Excellent Books about India and England

1.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,381 ratings
2.
The Far Pavilions
The Far Pavilions
by: M.M. Kaye
4.20 avg rating — 44,841 ratings
3.
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2)
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 8,350 ratings
4.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,135 ratings
5.
Kim
Kim 3.70 avg rating — 39,386 ratings
6.
The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet, #1)
The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 6,116 ratings
7.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,843 ratings
8.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,262,974 ratings
9.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,705 ratings
10.
Shantaram
Shantaram 4.28 avg rating — 233,150 ratings
11.
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 49,452 ratings
12.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating — 200,080 ratings
13.
A Division of the Spoils (The Raj Quartet, #4)
A Division of the Spoils (The Raj Quartet, #4) 4.39 avg rating — 1,440 ratings
14.
Shadow of the Moon
Shadow of the Moon
by: M.M. Kaye
4.23 avg rating — 4,624 ratings
15.
Zemindar
Zemindar 4.19 avg rating — 2,081 ratings
16.
Heat and Dust
Heat and Dust 3.55 avg rating — 8,490 ratings
17.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating — 203,024 ratings
18.
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book 3.90 avg rating — 130,546 ratings
19.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,812 ratings
20.
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 29,066 ratings
21.
The Raj Quartet
The Raj Quartet 4.49 avg rating — 1,042 ratings
22.
Burmese Days
Burmese Days 3.87 avg rating — 31,285 ratings
23.
The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses 3.71 avg rating — 70,299 ratings
24.
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
25.
Freedom At Midnight
Freedom At Midnight 4.33 avg rating — 10,984 ratings
26.
Family Matters
Family Matters 4.03 avg rating — 24,363 ratings
27.
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 4.19 avg rating — 8,403 ratings
28.
Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India
Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India 3.82 avg rating — 790 ratings
29.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating — 97,248 ratings
30.
Gitanjali
Gitanjali 4.30 avg rating — 11,598 ratings
31.
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
32.
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 172,311 ratings
33.
Brick Lane
Brick Lane 3.46 avg rating — 35,230 ratings
34.
The Towers of Silence (The Raj Quartet, #3)
The Towers of Silence (The Raj Quartet, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 1,498 ratings
35.
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
36.
Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World
Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World 4.20 avg rating — 2,037 ratings
37.
The Jungle Books
The Jungle Books 4.01 avg rating — 88,661 ratings
38.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,738 ratings
39.
The Mistress of Spices
The Mistress of Spices 3.48 avg rating — 14,721 ratings
40.
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi 4.13 avg rating — 13,054 ratings
41.
Olivia and Jai
Olivia and Jai 4.13 avg rating — 1,321 ratings
42.
Talwar
Talwar 3.56 avg rating — 98 ratings
43.
The River
The River 3.97 avg rating — 946 ratings
44.
The Rape of India: A Biography of Robert Clive and a Sexual History of the Conquest of Hindustan
The Rape of India: A Biography of Robert Clive and a Sexual History of the Conquest of Hindustan 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings
45.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,955 ratings
46.
A Son of the Circus
A Son of the Circus 3.67 avg rating — 21,095 ratings
47.
The Deceivers
The Deceivers 3.99 avg rating — 329 ratings
48.
The Home and the World
The Home and the World 3.83 avg rating — 5,868 ratings
49.
The Moor's Last Sigh
The Moor's Last Sigh 3.93 avg rating — 14,517 ratings
50.
The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King 3.69 avg rating — 12,929 ratings
51.
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia 4.33 avg rating — 8,764 ratings
52.
Coromandel Sea Change
Coromandel Sea Change 3.89 avg rating — 578 ratings
53.
Women of the Raj
Women of the Raj 3.83 avg rating — 662 ratings
54.
The Age of Kali: Indian Travels and Encounters
The Age of Kali: Indian Travels and Encounters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,048 ratings
55.
Shame
Shame 3.87 avg rating — 12,963 ratings
56.
The Kashmir Shawl
The Kashmir Shawl really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,388 ratings
57.
Selected Short Stories
Selected Short Stories 4.23 avg rating — 7,331 ratings
58.
Bhowani Junction
Bhowani Junction 3.88 avg rating — 457 ratings
59.
Train to Pakistan
Train to Pakistan 3.94 avg rating — 31,228 ratings
60.
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 — 18,029 ratings
61.
Cawnpore
Cawnpore 4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings
61.
Go Clown - #AccheDin for Comedy
Go Clown - #AccheDin for Comedy 3.66 avg rating — 130 ratings
63.
Maitreyi
Maitreyi 3.78 avg rating — 25,032 ratings
64.
Taj: A Story of Mughal India
Taj: A Story of Mughal India 3.78 avg rating — 604 ratings
65.
The City of Joy
The City of Joy 4.26 avg rating — 8,085 ratings
66.
Anil's Ghost
Anil's Ghost 3.58 avg rating — 18,628 ratings
67.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.16 avg rating — 1,023 ratings
68.
Nightrunners of Bengal
Nightrunners of Bengal 3.92 avg rating — 370 ratings
69.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth 4.14 avg rating — 95,608 ratings
70.
Beyond All Frontiers
Beyond All Frontiers 4.09 avg rating — 151 ratings
71.
The Lowland
The Lowland 3.88 avg rating — 95,698 ratings
72.
An Invitation to Tea
An Invitation to Tea 4.56 avg rating — 64 ratings
73.
Charting the Deep
Charting the Deep really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
74.
In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India
In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India 3.86 avg rating — 3,615 ratings
75.
Round the World in Eighty Days
Round the World in Eighty Days 3.95 avg rating — 274,945 ratings
76.
East of the Sun
East of the Sun 3.71 avg rating — 8,467 ratings
77.
Gandhi: An Autobiography
Gandhi: An Autobiography 4.10 avg rating — 73,817 ratings
78.
Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas
Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas 4.32 avg rating — 387 ratings
79.
With Clive in India
With Clive in India 3.49 avg rating — 291 ratings
80.
Staying On (The Raj Quartet, #5)
Staying On (The Raj Quartet, #5) 3.89 avg rating — 4,148 ratings
80.
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
80.
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
83.
Hussein: An Entertainment
Hussein: An Entertainment 3.75 avg rating — 140 ratings
83.
Man-Eaters of Kumaon
Man-Eaters of Kumaon 4.30 avg rating — 6,032 ratings
85.
East, West: Stories
East, West: Stories 3.55 avg rating — 8,000 ratings
86.
Two Under the Indian Sun
Two Under the Indian Sun 4.02 avg rating — 490 ratings
87.
Black Narcissus
Black Narcissus 3.82 avg rating — 3,227 ratings
88.
A Flight of Pigeons
A Flight of Pigeons 3.85 avg rating — 1,572 ratings
88.
Mandala
Mandala 3.61 avg rating — 1,111 ratings
90.
The Peacock Spring
The Peacock Spring 3.92 avg rating — 859 ratings
91.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,531 ratings
92.
The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas
The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas 4.24 avg rating — 1,411 ratings
93.
Not Yet Drown'd
Not Yet Drown'd 3.58 avg rating — 293 ratings
93.
The Royal Rajputs: Strange Tales and Stranger Truths
The Royal Rajputs: Strange Tales and Stranger Truths 3.71 avg rating — 76 ratings
93.
Many Many Many Gods of Hinduism: Turning believers into non-believers and non-believers into believers
Many Many Many Gods of Hinduism: Turning believers into non-believers and non-believers into believers 3.77 avg rating — 378 ratings
93.
Railonama
Railonama 4.06 avg rating — 106 ratings
97.
Chittagong Summer of 1930
Chittagong Summer of 1930 4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings
98.
Shalimar
Shalimar 3.83 avg rating — 281 ratings
98.
The Great Indian Mutiny
The Great Indian Mutiny really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings
98.
Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant
Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant 3.41 avg rating — 2,388 ratings
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