Indian non-fiction books that have intrigued me personally. I do not vouch for these as I have not read most of them, they are just books I am interested in reading.
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last updated January, 2026
The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History
Manu S. Pillai
Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men: An Annotated Critical Selection from The Untouchables
B.R. Ambedkar
Annihilation of Caste
The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown Indian
Neha Dixit
The Day I Became a Runner: A Women's History of India through the Lens of Sport
Sohini Chattopadhyay
Where India Goes: Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development and the Costs of Caste
Diane Coffey
Despite the State: Why India Lets Its People Down and How They Cope
M. Rajshekhar
The Market that Failed: Neoliberal Economic Reforms in India
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Born A Muslim: Some Truths About Islam in India
Ghazala Wahab
The God Market: How Globalization is Making India More Hindu
Meera Nanda
Land, Guns, Caste, Woman: The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary
Gita Ramaswamy
Nationalism Without a Nation in India
G. Aloysius
Lords of the Deccan : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas
Anirudh Kanisetti
Delhi: A Soliloquy
M. Mukundan
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
William Dalrymple
Home in the World: A Memoir
Amartya Sen
Memoirs of a Dalit Communist
R.B. More
A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport
Ramachandra Guha
The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
Mirrors of Empire: Courtiers, Diplomats, and Intellectuals in Mughal India
George V Bobrinsky Professor Muzaffar Alam
India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765
Richard M. Eaton
Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants
Sunil Amrith
How to Win an Indian Election
Shivam Shankar Singh
Foot Soldier of the Constitution: A Memoir
Teesta Setalvad
A History of India, Vol. 1: From Origins to 1300
Romila Thapar
Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
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