Meet the 2025 South Asia Book Award Winners
Books selected for recognition by the SABA Review Committee accurately and skillfully portray South Asia, the experience of individuals living in South Asia, or of South Asians living in other parts of the world.
Award, Honor, and Highly Commended titles are selected for: 1) literary quality 2) cultural authenticity and 3) potential for classroom use.
The Spice Box
The Spice Box, written by Meera Sriram and illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat, is the 2025 award book in the Early Reader category.
The Partition Project
The Partition Project, by Saadia Faruqi, SABA’s 2025 winner in the Middle Reader category, draws on the author’s family history during Partition.
The Salt Thief
Neal Bascomb’s The Salt Thief, SABA 2025 winner the YA category, is a distillation of his adult novel of the same title based on historical accounts.
