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The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese
4.40 average rating, · 340.8k ratings
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A Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry
4.38 average rating, · 163.2k ratings
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The Storyteller's Secret
Sejal Badani
4.37 average rating, · 98.7k ratings
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The Henna Artist
Alka Joshi
4.18 average rating, · 224.7k ratings
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The Midnight Rose
Lucinda Riley
4.43 average rating, · 37.7k ratings
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The Palace of Illusions
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.20 average rating, · 69.2k ratings
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The Secret Keeper of Jaipur
Alka Joshi
4.09 average rating, · 68.5k ratings
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The Far Pavilions
M.M. Kaye
4.20 average rating, · 45.4k ratings
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A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth
4.11 average rating, · 50.6k ratings
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The Perfumist of Paris
Alka Joshi
4.16 average rating, · 40k ratings
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India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
Ramachandra Guha
4.39 average rating, · 18.4k ratings
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The Night Diary
Veera Hiranandani
4.21 average rating, · 21.1k ratings
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The Glass Palace
Amitav Ghosh
4.01 average rating, · 28.6k ratings
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The Game
Laurie R. King
4.17 average rating, · 15.6k ratings
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The Twentieth Wife
Indu Sundaresan
4.07 average rating, · 17.1k ratings
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Freedom At Midnight
Dominique Lapierre
4.33 average rating, · 11.4k ratings
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An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
Shashi Tharoor
4.17 average rating, · 12.9k ratings
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Beneath a Marble Sky
John Shors
4.03 average rating, · 15.5k ratings
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Independence
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.11 average rating, · 13.3k ratings
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Homeless Bird
Gloria Whelan
4.01 average rating, · 15k ratings
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Rebel Queen
Michelle Moran
4.05 average rating, · 12.1k ratings
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The Kashmir Shawl
Rosie Thomas
4.00 average rating, · 10.6k ratings
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The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857
William Dalrymple
4.20 average rating, · 8.7k ratings
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The Last Queen
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.09 average rating, · 9.3k ratings
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