Books set in India (176)


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In Search of Amrit Kaur : A Lost Princess and Her Vanished World by Livia Manera Sambuy EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
As she builds her own life anew, an Italian writer embarks on an all-consuming search for the true story of the mysterious princess H. H. Amrit Kaur of Mandi. On a sweltering day in 2007, having just lost her brother to illness, Livia Manera Sambuy finds herself standing before a 1924 photograph of a stunningly elegant Indian princess at a museum in Mumbai. What’s written in the caption will change her life forever. This gorgeous Punjabi princess, it’s said, sold her jewels in occupied Paris to save Jewish lives, only to be arrested by the Gestapo and sent to a concentration camp, where she di... continue

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Independence : A Novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni EN

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Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
During the partition of British India in 1947, three sisters find themselves separated from each other after their father, a well-respected doctor, is killed during a riot and their neighbors turn against them.

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Inglorious Empire : What the British Did to India by Shashi Tharoor EN

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Country: Europe / England flag England
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Inglorious Empire' tells the real story of the British in India from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj, revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India. In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for... continue

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Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
A New York Times "New Nonfiction to Read This Spring" Recommendation - A Guardian "Nonfiction to Look Forward To in 2025" Pick - A Washington Post "Book to Watch For" in 2025 - A Financial Times "What to Read in 2025" Selection - A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book of 2025 - A Next Big Idea Club May 2025 Must-Read Book From the best-selling author of Underland and "the great nature writer...of this generation" (Wall Street Journal), a revelatory book that transforms how we imagine rivers--and life itself.

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Joseph Anton : A Memoir by Salman Rushdie EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
The extraordinary story of how a writer was forced underground, moving from house to house, with the constant presence of an armed police protection team. The story of one of the crucial battles, in our time, for freedom of speech.

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Kaikeyi : A Novel by Vaishnavi Patel EN

Rating: 5 (4 votes)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
"Mythic retelling at its best." ―R. F. Kuang, author of The Poppy War "Easily earns its place on shelves alongside Madeline Miller's Circe." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) A stunning debut from a powerful new voice, Kaikeyi reimagines the life of the infamous queen from the Indian epic the Ramayana. It is a tale of fate, family, courage, and heartbreak--and an extraordinary woman determined to leave her mark in a world where gods and men dictate the shape of things to come. I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions--much good it did me. So beg... continue

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Kashmir: The Case for Freedom by Tariq Ali EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
Kashmir is one of the most protracted and bloody occupations in the world-and one of the most ignored. Under an Indian military rule that, at half a million strong, exceeds the total number of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, freedom of speech is non-existent, and human- rights abuses and atrocities are routinely visited on its Muslim-majority population. In the last two decades alone, over seventy thousand people have died. Ignored by its own corrupt politicians, abandoned by Pakistan and the West, which refuses to bring pressure to bear on its regional ally, India, the Kashmiri people's on... continue

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Kim by Rudyard Kipling EN

Rating: 4.8 (5 votes)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
Kim, an Irish orphan, accompanies a holy man on his journey throughout India and his quest for a mystical river.

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Krishnavatara 1: The Magic Flute by Dr. K.M. Munshi EN

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Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
Part 1 of a retelling of the Krishnavatara in English.

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Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
A sweeping, lyrical debut about the love and longing between humanity and the earth itself, by a major new literary talent from India “A marvel of magical realism.”—O: The Oprah Magazine A spellbinding work of literature, Latitudes of Longing follows the interconnected lives of characters searching for true intimacy. The novel sweeps across India, from an island, to a valley, a city, and a snow desert, to tell a love story of epic proportions. We follow a scientist who studies trees and a clairvoyant who speaks to them; a geologist working to end futile wars over a glacier; octogenarian lovers... continue