Set during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the novel stages the prolonged siege of a fictional Indian town and follows the British residents who must endure shortages, disease risk, and the breakdown of familiar authority.

A nonlinear novel centered on fraternal twins whose childhood in a small Kerala town is shaped by family tensions, the arrival of an outsider cousin, and a social order marked by caste and colonial legacies.

A retelling of the early life of Merlin that frames his psychic visions and uncertain parentage within the fractured, post-Roman kingdoms of Britain.

Spanning several generations of a single family, the book traces how private lives, inherited memories, and supernatural intimations intersect with broader political upheaval. The central pressure comes from how family loyalties and personal histories respond to changing social orders and accumulating loss.

A historical retelling of the early life of Theseus that frames mythic episodes as the development of a young man into political and social adulthood. The narrative traces his movement across Greek communities and into Crete, depicting ritual contests, sea travel, and clashes between differing social systems.

Set at a small, elite liberal-arts college, the novel follows a tight group of Classics students whose scholarly intensity and social isolation lead to a violent rupture.

Set in early 19th-century England, the novel follows a family with five daughters confronting the social and financial pressures of marriage, inheritance rules, and social standing.

A multigenerational family story tracking a Bengali couple who relocate to the United States and the next generation raised between two cultures.

Four very different people converge in an Italian villa during the later stages of World War II: a severely burned, anonymous patient; the Canadian nurse who tends him; a Sikh sapper; and a Canadian thief.

Four disparate Englishwomen arrange a month-long holiday at a sunlit Italian castle to escape damp London and the pressures of their social lives.

Set during the First World War, the novel follows officers treated for shell shock at a military psychiatric hospital. The plot focuses on their therapy, conversations, and struggles to reconcile wartime experiences with civilian identities while clinicians and fellow patients negotiate guilt, duty, and recovery.

Set around 1959 and the Congo's decolonization era, the novel follows an American missionary household transplanted into a rural African village.