Victory City

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review • The Globe and Mail • The New Yorker • TIME • NPR • The Washington Post • Chicago Public Library • Polygon •  BookreporterThe epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries—from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize–winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie.

“Victory City is a triumph—not because it exists, but because it is utterly enchanting.”—The Atlantic

In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing… Keep Reading