| Title (Assamese) | Author | Why Read It? | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Bhabendra Nath Saikia | A heartbreaking tale of a father’s love and a forbidden romance. | | Bandini | Moni Ranjan Hazarika | The quintessential "village beauty meets city boy" novel. | | Ei Sohateir Mukh | Nabakanta Barua | A poetic romance set in the red-light areas of old Guwahati. | | Pita Putar | Arun Sharma | A modern classic about love, betrayal, and the Assamese middle class. | | Mou Kunwar | Chandra Prasad Saikia | Historical romance based on the life of the Ahom princess. |

Often considered the father of modern Assamese prose, Borgohain’s Halodhiya Sorai (The Yellow Bird) is a tragic romance set against the backdrop of the Naga Hills insurgency. The love between a plainsman and a hill woman is doomed from the start, highlighting how political borders break hearts. Borgohain’s work proves that in Assam, romance is rarely isolated from politics.