Tanuja Desai Hidier

Tanuja Desai Hidier

2 Series • 4 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Born Confused Books
Start with: Born Confused (2002)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: Sixteen (2004)

ⓘ About Tanuja Desai Hidier

Tanuja Desai Hidier is a bestselling and award-winning author that is also the innovator and singer-songwriter of the booktrack. The author was the winner of the APALA Young Adult and Children Honor Award, the Waterstones/London Writers Award, the James Jones First Novel Fellowship, and the South Asia Book Award in 2015. Her short fiction has been featured in several anthologies over the years. Hidier made her debut with the 2002 published novel “Born Confuse”d which was a landmark novel that was named Best Book for Young Adults as the first South Asian American Young Adult novel. The work was critically acclaimed by the likes of “Paste Magazine,” “Entertainment Weekly,” and “Rolling Stone Magazine.

All Book Series by Tanuja Desai Hidier

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Born Confused

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2002

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2002
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Bombay Blues

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2014

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2014
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Sixteen

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2004

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2004
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Friends

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2005

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2005

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Tanuja Desai Hidier?

Tanuja Desai Hidier is a bestselling and award-winning author that is also the innovator and singer-songwriter of the booktrack. The author was the winner of the APALA Young Adult and Children Honor Award, the Waterstones/London Writers Award, the James Jones First Novel Fellowship, and the South Asia Book Award in 2015. Her short fiction has been featured in several anthologies over the years.

Which Tanuja Desai Hidier series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Born Confused series, the earliest of Tanuja Desai Hidier's multi-book series: it opens with Born Confused (2002) and runs to 2 books across 2002–2014, ending with Bombay Blues (2014).

How many books has Tanuja Desai Hidier written?

Tanuja Desai Hidier has 4 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2002 and 2014. 2 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Born Confused series with 2 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Tanuja Desai Hidier's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Tanuja Desai Hidier's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Born Confused (2002–2014, 2 books).

How are Tanuja Desai Hidier's books organised into series?

This guide splits Tanuja Desai Hidier's 4 books into 1 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Born Confused (2 books, 2002–2014).