Arresting God in Kathmandu (2001) First published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 2001,
Arresting God in Kathmandu is Upadhyay's first book. It is a collection of nine short stories. With
Arresting God in Kathmandu Upadhyay won a
Whiting Award.
Short stories • The Good Shopkeeper • The Cooking Poet • Deepak Misra's Secretary • The Limping Bride • During the Festival • The Room Next Door • The Man with Long Hair • This World • A Great Man's House
The Guru of Love (2003) First published by
Houghton Mifflin Company in 2003,
The Guru of Love is Upadhyay's second book and first full-length novel.
The Guru of Love was a
New York Times Notable Book of the Year 2003. It is not the basis for the
2008 Mike Myers film
The Love Guru.
The Royal Ghosts (2006) First published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 2006,
The Royal Ghosts is Upadhyay's third book, a collection of nine short stories.
Short stories • A Refuge • The Wedding Hero • The Third Stage • Supreme Pronouncements • The Weight of a Gun • Chintamani's Women • Father, Daughter • A Servant in the City • The Royal Ghosts
''Buddha's Orphans'' (2010) Published by Houghton Mifflin in 2010, ''Buddha's Orphans'' is Upadhyay's fourth book and second novel. Using Nepal's political upheavals of the past century as a backdrop, it tells the story of an orphan boy, Raja, and the girl he is fated to love, Nilu, a daughter of privilege. Their love story scandalizes both families and takes readers through time and across the globe, through the loss of and search for children, and through several generations, hinting that perhaps old bends can, in fact, be righted in future branches of a family tree. == Awards ==