The Last Queen
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.09
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
WINNER of the 2022 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKING WOMEN AWARD for BEST FICTION OF THE YEAR! …
Want to Read $ 13.99"Adoration is a powerful intoxicant."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
"Fame: it’s a drug more potent than opium"-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
"People revered his father as the Lion of Punjab, but his mother is the one they should have called Lioness."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
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1. Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
By: Kavita Kané
3.88
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen tells the extraordinary story of Karna, the unsung hero of the Ma… read more
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"I would rather devote myself to what I always did - trying to heal people. That is my way of healing myself."-Kavita Kané, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
"The course of morality is subtle and even the most illustrious, wise people in this world fail to always understand it."-Kavita Kané, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
"Karna is a good man, but he sees good even in what is bad. His seeing it as good doesn't make the bad good, but makes his goodness look bad."-Kavita Kané, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
"You shall find dear, that the world is full of two-faced people and phonies.'.. And Uruvi was to discover a cruelly superficial world, which she had failed to recognize."-Kavita Kané, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
2. The Oath of the Vayuputras (Shiva Trilogy, #3)
By: Amish Tripathi
3.84
Format: None pages, Paperback
ONLY A GOD CAN STOP IT. Shiva is gathering his forces. He reaches the Naga capital, Panchavati, and… read more
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3. The Immortals of Meluha (Shiva Trilogy, #1)
By: Amish Tripathi
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
1900 BC. In what modern Indians mistakenly call the Indus Valley Civilisation. The inhabitants of t… read more
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4. The Feast of Roses (Taj Mahal Trilogy, #2)
By: Indu Sundaresan
3.83
Format: None pages,
The love story of Emperor Jahangir and Mehrunnisa, begun in the critically praised debut novel The … read more
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5. Shadow Princess (Taj Mahal Trilogy, #3)
By: Indu Sundaresan
4.00
Format: 10 pages,
The daughters of Emperor Jahangir, Jahanara and Roshanara, plot and scheme against one another in a… read more
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6. Mrs Funnybones
By: Twinkle Khanna
4.13
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
Good morning, it's 6 a.m. and I am wide awake because the man of the house has decided that he need… read more
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7. The Twentieth Wife (Taj Mahal Trilogy, #1)
By: Indu Sundaresan
4.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
An enchanting seventeenth-century epic of grand passion and adventure, this debut novel tells the c… read more
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8. Sita's Sister
By: Kavita Kané
3.87
Format: 334 pages,
From the bestselling author of Karna's Wife, comes this book about Urmila, Sita's sister and the ne… read more
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9. The Stationery Shop
By: Marjan Kamali
4.22
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, heartfelt new novel by the award-nominated author of Together Tea—extolled by the Wall … read more
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"He would get out of the car to make sure her knitted scarf protected her nose and mouth against the wind. And they would climb the steps of the gray building labeled “Duxton Senior Center."-Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop
"The truth is, my young lady, that fate has written the script for your destiny on your forehead from the very beginning. We can't see it. But it's there. And the young, who love so passionately, have…"-Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop
"Just months ago [...] She would not have understood [...] that time is not linear but circular. There is no past, present, future. Roya was the woman she was today and the seventeen-year-old girl in …"-Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop
10. The Book of Everlasting Things
By: Aanchal Malhotra
4.16
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
On a January morning in 1938, Samir Vij first locks eyes with Firdaus Khan through the rows of perf… read more
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11. War of Lanka (Ram Chandra, #4)
By: Amish Tripathi
3.65
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
LANKA WILL BURN. DARKNESS WILL PERISH. BUT CAN LIGHT ENDURE? INDIA, 3400 BCE. Greed. Rage.… read more
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"Fresh drops of grief do not cause any ripple in an ocean of anguish."-Amish Tripathi, War of Lanka (Ram Chandra, #4)
12. The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)
By: Amish Tripathi
4.10
Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition
Today, He is a God. 4000 years ago, He was just a man. The hunt is on. The sinister Naga wa… read more
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"Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence the want"-Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)
"Strong people stick to their morals, no matter what the trials and tribulations, Weak people, many a times, do not even realize how low they have sunk."-Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)
"The opposite of love is not hate. Hate is just love gone bad. The actual opposite of love is apathy. When you don't care a damn as to what happens to the other person."-Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)
"I don’t believe anything till I’ve seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn’t matter whether the theory is true or not."-Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy, #2)
13. Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
By: Shrayana Bhattacharya
4.29
Format: 384 pages, None
In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the j… read more
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"These women relied on Shah Rukh when they found the real world and all its pandemics and practicalities inhospitable. Because only the deepest dissatisfaction with reality drives us to dwell in fanta…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
"Fantasizing about an impossibly idealized kind of love they’d seen an actor perform on-screen. Yet, all their real-world efforts were extremely pragmatic, often sacrificing the love they fantasized a…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
"Critics often say that DDLJ, with its emphasis on patriarchal permission for young love, discourages dissent. This argument narrows the space for dissent by legitimizing it only in its most blatant, …"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
14. The Last Queen
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4.09
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
WINNER of the 2022 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKING WOMEN AWARD for BEST FICTION OF THE YEAR! … read more
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"Adoration is a powerful intoxicant."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
"Fame: it’s a drug more potent than opium"-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
"People revered his father as the Lion of Punjab, but his mother is the one they should have called Lioness."-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Last Queen
15. Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire
By: Ira Mukhoty
4.27
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
In 1526 a Timurid warrior-scholar rides into Delhi to build an empire. With him ride his wives, his… read more
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16. Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas
By: Satyarth Nayak
4.44
Format: 436 pages, Paperback
Do you know the story where Brahma and Vishnu race against each other or where Shiva battles Krishn… read more
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"In every tale lies a profound teaching, reminding us of the timeless wisdom embedded within our cultural heritage."-Satyarth Nayak, Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas
"Vijaya is victory over others. Jaya is victory over one's own self. One's own mind and heart, thoughts and actions. Vijaya is external but Jaya is internal and that's always the hardest."-Satyarth Nayak, Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas
"I fear,' replied the mother of mankind. 'I fear now to beget the female race. If a father can endanger his own daughter, who shall keep them safe? Who shall heal them if everybody wounds them? ' He r…"-Satyarth Nayak, Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas
17. Kunti: The Sati Series II
By: Koral Dasgupta
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Kunti, a rare matriarch in the Mahabharata and one of the revered Pancha Satis, holds an unforgetta… read more
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18. Welcome to Paradise
By: Twinkle Khanna
3.59
Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition
Rich narratives that explore the depth of loneliness, heartbreak and deception. Huma’s divided fami… read more
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19. Fool Me Twice
By: Nona Uppal
3.75
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
Since school, Sana has been the popular girl with excellent grades, beloved by both teachers and pa… read more
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"I know people hate the romance genre in general, for its predictability, but that's precisely why I love it. Isn't there enough uncertainty in life to seek it in cinema too? For me, there's something…"-Nona Uppal, Fool Me Twice
20. Lives Not Lived
By: Monika Bhatti
4.18
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
The only good thing about pain is that it connects. And “Lives not Lived” is a story about the same… read more
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21. Common Yet Uncommon: 14 Memorable Stories from Daily Life
By: Sudha Murty
3.84
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Meet these people: Bundle Bindu, so named because he likes his truth with a little embellishment, J… read more
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