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Books leading to the enigma that is India. These books contain wide spectrum of topics, history, literature, politics, law &etc to name a few. It certainly isn't exhaustive and if you feel any book that touches upon India in any sense feel free to add it. Cheers!

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1	India's Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra 4.12 avg rating — 4,684 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From by Tony Joseph 4.34 avg rating — 3,455 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century by Upinder Singh 4.17 avg rating — 858 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	India's Ancient Past by R.S. Sharma 4.12 avg rating — 1,408 ratings score: 169, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent before the coming of the Muslims by A.L. Basham 4.11 avg rating — 1,868 ratings score: 154, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra 3.94 avg rating — 1,163 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	How India Became Democratic [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2018] by Ornit Shani 4.10 avg rating — 73 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha 4.39 avg rating — 18,525 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Gandhi Before India by Ramachandra Guha 4.23 avg rating — 1,544 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India's Poorest Districts by Palagummi Sainath 4.34 avg rating — 3,344 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	I Too Had a Dream by Verghese Kurien 4.38 avg rating — 2,513 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions by Jean Drèze 4.15 avg rating — 1,574 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity by Amartya Sen 3.83 avg rating — 8,891 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Gandhi 1915-1948: The Years That Changed the World by Ramachandra Guha 4.50 avg rating — 846 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru 4.10 avg rating — 8,786 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	India's Founding Moment: The Constitution of a Most Surprising Democracy by Madhav Khosla 3.92 avg rating — 119 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A Passage to India by E.M. Forster 3.68 avg rating — 87,711 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Arthashastra by Kautilya 4.12 avg rating — 1,404 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India by Joseph Lelyveld 3.81 avg rating — 1,000 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Gandhi: An Autobiography by Mahatma Gandhi 4.10 avg rating — 76,387 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce 3.86 avg rating — 3,647 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	India Unbound: From Independence to the Global Information Age by Gurcharan Das 4.09 avg rating — 6,345 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Makers of Modern India by Ramachandra Guha 3.95 avg rating — 1,608 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	India by John Keay 3.92 avg rating — 4,176 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Annihilation of Caste by B.R. Ambedkar 4.61 avg rating — 9,238 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation by Nandan Nilekani 3.85 avg rating — 2,729 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	India: A Million Mutinies Now by V.S. Naipaul 3.95 avg rating — 2,204 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Debrahmanising History: Dominance and Resistance in Indian Society by Braj Ranjan Mani 4.40 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Ramayana by R.K. Narayan (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 12,806 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple 4.20 avg rating — 8,782 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma by Gurcharan Das 4.12 avg rating — 4,797 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Idea of India by Sunil Khilnani 3.85 avg rating — 1,122 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution by J. Sai Deepak 4.40 avg rating — 1,732 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Elephant Paradigm: India Wrestles With Change by Gurcharan Das 3.57 avg rating — 393 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Introduction To The Constitution Of India by Durga Das Basu 4.25 avg rating — 1,050 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	India Since Independence by Bipan Chandra 3.90 avg rating — 2,431 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Patriots and Partisans by Ramachandra Guha 3.90 avg rating — 1,274 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation by Granville Austin 4.10 avg rating — 341 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple 4.13 avg rating — 13,668 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Plassey: The Battle that Changed the Course of Indian History by Sudeep Chakravarti (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 99 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Republic of Caste: Thinking Equality in the Time of Neoliberal Hindutva by Anand Teltumbde 4.48 avg rating — 210 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	A People's Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic (Histories of Economic Life) by Rohit de 4.15 avg rating — 223 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple 4.20 avg rating — 19,989 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The State of The Nation by Fali S. Nariman 4.13 avg rating — 318 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	History of Modern India by Bipan Chandra 4.08 avg rating — 2,380 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Sense And Solidarity - Jholawala Economics for Everyone by Jean Drèze 4.25 avg rating — 229 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Social Policy by Jean Drèze 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri 3.88 avg rating — 97,704 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Indian Polity - For Civil Services and Other State Examinations by M. Laxmikanth 4.43 avg rating — 2,811 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	From Plassey to Partition and After: A History of Modern India by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay 4.20 avg rating — 1,146 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Ambedkar's Preamble by Aakash Singh Rathore (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 85 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Transformative Constitution: A Radical Biography in Nine Acts by Gautam Bhatia (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 214 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars