Tag Archives: Tanwi Nandini Islam

Fave Fiction: Queer Fiction Set in South Asia

For more titles set in India, click here.

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Sri Lanka)

The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella (India)

Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam (Bangladesh)

Other Names for Love by Taymour Soomro (Pakistan)

Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai (Sri Lanka)

Bonus: These are all Adult fiction, but for YA, check out Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai (Sri Lanka) and The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan (Bangladesh)

A Love That Disturbs by Medeia Sharif (Contemporary YA)

Due Diligence by Anna Zabo (Contemporary Romance)

Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam (Adult Contemporary)

If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan (Contemporary YA)

Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis (Historical YA)

Bonus: And I Darken by Kiersten White (Historical YA) – Gay MC converts to Islam mid-book

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