86 · 108 ratings
length-medium · south asian · forced proximity · audiobook · contemporary · open-door · usa · arranged marriage · texas · humor · grumpy sunshine · m-f · dual-pov · friends to lovers · second chances · working class hero · career professional · caretaking · new-york-state · first-person-pov
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Indu Sundaresan
3.86 · 157 ratings
south asian · audiobook · historical · length-medium · length-long · royalty · military · harems · mystery · slow burn · strong heroine · other-man-woman · love triangle · length-short · super rich hero · regency · war · age difference
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
3.82 · 306 ratings
contemporary · length-medium · south asian · audiobook · multicultural · fantasy · historical · anthologies · war · class difference · paranormal · magic · victorian · 20th century · length-short · non-trad-hea · arranged marriage · suspense · urban fantasy · tortured heroine
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Nisha Sharma
3.81 · 329 ratings
contemporary · south asian · multicultural · length-medium · humor · audiobook · young adult · new adult · dual-pov · super rich hero · m-f · forced proximity · from hate to love · explicit-open-door · mystery · independent heroine · new-jersey · high-school · marriage of convenience · competent heroine
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Sonali Dev
3.80 · 360 ratings
contemporary · audiobook · south asian · humor · multicultural · length-medium · open-door · class difference · new adult · length-long · mystery · hindu · from hate to love · forbidden love · m-f · alpha male · super rich hero · age difference · historical · other-man-woman
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Sajni Patel
3.79 · 200 ratings
young adult · contemporary · audiobook · south asian · humor · length-medium · forced proximity · multicultural · fantasy · dark · length-long · sports · high fantasy · from hate to love · grumpy sunshine · m-f · dual-pov · slut-shaming · length-short · muslim
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Amulya Malladi
3.77 · 154 ratings
contemporary · length-medium · south asian · multicultural · length-short · historical · third-person-pov · cheating · behind-doors · m-f · other-man-woman · audiobook · betrayal · neurodivergent · denmark · europe · tortured heroine · plain heroine · super rich hero · glimpses-kisses
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Sara Desai
3.68 · 226 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · south asian · humor · multicultural · new adult · open-door · from hate to love · length-medium · m-f · suspense · grumpy sunshine · second chances · forced proximity · bad boys · dual-pov · fake relationship · bikers · angst · friends to lovers
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Kamila Shamsie
3.67 · 134 ratings
south asian · length-medium · contemporary · audiobook · historical · multicultural · war · mystery · muslim · young adult · anthologies · length-short
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Anuja Chauhan
3.57 · 135 ratings
contemporary · south asian · length-long · length-medium · competent heroine · length-short · anthologies · athletes · military · historical
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Sonya Lalli
3.50 · 156 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · multicultural · length-medium · south asian · humor · love triangle · m-f · first-person-pov · historical · independent heroine · competent heroine · found-family · from hate to love · behind-doors · hindu · racism · slow burn · sweet-hero · north-america
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Chetan Bhagat
3.15 · 302 ratings
length-medium · young adult · contemporary · south asian · humor · audiobook · new adult · fantasy · mystery · urban fantasy · length-long · sports · friends to lovers
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