The White Tiger
The acclaimed debut novel and the clearest introduction to Adiga's themes, style, and fictional world.
Author guide
Aravind Adiga Books in Order
Aravind Adiga is an Indian-born Australian novelist and journalist. Born in 1974, he studied at Columbia University and Magdalen College, Oxford, and worked as a correspondent for Time before becoming a full-time writer. His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Booker Prize. His published books comprise four novels and one separately published short-story collection.
literary fictionshort stories
Catalog record updated .
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Between the Assassinations
A strong starting point for readers who prefer interconnected short fiction and a broader portrait of contemporary India.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (4)
- The White Tiger
novel · 2008
This rambunctious story of contemporary India shows how religion doesn't create morality, and money doesn't solve every problem--but a person can get what he wants out of life by eavesdropping on the right conversations.
- Last Man in Tower
novel · 2011
Every building tells a story, but in the jungles of Mumbai, one building - and one man- stand on the borderline between India's past and its future. Ask any Bombaywallah about Vishram Society - Tower A of the Vishram Co-operative Housing…
- Selection Day
novel · 2016
"The most exciting novelist writing in English today" A. N. WilsonManjunath Kumar is fourteen. He knows he is good at cricket - if not as good as his elder brother Radha. He knows that he fears and resents his domineering and…
- Amnesty
novel · 2020
"Danny - formerly Dhananjaya Rajaratnam - is an illegal immigrant in Sydney, Australia, denied refugee status after he fled from Sri Lanka. Working as a cleaner, living out of a grocery storeroom, for three years he's been trying to…
Short fiction (1)
- Between the Assassinations
short-story-collection · 2008
Welcome to Kittur, India. It's on India's southwestern coast, bounded by the Arabian Sea to the west and the Kaliamma River to the south and east. It's blessed with rich soil and scenic beauty, and it's been around for centuries. Of its…