The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 8 books · 1981 to 2023

Salman Rushdie

FantasyLiterary and generalChildren’sComic fantasyLiterary fictionMiddle-grade fantasy

Salman Rushdie writes exuberant novels full of myth, history and magic. Midnight's Children, which won the Booker of Bookers, follows Saleem Sinai, born at the moment of India's independence with telepathic powers; Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a fable written for his son.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Haroun and Luka are brothers; Rashid Khalifa appears in both their books.

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Khalifa family

2 books · Set in invented worldsMiddle-grade fantasyComic fantasy
  1. 1Haroun and the Sea of Stories1990With Haroun KhalifaBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Luka and the Fire of Life2010With Luka KhalifaBuy on Amazon

Novels

6 booksLiterary fiction
  1. 1Midnight's Children1981With Saleem Sinai · Set in MumbaiBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Shame1983With Omar Khayyam Shakil · Set in a fictional PakistanBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Satanic Verses1988With Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha · Set in LondonBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Moor's Last Sigh1995With Moraes Zogoiby · Set in MumbaiBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Quichotte2019With Ismail Smile · Set in Across AmericaBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Victory City2023With Pampa Kampana · Set in BisnagaBuy on Amazon

Characters

11 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

The Khalifas

Novel leads