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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.

Members: 18 participating members (show all)

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1
A Passage to India
by E. M. Forster
10,440 members, 116 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), Cecrow (1), lahochstetler (1), aulsmith (2), souloftherose (3)

Score: 18.4

2
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
8,105 members, 228 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: brenzi (1), KimarieBee (1), ahef1963 (2), Cecrow (4), Dilara86 (8)

Score: 16.57

3
Malgudi Days
by R. K. Narayan
817 members, 15 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: kootibkiteer (1), Sdenbrinker (1), ahef1963 (5), Dilara86 (5)

Score: 13.35

4
The Jewel in the Crown
by Paul Scott
1,327 members, 30 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: JMcCrea (1), brenzi (2), Cecrow (6), ahef1963 (7)

Score: 12.38

5
Secret Daughter
by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
1,621 members, 135 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), Sdenbrinker (2), brenzi (3)

Score: 10.4

6
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
10,510 members, 231 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: lavergne_rsl (1), brenzi (4), kootibkiteer (4)

Score: 9.66

7
Kim
by Rudyard Kipling
7,245 members, 165 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (3), aulsmith (3), ahef1963 (4)

Score: 8.91

8
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
16,943 members, 311 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), Dilara86 (10), Cecrow (12)

Score: 8.4

9
The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
6,246 members, 172 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), brenzi (5), ahef1963 (9)

Score: 8.35

10
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
11,973 members, 217 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (2), Cecrow (2), ahef1963 (3)

Thumbs down: brenzi

Score: 7.77

11
Naked Song
by Lalleshwari
30 members, 1 review
4.5 stars (4.5 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (1), Sdenbrinker (3)

Score: 7.04

12
Impressions of Rajasthan
by Carisse Busquet
5 members, 0 reviews

Lists: bluepiano (1), Sdenbrinker (4)

Score: 6.83

13
India: A History
by John Keay
994 members, 15 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: JMcCrea (2), Bretzky1 (2)

Score: 6.73

14
A Suitable Boy
by Vikram Seth
5,043 members, 98 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (1), Dilara86 (7)

Score: 6.46

15
The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
8,284 members, 382 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (3), brenzi (6)

Score: 5.6

16
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan
by Yasmin Khan
196 members, 3 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: JMcCrea (3), Bretzky1 (6)

Score: 5.6

17
The Space Between Us
by Thrity Umrigar
2,193 members, 98 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: kootibkiteer (3), brenzi (7)

Score: 5.5

18
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
23,381 members, 315 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: kootibkiteer (2), Cecrow (13)

Score: 5.47

19
Such a Long Journey
by Rohinton Mistry
1,463 members, 24 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), Dilara86 (6)

Score: 5.11

20
Staying On
by Paul Scott
745 members, 18 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (5), brenzi (8)

Score: 5.05

22
The Day of the Scorpion
by Paul Scott
763 members, 14 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (7), brenzi (9)

Score: 4.77

24
Flashman and the Mountain of Light
by George MacDonald Fraser
890 members, 11 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8), Cecrow (10)

Score: 4.63

25
The Towers of Silence
by Paul Scott
748 members, 15 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (8), brenzi (10)

Score: 4.63

26
A Division of the Spoils
by Paul Scott
698 members, 13 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (9), brenzi (11)

Score: 4.51

27
The Far Pavilions
by M. M. Kaye
2,048 members, 54 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10), Cecrow (11)

Score: 4.45

28
The Lowland
by Jhumpa Lahiri
2,697 members, 160 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: Sdenbrinker (11), brenzi (12)

Score: 4.35

29
The Moor's Last Sigh
by Salman Rushdie
3,272 members, 26 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: mkbird (1)

Score: 4

30
The Home and the World
by Rabindranath Tagore
514 members, 5 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (1)

Score: 4

31
India
by Stanley Wolpert
177 members, 0 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (1)

Score: 4

32
Sister of My Heart
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
1,448 members, 31 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2)

Score: 3.36

33
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
by William Dalrymple
1,124 members, 15 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (2)

Score: 3.36

34
Sold
by Patricia McCormick
2,390 members, 152 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: dara85 (3)

Score: 3.04

35
India: From Midnight to the Millennium
by Shashi Tharoor
280 members, 2 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (3)

Score: 3.04

36
The Story of India
by Michael Wood
205 members, 6 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (3)

Score: 3.04

37
The Lives of Others
by Neel Mukherjee
418 members, 11 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4)

Score: 2.83

38
Black Narcissus
by Rumer Godden
392 members, 8 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (4)

Score: 2.83

39
Songs of Kabîr
by Kabir
250 members, 4 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (4)

Score: 2.83

40
Nehru: The Invention of India
by Shashi Tharoor
106 members, 5 reviews
3.31 stars (3.31 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (4)

Score: 2.83

41
The Unexpected Son
by Shobhan Bantwal
62 members, 7 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: dara85 (4)

Score: 2.83

42
The Death of Vishnu
by Manil Suri
1,721 members, 39 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: kootibkiteer (5)

Score: 2.68

43
The Far Cry
by Emma Smith
150 members, 9 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (5)

Score: 2.68

44
The Naxalite Movement in India
by Prakash Singh
10 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (5)

Score: 2.68

45
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
19,587 members, 804 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: Sdenbrinker (7)

Score: 2.46

46
Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
by Stanley Wolpert
107 members, 1 review
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (7)

Score: 2.46

47
Slumdog Millionaire: A Novel
by Vikas Swarup
2,849 members, 125 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Sdenbrinker (8)

Score: 2.38

48
India 1885-1947: The Unmaking of an Empire
by Ian Copland
15 members, 0 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (8)

Score: 2.38

49
The Bhagavad Gita
by Anonymous
7,865 members, 80 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

50
An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth
by Mahatma Gandhi
2,996 members, 36 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

51
Family Matters
by Rohinton Mistry
2,334 members, 45 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: Sdenbrinker (9)

Score: 2.31

52
A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy
by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
370 members, 3 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

53
In Light of India
by Octavio Paz
268 members, 4 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

54
Hindu Scriptures
by R. C. Zaehner
178 members, 2 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

56
The Ramayana: As Told by Aubrey Menen
by Aubrey Menen
144 members, 3 reviews
3.28 stars (3.28 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

57
An Autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru
by Jawaharlal Nehru
130 members, 4 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

58
Advaita Vedanta : A Philosophical Reconstruction
by Eliot Deutsch
106 members, 1 review
4.5 stars (4.5 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

60
Gandhi: Prisoner of Hope
by Judith M. Brown
44 members, 1 review
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

61
Nehru: A Political Life
by Judith M. Brown
38 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

62
The Essential Writings of B. R. Ambedkar
by B. R. Ambedkar
34 members, 0 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

63
Travels in the Mogul Empire, AD 1656-1668
by François Bernier
28 members, 0 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

64
Devi: The Great Goddess: Female Divinity in South Asian Art
by Vidya Dehejia
23 members, 0 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

66
Untouchable: An Indian Life History
by James M. Freeman
18 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: eromsted

Score: 2.31

69
The Glass Palace
by Amitav Ghosh
2,359 members, 60 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: Sdenbrinker (10)

Score: 2.25

71
The Guide: A Novel
by R. K. Narayan
781 members, 5 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11)

Score: 2.2

72
Madras on Rainy Days
by Samina Ali
204 members, 4 reviews
2.92 stars (2.92 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (11)

Score: 2.2

73
Sacred Games
by Vikram Chandra
1,795 members, 44 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: Sdenbrinker (12)

Score: 2.15

74
Sea of Poppies
by Amitav Ghosh
2,658 members, 137 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: brenzi (13)

Score: 2.11

75
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
by Suketu Mehta
1,394 members, 14 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Sdenbrinker (13)

Score: 2.11

76
Home
by Manju Kapur
129 members, 4 reviews
3.03 stars (3.03 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (13)

Score: 2.11

77
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
10,172 members, 119 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (14)

Score: 2.07

78
The Siege of Krishnapur
by J. G. Farrell
1,815 members, 59 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: brenzi (14)

Score: 2.07

79
Nectar in a Sieve
by Kamala Markandaya
1,404 members, 22 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: Sdenbrinker (14)

Score: 2.07

80
The Impressionist
by Hari Kunzru
1,256 members, 24 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (14)

Score: 2.07

81
Heat and Dust
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1,081 members, 27 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: Sdenbrinker (15)

Score: 2.03

82
The Twentieth Wife
by Indu Sundaresan
945 members, 32 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: Sdenbrinker (16)

Score: 2

83
Red Earth and Pouring Rain
by Vikram Chandra
880 members, 13 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: Sdenbrinker (17)

Score: 1.97

84
Train to Pakistan
by Khushwant Singh
741 members, 20 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Sdenbrinker (18)

Score: 1.94

85
In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India
by Edward Luce
614 members, 10 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Sdenbrinker (19)

Score: 1.92

86
Hinduism
by Louis Renou
460 members, 6 reviews
2.86 stars (2.86 stars)

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