Books set in India (101)


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Honor by Thrity Umrigar EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
"The story of two Indian women, one a victim of a brutal crime and the other an Americanized journalist returning to India to cover the story, and the courage they inspire in each other"--

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How to Kidnap the Rich by Rahul Raina EN

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Country: Asia / India flag India
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“A raucous novel, narrated in deadpan voice-over by Ramesh, a self-described ‘lower lower middle class’ 24-year-old scammer. . . . His perspective is a delight. . . . a tartly entertaining novel, a potential summer blockbuster.” —New York Times Book Review A fresh look at modern-day India hailed as "a monstrously funny and unpredictable wild ride" by Kevin Kwan, New York Times bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy The first kidnapping wasn’t my fault. The others—those were definitely me. Brilliant yet poor, Ramesh Kumar grew up working at his father’s tea stall in the Old City of... continue

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Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
This is the first book in a trilogy on Shiva, the simple man whose karma re-cast his as our Mahadev, the God of Gods.

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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
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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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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 (1 vote)
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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Kim by Rudyard Kipling EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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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Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup EN

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Country: Asia / India flag India
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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

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Le dieu des petits riens by Arundhati Roy FR

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
Rahel et Estha Kochamma, des jumeaux de huit ans, vivent en Inde, entourés de leur grand-mère, Mammachi, qui fabrique des confitures trop sucrées, de l'oncle Chacko, un coureur de jupons invétéré, esprit romantique converti au marxisme pour les besoins de son portefeuille, de la grand-tante Baby Kochamma, qui nourrit un amour mystique pour un prêtre irlandais, et de leur mère Ammu, abandonnée par son mari, qui aime secrètement Velutha, un Intouchable. Un drame va ébranler leur existence et les séparer. Comment réagir quand, à huit ans, on vous somme de savoir " qui aimer, comment et jusqu'où "... continue