Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie — 3 titles in the rankings, first published between 1981 and 1990. They average 8.0, above the 7.8 the whole catalogue averages.

Editor’s note British-American novelist born in Bombay, master of crowded, playful, magical stories about migration, history and identity. Midnight’s Children, his most read and highest rated, won the Booker Prize and later the Booker of Bookers: Saleem Sinai, born at the exact moment of India’s independence, finds his life tied to the nation’s. The Satanic Verses led to a 1989 fatwa calling for his death and years in hiding, during which he wrote Haroun and the Sea of Stories, a fable for his son that rates highly too.

Ranked titles

3 books

Average score

8.0

Total ratings

619

First published

1981–1990

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