11 Best fiction books like Acts of God by Kanan Gill

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Acts of God

By: Kanan Gill

3.92

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

Channelling the craft of Neil Gaiman, the humour of Douglas Adams and the genius of Terry Pratchett…

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1. City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi

By: William Dalrymple , Olivia Fraser

4.12

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Sparkling with irrepressible wit, City of Djinns peels back the layers of Delhi's centuries-old his… read more

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"There was that all-pervasive evening scent of cut grass and jasmine."

-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi

"Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone."

-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi

"His diaries had begun to assume something of the knowingness of incipient middle age; at times, indeed, he was in danger of becoming priggish and opinionated. As with many later European voyagers, tr…"

-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi

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2. Em and The Big Hoom

By: Jerry Pinto

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In a one-bedroom-hall-kitchen in Mahim, Bombay, through the last decades of the twentieth century, … read more

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  • indian literature
  • fiction
"What is it about the sea? Is it because it’s there?"

-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom

"Was there a drain?' 'No. There was no drain. There isn't one even now'."

-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom

"Home was where others had to gather grace. Home was what I wanted to flee."

-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom

"otherwise, she was Em, and most of the time she was Em with an exclamation mark."

-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom

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3. The Palace of Illusions

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharat--told from the point of view of an am… read more

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  • indian literature
  • fantasy
  • fiction

4. The Illicit Happiness of Other People

By: Manu Joseph

3.91

Format: 631 pages, Paperback

Ousep Chacko, journalist and failed novelist, prides himself on being "the last of the real men." T… read more

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5. The Annihilation of Caste

By: B.R. Ambedkar

3.50

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

"What the Communist Manifesto is to the capitalist world, Annihilation of Caste is to India." --Ana… read more

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6. Independence

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

India, 1947. In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor.… read more

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  • fiction
"The year is 1947. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

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7. Sakina’s Kiss

By: Vivek Shanbhag

3.81

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Venkat answers urgent knocks on the door to his flat one evening to find two insolent young men cla… read more

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  • indian literature
  • fiction
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8. The Forest of Enchantments

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.20

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

The Ramayana, one of the world’s greatest epics, is also a tragic love story. In this brilliant ret… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"-the girl I'd been on that day, burnished with innocence, believing that goodness and love were armour enough."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

"I knew now that love - no matter how deep - wasn't enough to transform another person: how they thought, what they believed. At best, we could only change ourselves."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

"A wind rose around me, from where I didn't know. It was unexpectedly cold and made me shiver. 'Sacrifice, sacrifice', whispered the trees, carrying my promise across the valley"

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

"My first lesson on nature of love was that in a moment it could fulfill the cravings of a lifetime, like a light that someone might shine into a cavern that has been dark for a million years."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

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9. Azadi

By: Arundhati Roy

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of My Seditious Heart and the Ministry of Utmost Happiness, a new and … read more

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"...as the Covid-19 pandemic burns through us, our world is passing through a portal. We have journeyed to a place from which it looks unlikely that we can return, at least not without some kind of se…"

-Arundhati Roy, Azadi

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10. 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

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11. The Fast and the Dead (ACP Bhavani Singh, #2)

By: Anuja Chauhan

3.72

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

All of Habba Galli, Shivajinagar, is disturbed when eccentric Dondi Pais empties her double-barrell… read more

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  • fiction
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12. 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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  • fiction
"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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13. Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India's Economic Future

By: Raghuram G. Rajan

4.08

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

Where is India going today? Is it surging forward, having just overtaken the United Kingdom to beco… read more

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14. Acts of God

By: Kanan Gill

3.92

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

Channelling the craft of Neil Gaiman, the humour of Douglas Adams and the genius of Terry Pratchett… read more

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  • humor
  • indian literature
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • comedy
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15. Why I am a Hindu

By: Shashi Tharoor

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Why I Am a Hindu, one of India’s finest public intellectuals gives us a profound book about one … read more

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"Who knows whence this creation had its origin? He, whether He fashioned it or whether He did not, He, who surveys it all from the highest heaven, He knows—or maybe even He does not know. — Rig Veda, …"

-Shashi Tharoor, Why I am a Hindu

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16. Bombay Balchao

By: Jane Borges

4.18

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Bombay was the city everyone came to in the early decades of the nineteenth century: among them, th… read more

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17. Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI

By: Madhumita Murgia

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, reveal… read more

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18. Masala Lab : The Science of Indian Cooking

By: Krish Ashok

3.77

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Ever wondered why your grandmother threw a teabag into the pressure cooker while boiling chickpeas,… read more

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19. Girl in White Cotton

By: Avni Doshi

3.35

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Antara has never understood her mother Tara's decisions - walking out on her marriage to follow a g… read more

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20. Goddess of the River

By: Vaishnavi Patel

3.86

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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21. रश्मिरथी (Hindi Poetic Novel): Rashmirathi (Hindi Poetic Novel)

By: रामधारी सिंह 'दिनकर'

4.79

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

रश्मिरथी का अर्थ होता है वह व्यक्ति, जिसका रथ रश्मि अर्थात सूर्य की किरणों का हो। इस काव्य में रश्मिरथी नाम … read more

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15 Best indian literature books like Acts of God by Kanan Gill

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City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi

William Dalrymple , Olivia Fraser

4.12

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Em and The Big Hoom

Jerry Pinto

4.19

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The Palace of Illusions

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

5.00

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Independence

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.11

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S.T. Gibson

3.66

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Sophie Kim

4.12

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Song of the Huntress

Lucy Holland

3.76

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Sylvie Cathrall

3.69

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