70 Books that define Independent India

1.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,714 ratings
2.
Recasting Women: Essays in Indian Colonial History
Recasting Women: Essays in Indian Colonial History 3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Anu: The Tug-of-War Years
Anu: The Tug-of-War Years 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian 3.84 avg rating — 571 ratings
4.
Anu: The Nomad Years
Anu: The Nomad Years 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Politics in India
Politics in India 3.83 avg rating — 63 ratings
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Anu: The Yo-Yo Years
Anu: The Yo-Yo Years it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Don't Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight
Don't Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight 4.17 avg rating — 6,441 ratings
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Anu: The Raj Years
Anu: The Raj Years 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
10.
The Idea of India
The Idea of India 3.84 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
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India Unbound: The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age
India Unbound: The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age 4.09 avg rating — 6,290 ratings
12.
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 — 18,030 ratings
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Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village
Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village 3.69 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Remembered Village (Volume 26) (Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley)
The Remembered Village (Volume 26) (Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley) 3.94 avg rating — 101 ratings
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer 4.34 avg rating — 111,146 ratings
16.
Everybody Loves a Good Drought
Everybody Loves a Good Drought 4.34 avg rating — 3,258 ratings
17.
Light on Yoga
Light on Yoga 4.29 avg rating — 10,526 ratings
18.
The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707 (Third Edition) (Oxford India Perennials Series)
The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707 (Third Edition) (Oxford India Perennials Series) 3.84 avg rating — 131 ratings
19.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 4.49 avg rating — 210,902 ratings
20.
The History and Culture of the Indian People (Volume 2)
The History and Culture of the Indian People (Volume 2) 4.68 avg rating — 40 ratings
21.
The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent before the coming of the Muslims
The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent before the coming of the Muslims 4.11 avg rating — 1,830 ratings
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The Flaming Feet and Other Essays: The Dalit Movement in India
The Flaming Feet and Other Essays: The Dalit Movement in India 4.44 avg rating — 48 ratings
23.
India: A Million Mutinies Now
India: A Million Mutinies Now 3.94 avg rating — 2,117 ratings
24.
The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 100 Great Works 1100-1900
The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 100 Great Works 1100-1900 4.56 avg rating — 54 ratings
25.
The Samnyasa Upanisads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation
The Samnyasa Upanisads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation 4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings
26.
A History of India, Vol. 1: From Origins to 1300
A History of India, Vol. 1: From Origins to 1300 3.62 avg rating — 2,007 ratings
27.
Tamil: A Biography
Tamil: A Biography 3.72 avg rating — 134 ratings
28.
An Introduction to the Study of Indian History
An Introduction to the Study of Indian History 4.11 avg rating — 55 ratings
29.
India: planning for industrialization: Industrialization and trade policies since 1951
India: planning for industrialization: Industrialization and trade policies since 1951 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
30.
Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation
Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation 4.19 avg rating — 323 ratings
31.
The Guide
The Guide 3.93 avg rating — 10,801 ratings
32.
In Custody
In Custody 3.37 avg rating — 2,082 ratings
33.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating — 200,093 ratings
34.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,166 ratings
35.
The Inheritance of Loss
The Inheritance of Loss 3.45 avg rating — 54,329 ratings
36.
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 49,456 ratings
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Sacred Games
Sacred Games 3.93 avg rating — 8,970 ratings
38.
Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT
Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT 3.43 avg rating — 92,291 ratings
39.
I Too Had a Love Story
I Too Had a Love Story 3.64 avg rating — 43,081 ratings
40.
The Room on the Roof
The Room on the Roof 4.15 avg rating — 9,991 ratings
41.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth 4.14 avg rating — 95,614 ratings
42.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,850 ratings
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The Country Without a Post Office
The Country Without a Post Office 4.28 avg rating — 1,138 ratings
44.
Socialite Evenings
Socialite Evenings 2.61 avg rating — 360 ratings
45.
My India
My India 4.36 avg rating — 1,148 ratings
46.
Cuckold
Cuckold 4.19 avg rating — 1,784 ratings
47.
English, August: An Indian Story
English, August: An Indian Story 3.78 avg rating — 6,120 ratings
48.
Jejuri (New York Review Books Classics)
Jejuri (New York Review Books Classics) 4.24 avg rating — 436 ratings
49.
Train to Pakistan
Train to Pakistan 3.94 avg rating — 31,232 ratings
50.
Days of Longing
Days of Longing 4.21 avg rating — 282 ratings
51.
Poems of Love and War: From the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Long Poems of Classical Tamil
Poems of Love and War: From the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Long Poems of Classical Tamil 4.40 avg rating — 86 ratings
52.
All About H. Hatterr
All About H. Hatterr 3.86 avg rating — 462 ratings
53.
My Story
My Story 3.78 avg rating — 7,116 ratings
54.
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2)
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 8,352 ratings
55.
The Buddha of Suburbia
The Buddha of Suburbia 3.75 avg rating — 20,579 ratings
56.
Gitagovinda of Jayadeva: Love Song of the Dark Lord
Gitagovinda of Jayadeva: Love Song of the Dark Lord 4.02 avg rating — 347 ratings
57.
The Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa (Harvard Oriental Series)
The Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa (Harvard Oriental Series) 4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings
58.
Our Films, Their Films
Our Films, Their Films 4.26 avg rating — 587 ratings
59.
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 4.19 avg rating — 8,405 ratings
60.
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found 3.94 avg rating — 11,197 ratings
61.
In an Antique Land
In an Antique Land 3.85 avg rating — 3,484 ratings
62.
A Taste of India
A Taste of India 4.33 avg rating — 273 ratings
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INDIAN FOOD
INDIAN FOOD 3.95 avg rating — 77 ratings
64.
Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India
Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India 4.10 avg rating — 101 ratings
65.
Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992
Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992 3.72 avg rating — 88 ratings
66.
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (v. 2)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (v. 2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
67.
Jungle and Backyard
Jungle and Backyard really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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My Son's Father
My Son's Father 3.93 avg rating — 54 ratings