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Indian Literature Book Summaries

India that is Bharat Summary
India that is Bharat
Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
by J. Sai Deepak 2021 472 pages
4.42
1.5K ratings
History
India
Politics
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
278.4K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
10 Judgements That Changed India Summary
10 Judgements That Changed India
by Zia Mody 2013 249 pages
4.07
1.7K ratings
India
Law
History
India Unbound Summary
India Unbound
The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age
by Gurcharan Das 2000 432 pages
4.09
6.3K ratings
India
History
Economics
The Secret of the Nagas Summary
The Secret of the Nagas
by Amish Tripathi 2011 371 pages
4.11
92.5K ratings
Mythology
Fantasy
Indian Literature
One Indian Girl Summary
One Indian Girl
by Chetan Bhagat 2016 272 pages
3.30
37.7K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
India
Scion of Ikshvaku Summary
Scion of Ikshvaku
by Amish Tripathi 2015 354 pages
3.86
46.0K ratings
Mythology
Fantasy
Indian Literature
The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone Summary
The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone
Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power
by Shashi Tharoor 2007 512 pages
3.59
1.2K ratings
India
Politics
History
The Secret of the Nagas & the Immortals of Meluha Summary
The Secret of the Nagas & the Immortals of Meluha
by Amish Tripathi
4.23
2.5K ratings
Mythology
Fantasy
Amish
Glimpses of World History Summary
Glimpses of World History
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1934 1193 pages
4.32
2.1K ratings
History
India
World History
Till The Last Breath Summary
Till The Last Breath
by Durjoy Datta 2013 237 pages
3.97
7.1K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
Love
The Habit of Winning Summary
The Habit of Winning
Stories to Inspire, Motivate and Unleash the Winner within
by Prakash Iyer 2011 264 pages
4.16
1.6K ratings
Self Help
Business
Leadership
The Great Indian Novel Summary
The Great Indian Novel
by Shashi Tharoor 1989 423 pages
3.89
6.7K ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Indian Literature
Half Lion Summary
Half Lion
How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
by Vinay Sitapati 2016 371 pages
4.43
2.3K ratings
History
India
Politics
The Emergency Summary
The Emergency
A Personal History
by Coomi Kapoor 2015 400 pages
4.00
1.1K ratings
India
History
Politics
The Vendor of Sweets Summary
The Vendor of Sweets
by R.K. Narayan 1967 144 pages
3.75
2.8K ratings
India
Indian Literature
Classics
The Vedas and Upanishads for Children Summary
The Vedas and Upanishads for Children
by Roopa Pai 2019 424 pages
4.44
358 ratings
Philosophy
Mythology
History
IIM Ahmedabad Business Books Summary
IIM Ahmedabad Business Books
Day to Day Economics
by Satish Y. Deodhar 2012 232 pages
4.24
2.4K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Summary
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
by Arundhati Roy 2017 445 pages
3.55
37.7K ratings
India
Literary Fiction
Book Club
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States Summary
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States
by V.P. Menon 1956 511 pages
4.35
286 ratings
History
India
Politics
Sita Summary
Sita
An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana
by Devdutt Pattanaik 2013 328 pages
4.09
8.0K ratings
Mythology
India
Indian Literature
A History of India, Vol. 1 Summary
A History of India, Vol. 1
From Origins to 1300
by Romila Thapar 1966 384 pages
3.62
2.0K ratings
History
India
Indian Literature
And Then One Day Summary
And Then One Day
A Memoir
by Naseeruddin Shah 2014 328 pages
4.03
1.7K ratings
Biography
Memoir
India
Daughters of the Sun Summary
Daughters of the Sun
Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire
by Ira Mukhoty 2018 276 pages
4.25
1.2K ratings
History
India
Indian Literature
The Mistress of Spices Summary
The Mistress of Spices
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 1997 338 pages
3.49
14.6K ratings
Magical Realism
India
Fantasy
A Nation of Idiots Summary
A Nation of Idiots
by Daksh Tyagi 2019 215 pages
3.92
410 ratings
India
Humor
Politics
Can Love Happen Twice? Summary
Can Love Happen Twice?
by Ravinder Singh 2011 224 pages
3.30
23.9K ratings
Romance
Love
Indian Literature
Secret of the Veda Summary
Secret of the Veda
by Sri Aurobindo 1971 651 pages
4.45
167 ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Religion
Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekanand Summary
Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekanand
by Vivekananda 1976 127 pages
4.33
2.4K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
A Century Is Not Enough Summary
A Century Is Not Enough
My Roller-coaster Ride to Success
by Sourav Ganguly 2018 258 pages
3.99
2.0K ratings
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Independence Summary
Independence
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 2023 288 pages
4.11
10.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
India
Historical
Falling in Love Again Summary
Falling in Love Again
by Ruskin Bond 2013 195 pages
3.66
1.4K ratings
Romance
Short Stories
Love
Nawabs, Nudes, Noodles Summary
Nawabs, Nudes, Noodles
India through 50 Years of Advertising
by Ambi Parameswaran 2016 297 pages
3.91
668 ratings
India
Business
History
Everyone Has A Story Summary
Everyone Has A Story
by Savi Sharma 2015 184 pages
3.33
12.7K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
Novels
Ajaya Summary
Ajaya
Roll of the Dice
by Anand Neelakantan 2013 456 pages
4.05
5.4K ratings
Mythology
Historical Fiction
Indian Literature
Mind is your Business and Body the Greatest Gadget Summary
Mind is your Business and Body the Greatest Gadget
by Sadhguru 2013 193 pages
4.30
3.6K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Psychology
The Mahabharata Secret Summary
The Mahabharata Secret
by Christopher C. Doyle 2013 386 pages
3.62
6.7K ratings
Mythology
Thriller
Historical Fiction
The Shadow of the Great Game Summary
The Shadow of the Great Game
The Untold Story of India's Partition
by Narendra Singh Sarila 2006 320 pages
4.15
281 ratings
History
India
Politics
Interpreter of Maladies Summary
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri 1999 198 pages
4.18
201.5K ratings
Short Stories
Book Club
Contemporary
You are the Password to my Life Summary
You are the Password to my Life
by Sudeep Nagarkar 2014 234 pages
3.69
2.8K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
Love
Marry Me, Stranger Summary
Marry Me, Stranger
by Novoneel Chakraborty 2014 268 pages
3.97
4.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Romance
Black River Summary
Black River
by Nilanjana Roy 2022 368 pages
3.98
1.1K ratings
Mystery
India
Thriller
India Summary
India
A History
by John Keay 2000 578 pages
3.93
3.9K ratings
History
India
Asia
The World's Best Boyfriend Summary
The World's Best Boyfriend
by Durjoy Datta 2015 295 pages
3.22
3.8K ratings
Romance
Indian Literature
Love Story
India's Wars Summary
India's Wars
A Military History 1947-1971
by Arjun Subramaniam 2016 576 pages
4.18
488 ratings
History
India
War
The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action Summary
The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action
by Arun Shourie 1995 685 pages
4.16
237 ratings
India
Islam
Religion
Savarkar Summary
Savarkar
A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966
by Vikram Sampath 2021 600 pages
4.70
428 ratings
History
Biography
India
The Hindi-Bindi Club Summary
The Hindi-Bindi Club
by Monica Pradhan 2007 431 pages
3.52
2.7K ratings
India
Chick Lit
Book Club
MONEY WISE Summary
MONEY WISE
Timeless Lessons on Building Wealth
by Deepak Shenoy 2021 264 pages
3.85
416 ratings
Finance
Personal Finance
Money
In Service of the Republic Summary
In Service of the Republic
The Art and Science of Economic Policy
by Vijay Kelkar 2019 448 pages
4.22
339 ratings
Economics
India
Politics
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