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The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007)

Explores the fear and suspicion that followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks. "You," possibly an American, encounter a bearded Pakistani who has left behind a high-flying career and love affair in New York.

Published in 30 languages.

Won the Ambassador Book Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Asian American Literary Award, Premio Speciale Dal Testo Allo Schermo, and South Bank Show Award for Literature.

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Commonwealth Writers Prize, Arts Council England Decibel Award, Australia-Asia Literary Award, and Index on Censorship T R Fyvel Award.

Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times, and as a Book of the Decade by the Guardian.

Reviews of The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

Moth Smoke (2000)

About sex, drugs, and class conflict in 1990s urban Pakistan. Asks the reader to judge the trial of an ex-banker and heroin addict who has fallen for his best friend's wife.

Published in 12 languages.

Won a Betty Trask Award, was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

Adapted as a telefilm in Pakistan and as an operetta in Italy.

Reviews of Moth Smoke.