Fiction/Non-fiction Books About India That Don't Focus On the British Raj

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Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating β€” 846,948 ratings
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Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating β€” 130,715 ratings
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Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating β€” 203,041 ratings
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The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,170 ratings
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A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating β€” 156,860 ratings
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The Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita 4.19 avg rating β€” 78,227 ratings
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Q & A
Q & A 4.02 avg rating β€” 37,766 ratings
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A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 49,457 ratings
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Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy
Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy 3.81 avg rating β€” 267 ratings
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Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,726,737 ratings
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Family Matters
Family Matters 4.03 avg rating β€” 24,364 ratings
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The Twentieth Wife (Taj Mahal Trilogy, #1)
The Twentieth Wife (Taj Mahal Trilogy, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 16,580 ratings
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The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic 4.07 avg rating β€” 13,008 ratings
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Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India, 1627
Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India, 1627 3.87 avg rating β€” 4,890 ratings
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The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating β€” 200,097 ratings
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The Enchantress of Florence
The Enchantress of Florence 3.61 avg rating β€” 19,304 ratings
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 3.98 avg rating β€” 114,824 ratings
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Shalimar the Clown
Shalimar the Clown 3.91 avg rating β€” 14,680 ratings
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The Moor's Last Sigh
The Moor's Last Sigh 3.93 avg rating β€” 14,518 ratings
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East, West
East, West 3.55 avg rating β€” 8,003 ratings
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Shame
Shame 3.87 avg rating β€” 12,963 ratings
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Sister of My Heart
Sister of My Heart 4.01 avg rating β€” 21,101 ratings
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Our Heritage Revisited : A glimpse into Ancient Indian texts
Our Heritage Revisited : A glimpse into Ancient Indian texts
by: Anju Saha
4.11 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II
Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II 4.18 avg rating β€” 961 ratings
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A Girl In Traffick
A Girl In Traffick 4.08 avg rating β€” 158 ratings
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The Outcasts - A Thousand Dreams of Redemption
The Outcasts - A Thousand Dreams of Redemption 4.06 avg rating β€” 36 ratings
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Late Victorian Holocausts: El NiΓ±o Famines and the Making of the Third World
Late Victorian Holocausts: El NiΓ±o Famines and the Making of the Third World 4.20 avg rating β€” 2,037 ratings
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Annihilation of Caste
Annihilation of Caste 4.61 avg rating β€” 8,311 ratings
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Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard 3.47 avg rating β€” 6,221 ratings
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The Speech of Angels
The Speech of Angels 3.46 avg rating β€” 190 ratings
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The Palace of Illusions
The Palace of Illusions 4.20 avg rating β€” 61,986 ratings
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Sons of Gods: Mahabharata
Sons of Gods: Mahabharata
by: S. Aruna
4.21 avg rating β€” 111 ratings
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Such a Long Journey
Such a Long Journey 3.96 avg rating β€” 11,413 ratings
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The Upanishads
The Upanishads
by: Anonymous
4.25 avg rating β€” 17,329 ratings
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Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East
Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East 3.54 avg rating β€” 1,059 ratings
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The Death of Vishnu
The Death of Vishnu 3.62 avg rating β€” 9,325 ratings
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The Mahābhārata
The Mahābhārata 4.32 avg rating β€” 11,794 ratings
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City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi 4.13 avg rating β€” 13,054 ratings
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Sacred Games
Sacred Games 3.93 avg rating β€” 8,970 ratings
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India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy 4.39 avg rating β€” 18,030 ratings
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Truly, Madly, Deeply
Truly, Madly, Deeply 3.58 avg rating β€” 1,555 ratings
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Zero Defect
Zero Defect 3.84 avg rating β€” 201 ratings
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Mumbai Matinee
Mumbai Matinee
by: Ajay Kaul
3.97 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
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Letters from a Father to his Daughter
Letters from a Father to his Daughter 3.96 avg rating β€” 2,747 ratings
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Sadhguru: More Than A Life
Sadhguru: More Than A Life 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,422 ratings
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Tiger Moon
Tiger Moon 3.87 avg rating β€” 993 ratings
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The Bandit Queen Of India: An Indian Woman's Amazing Journey From Peasant To International Legend
The Bandit Queen Of India: An Indian Woman's Amazing Journey From Peasant To International Legend 4.31 avg rating β€” 431 ratings
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Olivia And Jai (Olivia and Jai, #1)
Olivia And Jai (Olivia and Jai, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,321 ratings
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Tales from Firozsha Baag
Tales from Firozsha Baag 3.93 avg rating β€” 4,524 ratings
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Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle
Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle 4.07 avg rating β€” 4,433 ratings
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The Mistress of Spices
The Mistress of Spices 3.48 avg rating β€” 14,722 ratings
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Humayun Nama
Humayun Nama 3.75 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
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Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Khalifa Brothers, #1)
Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Khalifa Brothers, #1) 3.98 avg rating β€” 37,173 ratings
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Peacocks Dancing
Peacocks Dancing 4.04 avg rating β€” 1,392 ratings
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Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People
Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished, The Story of Ravana and His People 3.71 avg rating β€” 13,922 ratings
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Desirable Daughters
Desirable Daughters 3.31 avg rating β€” 1,806 ratings
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The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India
The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India 4.08 avg rating β€” 982 ratings
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Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet
Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet 3.77 avg rating β€” 751 ratings
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Lost in Transmission
Lost in Transmission 3.86 avg rating β€” 214 ratings
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No One Had a Tongue to Speak: The Untold Story of One of History's Deadliest Floods
No One Had a Tongue to Speak: The Untold Story of One of History's Deadliest Floods 4.25 avg rating β€” 44 ratings
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The White Hindu
The White Hindu
by: Ambaa
3.93 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
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Memoirs of a Rebellious Princess
Memoirs of a Rebellious Princess 3.53 avg rating β€” 45 ratings
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The Peacemakers: India and the Quest for One World
The Peacemakers: India and the Quest for One World 3.75 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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Sivakamiyin Sabadham, Volume 1: Paranjyothi's Journey
Sivakamiyin Sabadham, Volume 1: Paranjyothi's Journey
by: Kalki
4.42 avg rating β€” 853 ratings
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A Change in the Weather (The Purana Qila Stories, #1)
A Change in the Weather (The Purana Qila Stories, #1) 3.31 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
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Monsoon Memories
Monsoon Memories 3.99 avg rating β€” 982 ratings
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Epic Adventure of Shiva, the Destroyer of Tripura (Book 1 of ANCIENTS Series)
Epic Adventure of Shiva, the Destroyer of Tripura (Book 1 of ANCIENTS Series) 3.77 avg rating β€” 210 ratings
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Dreaming in Hindi: Coming Awake in Another Language
Dreaming in Hindi: Coming Awake in Another Language 3.11 avg rating β€” 1,209 ratings
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An Incurable Insanity
An Incurable Insanity 4.04 avg rating β€” 120 ratings
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How the Rama Empire disappeared 10,000 years ago : 3 magical tales from the Ramayana (Rama Empire #2)
How the Rama Empire disappeared 10,000 years ago : 3 magical tales from the Ramayana (Rama Empire #2) 2.33 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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Trade Winds To Meluhha
Trade Winds To Meluhha 3.45 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
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Troubled Pilgrimage: Passage to Pakistan
Troubled Pilgrimage: Passage to Pakistan 3.80 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Love, Heartbreak, Repeat?
Love, Heartbreak, Repeat? 4.50 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Anu: The Nomad Years
Anu: The Nomad Years 4.43 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Natural Elements
Natural Elements 3.80 avg rating β€” 69 ratings
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Railonama
Railonama 4.06 avg rating β€” 106 ratings
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Chase of Choices
Chase of Choices 4.08 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
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The Zoya Factor
The Zoya Factor 3.63 avg rating β€” 5,870 ratings
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The Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha: The Mahanipata of the JātakatthavaαΉ‡αΉ‡anā, Volume One
The Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha: The Mahanipata of the JātakatthavaαΉ‡αΉ‡anā, Volume One really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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The Prince of Patliputra
The Prince of Patliputra 3.95 avg rating β€” 148 ratings
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India's Silent Revolution
India's Silent Revolution 4.08 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A novel
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A novel 3.55 avg rating β€” 38,038 ratings
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Shantaram
Shantaram 4.28 avg rating β€” 233,177 ratings
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Religions of India in Practice
Religions of India in Practice 3.83 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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Ashtavakra Gita: The Ultimate Solace
Ashtavakra Gita: The Ultimate Solace 4.34 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
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Unreal: An Anthology Of Speculative Fiction: Volume 1
Unreal: An Anthology Of Speculative Fiction: Volume 1 4.58 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
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THE GOOD GIRLS: AN ORDINARY KILLING
THE GOOD GIRLS: AN ORDINARY KILLING 3.76 avg rating β€” 2,688 ratings
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The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing
The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing 3.76 avg rating β€” 2,688 ratings
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Ghosts In Our Backyard - The Ramsays' real-life encounters with the supernatural
Ghosts In Our Backyard - The Ramsays' real-life encounters with the supernatural 3.99 avg rating β€” 161 ratings
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Like the Radiant Sun
Like the Radiant Sun
by: Anu Kay
4.43 avg rating β€” 175 ratings
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Flash House
Flash House
by: Aimee Liu
3.55 avg rating β€” 206 ratings
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Sivakamiyin Sabadham, Volume 2: The Siege of Kanchi
Sivakamiyin Sabadham, Volume 2: The Siege of Kanchi
by: Kalki
4.47 avg rating β€” 498 ratings
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A Deconstructed Heart
A Deconstructed Heart 3.77 avg rating β€” 57 ratings
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Lingering Tide: and other stories
Lingering Tide: and other stories 3.73 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
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Anu: The Raj Years
Anu: The Raj Years 4.36 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
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The Making of the Dalit Public in North India: Uttar Pradesh, 1950-Present
The Making of the Dalit Public in North India: Uttar Pradesh, 1950-Present really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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The Wonder That Was India
The Wonder That Was India 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,830 ratings
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Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure 3.53 avg rating β€” 18,091 ratings
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Shantaram
Shantaram 4.28 avg rating β€” 233,177 ratings
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Ramayana
Ramayana 4.19 avg rating β€” 5,259 ratings
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