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
12,417 members
142 reviews
3.8
5 Members
lahochstetler, aulsmith, Cecrow, souloftherose, ahef1963
2
Malgudi Days
by R. K. Narayan
1,007 members
18 reviews
4.2
5 Members
kootibkiteer, Dilara86, ahef1963, Sdenbrinker, Lahoori
3
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
9,161 members
255 reviews
½ 4.4
5 Members
KimarieBee, Cecrow, brenzi, Dilara86, ahef1963
4
The Jewel in the Crown
by Paul Scott
1,520 members
33 reviews
4
4 Members
Cecrow, brenzi, ahef1963, JMcCrea
5
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
13,876 members
242 reviews
4
4 Members
Cecrow, souloftherose, Bretzky1, ahef1963,brenzi
6
Secret Daughter
by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
1,841 members
140 reviews
3.8
3 Members
dara85, brenzi, Sdenbrinker
7
Interpreter of Maladies: Stories
by Jhumpa Lahiri
12,098 members
266 reviews
4.1
3 Members
lavergne_rsl, kootibkiteer, brenzi
8
Kim
by Rudyard Kipling
8,968 members
201 reviews
3.8
3 Members
aulsmith, Cecrow, ahef1963
9
Such a Long Journey
by Rohinton Mistry
1,619 members
27 reviews
3.9
3 Members
Dilara86, ahef1963, Lahoori
10
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
19,613 members
372 reviews
3.9
3 Members
Cecrow, Dilara86, kara.shamy
11
The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
6,926 members
192 reviews
½ 3.4
3 Members
brenzi, ahef1963, kara.shamy
12
Naked Song
by Lalleshwari
35 members
1 review
½ 4.4
2 Members
Dilara86, Sdenbrinker
13
Impressions of Rajasthan
by Carisse Busquet
9 members
2 Members
bluepiano, Sdenbrinker
14
India: A History
by John Keay
1,272 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Bretzky1, JMcCrea
15
A Suitable Boy
by Vikram Seth
5,731 members
108 reviews
4.2
2 Members
souloftherose, Dilara86
16
The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
9,578 members
423 reviews
3.8
2 Members
brenzi, kara.shamy
17
The Space Between Us
by Thrity Umrigar
2,494 members
110 reviews
3.9
2 Members
kootibkiteer, brenzi
18
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan
by Yasmin Khan
280 members
3 reviews
3.8
2 Members
Bretzky1, JMcCrea
19
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
27,787 members
379 reviews
4
2 Members
Cecrow, kootibkiteer
20
Staying On
by Paul Scott
890 members
23 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Cecrow, brenzi
22
The Day of the Scorpion
by Paul Scott
878 members
15 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Cecrow, brenzi
24
Flashman and the Mountain of Light
by George MacDonald Fraser
971 members
11 reviews
4
2 Members
Cecrow, ahef1963
25
The Towers of Silence
by Paul Scott
868 members
17 reviews
4
2 Members
Cecrow, brenzi
26
A Division of the Spoils
by Paul Scott
800 members
17 reviews
4.2
2 Members
Cecrow, brenzi
27
The Far Pavilions
by M. M. Kaye
2,387 members
67 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Cecrow, ahef1963
28
The Lowland
by Jhumpa Lahiri
3,305 members
177 reviews
3.9
2 Members
brenzi, Sdenbrinker
29
The Moor's Last Sigh
by Salman Rushdie
3,702 members
35 reviews
3.9
Member
mkbird
30
The Home and the World
by Rabindranath Tagore
668 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
31
India
by Stanley Wolpert
208 members
½ 3.7
Member
Bretzky1
32
Sister of My Heart
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
1,594 members
33 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
33
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
by William Dalrymple
1,312 members
16 reviews
3.9
Member
Dilara86
34
Sold
by Patricia McCormick
2,788 members
158 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
35
The Story of India
by Michael Wood
248 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
36
Black Narcissus
by Rumer Godden
569 members
16 reviews
3.9
Member
souloftherose
37
The Lives of Others
by Neel Mukherjee
525 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
38
Songs of Kabîr
by Kabir
322 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
Dilara86
39
India: From Midnight to the Millennium
by Shashi Tharoor
322 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Bretzky1
40
The Unexpected Son
by Shobhan Bantwal
67 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
41
The Death of Vishnu
by Manil Suri
1,895 members
43 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
kootibkiteer
42
The Far Cry
by Emma Smith
176 members
9 reviews
3.8
Member
souloftherose
43
Nehru: The Invention of India
by Shashi Tharoor
131 members
5 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Bretzky1
44
The Hungry Tide
by Amitav Ghosh
1,821 members
58 reviews
3.9
Member
kootibkiteer
45
The Naxalite Movement in India
by Prakash Singh
14 members
4
Member
Bretzky1
46
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
22,114 members
858 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Sdenbrinker
47
Himalayan Dhaba
by Craig Joseph Danner
93 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kootibkiteer
48
Q & A
by Vikas Swarup
3,208 members
135 reviews
3.9
Member
Sdenbrinker
49
Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
by Stanley Wolpert
125 members
1 review
½ 3.4
Member
Bretzky1
50
The Bhagavad Gita
by Vyasa
9,358 members
94 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
51
An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
by Mahatma Gandhi
3,711 members
44 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
52
Family Matters
by Rohinton Mistry
2,556 members
52 reviews
4
Member
Sdenbrinker
53
A Source Book in Indian Philosophy
by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
442 members
4 reviews
3.8
Member
eromsted
54
In Light of India
by Octavio Paz
328 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
eromsted
55
Hindu Scriptures
by R. C. Zaehner
216 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
eromsted
56
The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice
by Georg Feuerstein
202 members
1 review
½ 4.3
Member
Dilara86
57
The Ramayana: As Told by Aubrey Menen
by Aubrey Menen
172 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
eromsted
58
An Autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru
by Jawaharlal Nehru
160 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
eromsted
59
Advaita Vedanta : A Philosophical Reconstruction
by Eliot Deutsch
128 members
1 review
½ 4.4
Member
eromsted
61
Gandhi: Prisoner of Hope
by Judith M. Brown
51 members
1 review
½ 4.3
Member
eromsted
62
The Essential Writings of B. R. Ambedkar
by B. R. Ambedkar
46 members
½ 4.3
Member
eromsted
63
Nehru: A Political Life
by Judith M. Brown
46 members
4
Member
eromsted
64
Travels in the Mogul Empire, AD 1656-1668
by François Bernier
36 members
4.2
Member
eromsted
66
Devi: The Great Goddess: Female Divinity in South Asian Art
by Vidya Dehejia
24 members
½ 3.5
Member
eromsted
67
Untouchable: An Indian Life History
by James M. Freeman
19 members
4
Member
eromsted
69
India 1885-1947: The Unmaking of an Empire
by Ian Copland
16 members
½ 3.5
Member
Bretzky1
70
The Glass Palace
by Amitav Ghosh
2,716 members
65 reviews
3.9
Member
Sdenbrinker
72
The Guide
by R. K. Narayan
951 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
73
Madras on Rainy Days
by Samina Ali
225 members
4 reviews
2.9
Member
Dilara86
75
Sacred Games
by Vikram Chandra
1,993 members
50 reviews
3.8
Member
Sdenbrinker
76
Sea of Poppies
by Amitav Ghosh
3,104 members
151 reviews
4
Member
brenzi
77
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
by Suketu Mehta
1,546 members
16 reviews
3.9
Member
Sdenbrinker
78
Home
by Manju Kapur
157 members
4 reviews
3
Member
Dilara86
79
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
12,035 members
138 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Cecrow
80
The Siege of Krishnapur
by J. G. Farrell
2,089 members
67 reviews
4
Member
brenzi
81
Nectar in a Sieve
by Kamala Markandaya
1,582 members
24 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Sdenbrinker
82
The Impressionist
by Hari Kunzru
1,370 members
25 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Dilara86
83
Heat and Dust
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1,245 members
35 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Sdenbrinker
84
The Twentieth Wife
by Indu Sundaresan
1,066 members
37 reviews
3.8
Member
Sdenbrinker
85
Red Earth and Pouring Rain
by Vikram Chandra
964 members
15 reviews
3.9
Member
Sdenbrinker
86
Train to Pakistan
by Khushwant Singh
975 members
27 reviews
3.9
Member
Sdenbrinker
87
In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India
by Edward Luce
714 members
11 reviews
3.9
Member
Sdenbrinker
88
Hinduism
by Louis Renou
575 members
8 reviews
2.9