Davidar is the author of the novel The House of Blue Mangoes , which was published in 2002. It was translated into 16 languages and was a New York Times Notable Book and a Book Sense Pick. His second novel, The Solitude of Emperors, was published in 2007 and was a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. His wife, Rachna, a bookseller, has worked for a number of booksellers in India and Canada, including The Bookshop in New Delhi (which her family owns), Nicholas Hoare, Ben McNally Books and McNally Robinson in Toronto.