Did you know that India is the world's second-largest English-language book market? The nation has also produced some of the world's best fiction and non-fiction authors. In this episode, Marina takes us through a list of nationally and globally awarded writers as well as some of her personal favourites.  Salman Rushdie - Midnight's Children; The Enchantress of Florence Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger Amitav Ghosh - Sea of Poppies; The Glass Palace Megha Majumdar - A Burning Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss Jeet Thayil - Narcopolis Anees Salim - The Vicks Mango Tree Jhumpa Lahiri - The Namesake Gita Mehta - A River Sutra Pankaj Mishra - Age of Anger: A History of the Present Amit Chaudhuri - Friend of My Youth Visit zafigo.com/busy-reading-books to learn more about us.