Books about the British Raj: Fiction and Nonfiction

1.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,390 ratings
2.
The Far Pavilions
The Far Pavilions
by: M.M. Kaye
4.20 avg rating — 44,847 ratings
3.
Kim
Kim 3.70 avg rating — 39,393 ratings
4.
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2)
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 8,354 ratings
5.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,254 ratings
6.
Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India
Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India 3.82 avg rating — 790 ratings
7.
The Sun in the Morning: My Early Years in India and England
The Sun in the Morning: My Early Years in India and England
by: M.M. Kaye
4.23 avg rating — 389 ratings
8.
The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet, #1)
The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 6,117 ratings
9.
Women of the Raj
Women of the Raj 3.83 avg rating — 662 ratings
10.
Plain Tales from the Raj
Plain Tales from the Raj really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 488 ratings
11.
Shadow of the Moon
Shadow of the Moon
by: M.M. Kaye
4.23 avg rating — 4,625 ratings
12.
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India 3.96 avg rating — 5,057 ratings
13.
Freedom At Midnight
Freedom At Midnight 4.33 avg rating — 10,985 ratings
14.
Burmese Days
Burmese Days 3.87 avg rating — 31,295 ratings
15.
The Mutiny
The Mutiny 3.75 avg rating — 118 ratings
16.
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 29,072 ratings
17.
The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company
The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company
by: John Keay
3.75 avg rating — 664 ratings
18.
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 4.19 avg rating — 8,406 ratings
19.
Untouchable
Untouchable 3.73 avg rating — 6,415 ratings
20.
The Raj Quartet 1: The Jewel in the Crown/The Day of the Scorpion
The Raj Quartet 1: The Jewel in the Crown/The Day of the Scorpion 4.40 avg rating — 314 ratings
21.
Six Days in Marapore
Six Days in Marapore 3.78 avg rating — 102 ratings
21.
The Road Past Mandalay: A Personal Narrative
The Road Past Mandalay: A Personal Narrative 4.42 avg rating — 320 ratings
23.
The Jungle Books
The Jungle Books 4.01 avg rating — 88,663 ratings
24.
Sahib: The British Soldier in India 1750–1914
Sahib: The British Soldier in India 1750–1914 4.10 avg rating — 241 ratings
25.
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 172,344 ratings
26.
Death in Kashmir
Death in Kashmir
by: M.M. Kaye
3.94 avg rating — 2,148 ratings
27.
The Home and the World
The Home and the World 3.83 avg rating — 5,870 ratings
28.
An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India 4.17 avg rating — 12,329 ratings
29.
The Day of the Scorpion (The Raj Quartet, #2)
The Day of the Scorpion (The Raj Quartet, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 1,747 ratings
30.
Man-Eaters of Kumaon
Man-Eaters of Kumaon 4.30 avg rating — 6,033 ratings
31.
The Towers of Silence (The Raj Quartet, #3)
The Towers of Silence (The Raj Quartet, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 1,498 ratings
31.
The Fishing Fleet: Husband Hunting in the Raj
The Fishing Fleet: Husband Hunting in the Raj 3.43 avg rating — 1,217 ratings
33.
Staying On (The Raj Quartet, #5)
Staying On (The Raj Quartet, #5) 3.89 avg rating — 4,148 ratings
34.
Great Mutiny: India 1857
Great Mutiny: India 1857 3.99 avg rating — 362 ratings
35.
Kipling's Poems: Plain Tales From the Hills and Others
Kipling's Poems: Plain Tales From the Hills and Others 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
36.
Britain and Russia in Central Asia, 1880-1907
Britain and Russia in Central Asia, 1880-1907 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
37.
What Life Was Like in the Jewel in the Crown: British India, AD 1600-1905
What Life Was Like in the Jewel in the Crown: British India, AD 1600-1905 3.69 avg rating — 51 ratings
37.
The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj
The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
39.
The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King 3.69 avg rating — 12,931 ratings
40.
Golden Afternoon : Volume II of the Autobiography of M. M. Kaye
Golden Afternoon : Volume II of the Autobiography of M. M. Kaye
by: M.M. Kaye
4.24 avg rating — 187 ratings
41.
Enchanted Evening
Enchanted Evening
by: M.M. Kaye
4.43 avg rating — 167 ratings
42.
The Last Kashmiri Rose (Joe Sandilands, #1)
The Last Kashmiri Rose (Joe Sandilands, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 4,687 ratings
43.
Death in the Andamans
Death in the Andamans
by: M.M. Kaye
3.90 avg rating — 1,208 ratings
44.
Curries and Bugles: A Memoir and a Cookbook of the British Raj
Curries and Bugles: A Memoir and a Cookbook of the British Raj 3.92 avg rating — 49 ratings
44.
The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon
The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon 4.40 avg rating — 1,472 ratings
44.
The Men Who Ruled India
The Men Who Ruled India 3.80 avg rating — 213 ratings
44.
Anu: The Raj Years
Anu: The Raj Years 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
44.
Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India.
Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India. 3.79 avg rating — 147 ratings
44.
Wanderings in India and other sketches of life in Hindostan
Wanderings in India and other sketches of life in Hindostan
by: John Lang
3.71 avg rating — 103 ratings
44.
The Great Hill Stations Of Asia
The Great Hill Stations Of Asia 3.56 avg rating — 34 ratings
44.
Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game & the Race for Empire in Central Asia (Cornelia & Michael Bessie Book)
Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game & the Race for Empire in Central Asia (Cornelia & Michael Bessie Book) 3.87 avg rating — 705 ratings
52.
Taste of the Raj
Taste of the Raj 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
52.
Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag 4.43 avg rating — 2,691 ratings
52.
Hindoo Holiday: An Indian Journal
Hindoo Holiday: An Indian Journal 3.58 avg rating — 484 ratings
52.
The Strangler Vine (The Blake and Avery Mystery Series, #1)
The Strangler Vine (The Blake and Avery Mystery Series, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 5,150 ratings
52.
Below the Peacock Fan: First Ladies of the RAJ
Below the Peacock Fan: First Ladies of the RAJ 4.05 avg rating — 142 ratings
52.
The Chaos of Empire: The British Raj and the Conquest of India
The Chaos of Empire: The British Raj and the Conquest of India 3.76 avg rating — 261 ratings
52.
The River
The River 3.97 avg rating — 946 ratings
59.
Prender's Progress: A Soldier In India, 1931-1947
Prender's Progress: A Soldier In India, 1931-1947 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
59.
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 — 961 ratings
59.
Zemindar
Zemindar 4.19 avg rating — 2,081 ratings
59.
Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe, #1)
Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 28,604 ratings
59.
Two Under the Indian Sun
Two Under the Indian Sun 4.02 avg rating — 490 ratings
64.
My India
My India 4.36 avg rating — 1,148 ratings
64.
A matter of honour;: An account of the Indian Army, its officers and men
A matter of honour;: An account of the Indian Army, its officers and men 4.14 avg rating — 59 ratings
64.
Reporting the Raj: The British Press and India, c.1880–1922 (Studies in Imperialism, 48)
Reporting the Raj: The British Press and India, c.1880–1922 (Studies in Imperialism, 48) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
64.
A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep
A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep 4.01 avg rating — 344 ratings
64.
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company 4.20 avg rating — 17,369 ratings
69.
Marriage and Modernity: Family Values in Colonial Bengal
Marriage and Modernity: Family Values in Colonial Bengal 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
69.
A Division of the Spoils (The Raj Quartet, #4)
A Division of the Spoils (The Raj Quartet, #4) 4.39 avg rating — 1,441 ratings
69.
Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge
Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge 4.02 avg rating — 126 ratings
69.
The Indian Army and the King's Enemies, 1900-1947
The Indian Army and the King's Enemies, 1900-1947 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
69.
Wavell: The Viceroy's Journal
Wavell: The Viceroy's Journal 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
69.
The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi: British Feminist, Indian Nationalist, Buddhist Nun
The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi: British Feminist, Indian Nationalist, Buddhist Nun 4.31 avg rating — 137 ratings
75.
Plain Tales from the Hills
Plain Tales from the Hills 3.71 avg rating — 1,782 ratings
75.
Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas
Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas 4.32 avg rating — 387 ratings
75.
A Raj Collection: On the Face of the Waters, Siri Ram--Revolutionist, Indigo, The Wild Sweet Witch
A Raj Collection: On the Face of the Waters, Siri Ram--Revolutionist, Indigo, The Wild Sweet Witch 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
75.
Viceroys: The Creation of the British
Viceroys: The Creation of the British 3.18 avg rating — 33 ratings
79.
A Princely Impostor? The Kumar Of Bhawal And The Secret History Of Indian Nationalism
A Princely Impostor? The Kumar Of Bhawal And The Secret History Of Indian Nationalism 4.06 avg rating — 121 ratings
79.
More Stories from the Raj and After: From Kipling to the Present Day
More Stories from the Raj and After: From Kipling to the Present Day 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
79.
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan 3.89 avg rating — 1,538 ratings
79.
Raj
Raj 3.71 avg rating — 806 ratings
79.
Red Earth and Pouring Rain
Red Earth and Pouring Rain 3.79 avg rating — 2,745 ratings
79.
The Jasmine Wife
The Jasmine Wife 4.10 avg rating — 2,448 ratings
79.
Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948
Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948 4.49 avg rating — 776 ratings
86.
The Lion and the Tiger: The Rise and Fall of the British Raj, 1600-1947
The Lion and the Tiger: The Rise and Fall of the British Raj, 1600-1947 3.41 avg rating — 134 ratings
86.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,721 ratings
86.
The Love Pavilion
The Love Pavilion 3.32 avg rating — 62 ratings
86.
The Indian Ideology
The Indian Ideology 4.13 avg rating — 327 ratings
86.
Children of the Raj
Children of the Raj 3.79 avg rating — 42 ratings
86.
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India 3.81 avg rating — 983 ratings
92.
Calcutta
Calcutta 3.87 avg rating — 87 ratings
92.
Of Marriageable Age
Of Marriageable Age 4.19 avg rating — 2,667 ratings
92.
An Indian Dynasty: The Story of the Nehru-Gandhi Family
An Indian Dynasty: The Story of the Nehru-Gandhi Family
by: Tariq Ali
3.92 avg rating — 103 ratings
92.
The Weary Generations
The Weary Generations 4.09 avg rating — 1,099 ratings
96.
British Raj
British Raj really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
96.
A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur
A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur 3.99 avg rating — 1,834 ratings
96.
Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire
Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire 3.46 avg rating — 341 ratings
96.
The Last Days of the Raj
The Last Days of the Raj 3.43 avg rating — 30 ratings
96.
India's War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia
India's War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia 4.10 avg rating — 287 ratings
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