* Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (1998) - Desai's debut novel, which won the 1999 Booker Prize.
* The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina (2006) - Desai's second novel, which won the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award.
* Forest of a Thousand Lanterns (2017) - Desai's third novel, a retelling of the Cinderella fairytale set in an East Asian kingdom.
Desai has also written several essays and short stories.