18 Best nonfiction books like 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai

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2019: How Modi Won India

By: Rajdeep Sardesai

3.56

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

On 23 May 2019, when the results of the general elections were announced, Narendra Modi and the BJP…

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1. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)

By: Douglas Adams

4.09

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ra… read more

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"Shit!"

-Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)

"Non tout baigne, tout ce qui est susceptible de biagner, baigne."

-Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)

"Non è un vero scienziato chi ha timore che la gente lo ritenga pazzo."

-Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)

"God's Final Message to His Creation: 'We apologize for the inconvenience."

-Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)

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2. Crude Nation: How Oil Riches Ruined Venezuela

By: Raúl Gallegos

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Beneath Venezuelan soil lies an ocean of crude—the world’s largest reserves—an oil patch that shape… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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3. Durbar

By: Tavleen Singh

3.94

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A revealing account of our political past that holds crucial lessons for today's India In the su… read more

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  • politics
  • india
  • nonfiction
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4. The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity

By: Amartya Sen

3.83

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

In sixteen linked essays, Nobel Prize--winning economist Amartya Sen discusses India's intellectual… read more

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"While we cannot live without history, we need not live within it either."

-Amartya Sen, The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity

"It is, in particular, important to distinguish between the inclusionary role of identity and the exclusionary force of separatism."

-Amartya Sen, The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity

"Nor let us be resentful when others differ from us. For all men have hearts, and each heart has its own leanings. Their right is our wrong, and our right is their wrong."

-Amartya Sen, The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity

"It is the True. It is the Self, and thou, O Svetaketu, art it... And just in case thou art not all that, we will fix it with a bit of cleverness in reconstructing reality!"

-Amartya Sen, The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity

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5. Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)

By: Robert A. Caro

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

The most riveting political biography of our time, Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon B. Johnson, cont… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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6. The Gene: An Intimate History

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies--a magnificent h… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. The 3 Mistakes of My Life

By: Chetan Bhagat

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

In late-2000, a young boy in Ahmedabad called Govind dreamt of having a business. To accomodate his… read more

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  • india
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8. The Polyester Prince: The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani

By: Hamish McDonald

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A fascinating biography of Indian textile tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani, this book is the story of a risi… read more

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  • politics
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9. An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India

By: Shashi Tharoor

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In 1930, the American historian and philosopher Will Durant wrote that Britain's 'conscious and del… read more

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  • politics
  • india
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10. One Night at the Call Center

By: Chetan Bhagat

3.29

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Press 1 for technical support. Press 2 for broken hearts. Press 3 if your life has totally crashed.… read more

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  • india
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11. Five Point Someone

By: Chetan Bhagat

3.29

Format: 80 pages,

Five Point Someone is a story about three friends in IIT who are unable to cope. The book starts wi… read more

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  • india

12. 2 States: The Story of My Marriage

By: Chetan Bhagat

3.80

Format: 8 pages, Paperback

Love marriages around the world are simple: Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. They get married. In In… read more

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13. Gulliver’s Travels

By: Louis Rhead , Jonathan Swift , William Dean Howells , Robert DeMaria Jr.

3.58

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and… read more

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"Anlamadığınız bir insanı "delidir" diye nitelemek o kadar kolaydır ki!"

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

"we neither of us are able to deliver our conceptions in a manner intelligible to the other."

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

"معظم ابناء جلدتك هم أخبث سلالة من الحشرات المؤذية البغيضة التي سمحت لها الطبيعة بالزحف على وجخ الأرض"

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

"... a wife should be always a reasonable and agreeable companion, because she cannot always be young."

-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels

14. Gujarat Files

By: Rana Ayyub

3.68

Format: None pages,

Gujarat Files is the account of an eight-month long undercover investigation by journalist Rana Ayy… read more

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15. Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1)

By: Stephen King

2.88

Format: 29 pages, Hardcover

In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed fol… read more

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16. Ayodhya: The Dark Night

By: Dhirendra K. Jha , None

4.10

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

As the trespassers walked towards the mosque, the muezzin [...] jumped out of the darkness. Before … read more

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17. Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition

By: Chetan Bhagat

3.67

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Once upon a time, in small-town India, there lived two intelligent boys. One wanted to use his inte… read more

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18. One Up On Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market

By: John Rothchild , Peter Lynch

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

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19. Half Girlfriend

By: Chetan Bhagat

3.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

HALF GIRLFRIEND (HINDI) Once upon a time, there was a Bihari boy called Madhav. He fell in love wit… read more

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20. Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead?: The Munk Debates

By: Alain de Botton , Malcolm Gladwell , Steven Pinker , Matt Ridley

4.46

Format: 192 pages,

Progress. It is one of the animating concepts of the modern era. From the Enlightenment onwards, th… read more

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21. Doglapan: The Hard Truth about Life and Start-Ups

By: Ashneer Grover

3.80

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the unfettered story of Ashneer Grover-the favourite and misunderstood poster boy of Start-… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • india
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22. The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State

By: Josy Joseph

4.39

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

‘They were not expected to behave like the terrorists they were hunting. Even in the thickest fog o… read more

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23. War Minus the Shooting

By: Mike Marqusee

4.50

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

Combining personal reflection and social observation, this work paints a complex portrait of a sub-… read more

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24. Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From

By: Tony Joseph

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Who are we Indians ? Where did we come from ? Many of us believe our ancestors have lived in South … read more

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25. 2019: How Modi Won India

By: Rajdeep Sardesai

3.56

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

On 23 May 2019, when the results of the general elections were announced, Narendra Modi and the BJP… read more

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26. How to Win an Indian Election

By: Shivam Shankar Singh

4.06

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

What role do political consultants play in election campaigns? How are political parties using tech… read more

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27. The Crooked Timber Of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis

By: Parakala Prabhakar

4.36

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

‘It is close to nine years since the Narendra Modi-led BJP swept into power. A new era began in May… read more

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28. Nehru: The Debates That Defined India

By: Tripurdaman Singh

3.87

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

From being elected as Congress president in 1929 till his death in 1964, Jawaharlal Nehru remained … read more

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29. Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India

By: K.S. Komireddi

4.19

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

‘INDIA IS AN IMPROBABLE NATION.’ Under Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party, India has und… read more

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30. Undercover: My Journey into the Darkness of Hindutva

By: Ashish Khetan

4.43

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

‘I had to submit my work to the ultimate test to which a piece of journalism can be subjected—a for… read more

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31. MONEY WISE: Timeless Lessons on Building Wealth

By: Deepak Shenoy

3.87

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Wealth is not just about adding zeroes to your net worth but having enough to live an unconstrained… read more

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15 must-read politics books like 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai

Transform Your Habits

Crude Nation: How Oil Riches Ruined Venezuela

Raúl Gallegos

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Durbar

Tavleen Singh

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity

Amartya Sen

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)

Robert A. Caro

4.36

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12 best-selling politics books like The Crooked Timber Of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis by Parakala Prabhakar

Transform Your Habits

India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

Ramachandra Guha

4.39

Transform Your Habits

The Emergency: A Personal History

Coomi Kapoor

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Whole Numbers and Half Truths

Rukmini S.

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From

Tony Joseph

4.33

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