All Things India

Description
The purpose of this list is to compile the best books (non-fiction or fiction) about Indian history, culture, politics, society, etc.
1
A Passage to India
by E. M. Forster
13,962 members
167 reviews
3.8
6 Members
lahochstetler, aulsmith, Cecrow, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963
2
Malgudi Days
by R. K. Narayan
1,152 members
19 reviews
4.2
5 Members
kootibkiteer, Dilara86, ahef1963, Sdenbrinker, Lahoori
3
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
10,008 members
271 reviews
½ 4.4
5 Members
KimarieBee, Cecrow, brenzi, Dilara86, ahef1963
4
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
13,235 members
282 reviews
4.1
4 Members
lavergne_rsl, kootibkiteer, sturlington, brenzi
5
The Jewel in the Crown
by Paul Scott
1,635 members
34 reviews
4
4 Members
Cecrow, brenzi, ahef1963, JMcCrea
6
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
15,542 members
270 reviews
4
4 Members
Cecrow, souloftherose, Bretzky1, ahef1963,brenzi
7
Secret Daughter
by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
2,014 members
144 reviews
3.8
3 Members
dara85, brenzi, Sdenbrinker
8
Kim
by Rudyard Kipling
10,210 members
216 reviews
3.8
3 Members
aulsmith, Cecrow, ahef1963
9
Such a Long Journey
by Rohinton Mistry
1,748 members
29 reviews
3.9
3 Members
Dilara86, ahef1963, Lahoori
10
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
21,670 members
405 reviews
3.9
3 Members
Cecrow, Dilara86, kara.shamy
11
The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
7,498 members
205 reviews
½ 3.4
3 Members
brenzi, ahef1963, kara.shamy
12
Naked Song
by Lalleshwari
38 members
1 review
½ 4.4
2 Members
Dilara86, Sdenbrinker
13
Impressions of Rajasthan
by Carisse Busquet
10 members
2 Members
bluepiano, Sdenbrinker
14
India: A History
by John Keay
1,512 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Bretzky1, JMcCrea
15
A Suitable Boy
by Vikram Seth
6,192 members
118 reviews
4.2
2 Members
souloftherose, Dilara86
16
The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
10,377 members
442 reviews
3.8
2 Members
brenzi, kara.shamy
17
The Space Between Us
by Thrity Umrigar
2,682 members
115 reviews
3.9
2 Members
kootibkiteer, brenzi
18
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan
by Yasmin Khan
332 members
3 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Bretzky1, JMcCrea
19
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
31,376 members
420 reviews
4
2 Members
Cecrow, kootibkiteer
20
The Hungry Tide
by Amitav Ghosh
1,996 members
62 reviews
3.9
2 Members
kootibkiteer, EMS_24
21
Sea of Poppies
by Amitav Ghosh
3,460 members
155 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, brenzi
22
Staying On
by Paul Scott
959 members
26 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Cecrow, brenzi
24
The Day of the Scorpion
by Paul Scott
943 members
15 reviews
4.2
2 Members
Cecrow, brenzi
26
Flashman and the Mountain of Light
by George MacDonald Fraser
1,057 members
11 reviews
4
2 Members
Cecrow, ahef1963
27
The Towers of Silence
by Paul Scott
914 members
17 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Cecrow, brenzi
28
A Division of the Spoils
by Paul Scott
844 members
17 reviews
4.2
2 Members
Cecrow, brenzi
29
The Far Pavilions
by M. M. Kaye
2,556 members
74 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Cecrow, ahef1963
30
The Lowland
by Jhumpa Lahiri
3,698 members
184 reviews
3.9
2 Members
brenzi, Sdenbrinker
31
The Moor's Last Sigh
by Salman Rushdie
4,036 members
41 reviews
3.9
Member
mkbird
32
Shalimar the Clown
by Salman Rushdie
3,138 members
55 reviews
3.8
Member
EMS_24
33
The Home and the World
by Rabindranath Tagore
765 members
15 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
34
India
by Stanley Wolpert
235 members
3.8
Member
Bretzky1
35
Sister of My Heart
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
1,693 members
34 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
36
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
by William Dalrymple
1,436 members
18 reviews
3.9
Member
Dilara86
37
Age of Vice
by Deepti Kapoor
907 members
21 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
EMS_24
38
Sold
by Patricia McCormick
3,231 members
165 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
39
The Calcutta Chromosome
by Amitav Ghosh
1,010 members
22 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
EMS_24
40
The Story of India
by Michael Wood
273 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
41
Black Narcissus
by Rumer Godden
683 members
17 reviews
3.9
Member
souloftherose
42
The Lives of Others
by Neel Mukherjee
602 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
43
Songs of Kabîr
by Kabir
375 members
3 reviews
3.9
Member
Dilara86
44
India: From Midnight to the Millennium
by Shashi Tharoor
349 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Bretzky1
45
The Caretaker
by A .X. Ahmad
132 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
46
The Unexpected Son
by Shobhan Bantwal
70 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
47
The Death of Vishnu
by Manil Suri
1,999 members
43 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kootibkiteer
48
Chef
by Jaspreet Singh
306 members
69 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Jammu and Kashmir
49
The Far Cry
by Emma Smith
193 members
9 reviews
3.8
Member
souloftherose
50
Nehru: The Invention of India
by Shashi Tharoor
159 members
5 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Bretzky1
51
Fish, Blood and Bone
by Leslie Forbes
178 members
2 reviews
2.8
Member
sturlington
52
The Naxalite Movement in India
by Prakash Singh
16 members
4
Member
Bretzky1
53
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia
by Elizabeth Gilbert
23,941 members
888 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Sdenbrinker
54
Gun Island
by Amitav Ghosh
408 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
55
Himalayan Dhaba
by Craig Joseph Danner
98 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kootibkiteer
56
Q & A
by Vikas Swarup
3,478 members
143 reviews
3.9
Member
Sdenbrinker
57
Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
by Stanley Wolpert
133 members
1 review
½ 3.4
Member
Bretzky1
58
The Bhagavad Gita
by Vyasa
10,627 members
101 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
59
An Autobiography; or, The Story of My Experiments with Truth
by Mahatma Gandhi
4,205 members
51 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
60
Family Matters
by Rohinton Mistry
2,726 members
54 reviews
4
Member
Sdenbrinker
61
A Source Book in Indian Philosophy
by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
494 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
eromsted
62
In Light of India
by Octavio Paz
361 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
eromsted
63
Hindu Scriptures
by R. C. Zaehner
248 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
eromsted
64
The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice
by Georg Feuerstein
228 members
1 review
½ 4.3
Member
Dilara86
65
The Ramayana: As Told by Aubrey Menen
by Aubrey Menen
189 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
eromsted
66
An Autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru
by Jawaharlal Nehru
188 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
eromsted
67
Advaita Vedanta : A Philosophical Reconstruction
by Eliot Deutsch
139 members
1 review
½ 4.4
Member
eromsted
69
Gandhi: Prisoner of Hope
by Judith M. Brown
58 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
eromsted
70
The Essential Writings of B. R. Ambedkar
by B. R. Ambedkar
53 members
½ 4.3
Member
eromsted
71
Nehru: A Political Life
by Judith M. Brown
51 members
4
Member
eromsted
72
Travels in the Mogul Empire, AD 1656-1668
by François Bernier
36 members
4.2
Member
eromsted
75
Devi: The Great Goddess: Female Divinity in South Asian Art
by Vidya Dehejia
30 members
½ 3.5
Member
eromsted
76
Untouchable: An Indian Life History
by James M. Freeman
22 members
4
Member
eromsted
77
India 1885-1947: The Unmaking of an Empire
by Ian Copland
18 members
½ 3.5
Member
Bretzky1
78
The Glass Palace
by Amitav Ghosh
2,987 members
68 reviews
3.8
Member
Sdenbrinker
79
Communal Riots in Bengal, 1905-1947 (Oxford University South Asian Studies)
by Suranjan Das
10 members
1 review
3
Member
Bretzky1
80
The Guide
by R. K. Narayan
1,091 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
81
Madras on Rainy Days
by Samina Ali
235 members
5 reviews
2.9
Member
Dilara86
83
Sacred Games
by Vikram Chandra
2,112 members
52 reviews
3.8
Member
Sdenbrinker
84
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
by Suketu Mehta
1,645 members
15 reviews
3.9
Member
Sdenbrinker
85
Home
by Manju Kapur
171 members
4 reviews
3
Member
Dilara86
86
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
13,526 members
153 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Cecrow
87
The Siege of Krishnapur
by J. G. Farrell
2,302 members
74 reviews
4
Member
brenzi
88
Nectar in a Sieve
by Kamala Markandaya
1,715 members
27 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Sdenbrinker
89
The Impressionist
by Hari Kunzru
1,457 members
26 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
90
Heat and Dust
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1,336 members
40 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Sdenbrinker
91
The Twentieth Wife
by Indu Sundaresan
1,142 members
38 reviews
3.8
Member
Sdenbrinker
92
Red Earth and Pouring Rain
by Vikram Chandra
1,038 members
13 reviews
3.9
Member
Sdenbrinker
93
Train to Pakistan
by Khushwant Singh
1,144 members
31 reviews
3.9
Member
Sdenbrinker
94
In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India
by Edward Luce
786 members
11 reviews
3.8
Member
Sdenbrinker
95
Hinduism
by Louis Renou
643 members
7 reviews
2.9