21 must-read nonfiction books like Stargazing: The Players in My Life by Ravi Shastri

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Stargazing: The Players in My Life

By: Ravi Shastri

3.23

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

From being Champion of Champions to one of the world's top cricket commentators to Team India's hea…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Stargazing: The Players in My Life by Ravi Shastri , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. An Unsuitable Boy

By: Karan Johar

3.45

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Karan Johar is synonymous with success, panache, quick wit, and outspokenness, which sometimes inad… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I was very hurt. But you get hurt only when you love, so even in that phase, the love was very much there. you feel pain only when you love. And there's a lot of love we have for each other and that …"

-Karan Johar, An Unsuitable Boy

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2. Gandhi Before India

By: Ramachandra Guha

4.22

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The first volume of a magisterial biography: the definitive portrait of the life and work of one of… read more

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  • nonfiction
"You gave us a lawyer; we gave you back a Mahatma."

-Ramachandra Guha, Gandhi Before India

3. Half - Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India

By: Vinay Sitapati

4.57

Format: 201 pages,

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4. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

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6. Do Epic Shit

By: Ankur Warikoo

3.76

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Ankur Warikoo is an entrepreneur and content creator whose deep, witty and brutally honest thoughts… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Irrational optimism is a founder's death trap!"

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"Safe is better than sorry. Nope. Risk is better than regret."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"Only when you go against the flow will you find your own flow."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"You don't control your results. You always control your inputs."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

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7. Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

By: Sathnam Sanghera

4.10

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"It is puerile to reduce imperial history to a matter of 'good' and 'bad'; trying to weigh up the positive and negative in this way is like defending the morality of kicking a random old man in the sh…"

-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

"After the First World War, the man in charge of recruitment at the Colonial Office was Major Ralph Dolignon Furse, a decorated war hero, a keen rugby and cricket player and, crucially, holder of a po…"

-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

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8. Next in Line (William Warwick, #5)

By: Jeffrey Archer

4.18

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the ‘people’s princess’. … read more

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9. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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10. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

By: Tim Marshall

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. Whereabouts

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

3.77

Format: 157 pages, Hardcover

Exuberance and dread, attachment and estrangement: in this novel, Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her theme… read more

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"the routine purchases of a woman on her own,"

-Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts

"My mother, by now, clings to life like a yellowing piece of Scotch tape in a scrapbook."

-Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts

"wastes away like an old woman who was once a stunning beauty before shutting down completely."

-Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts

"There’s no point discussing it given that she’s blind to the small pleasures my solitude affords me"

-Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts

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12. 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)

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13. 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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  • nonfiction
"...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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14. Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (Ram Chandra, #3)

By: Amish Tripathi

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

WITHOUT THE DARKNESS, LIGHT HAS NO PURPOSE. WITHOUT THE VILLAIN, WHAT WOULD THE GODS DO? INDI… read more

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"If you spend enough time with anything, you start liking it, even sadness."

-Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (Ram Chandra, #3)

"Yes she lied to you but she didn't lie to most important person i.e. herself"

-Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (Ram Chandra, #3)

"Everyone is struggling. I suppose we must try to understand and learn rather than judge"

-Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (Ram Chandra, #3)

"Yes, she lied to you but she didn,t lied to the most important person i.e. Herself - Raavan"

-Amish Tripathi, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (Ram Chandra, #3)

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15. Traitors Gate (William Warwick, #6)

By: Jeffrey Archer

4.18

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

THE TOWER OF LONDON… Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on ear… read more

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16. The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

By: Antony Loewenstein

4.44

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal depl… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. 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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  • nonfiction
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18. Sultan: A Memoir

By: Wasim Akram

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sultan is the official biography of Wasim Akram, the "sultan of swing", one of the greatest fast bo… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
"In fact, I was shortly to be chosen for my first tour to New Zealand. Again, I had Javed, now restored to captaincy, to thank. I was immediately anxious. I could not drive. I had neither money of my …"

-Wasim Akram, Sultan: A Memoir

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19. A Century Is Not Enough: My Roller-coaster Ride to Success

By: Sourav Ganguly

3.99

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

Sourav Ganguly's life has been full of highs and lows. Arguably India's greatest cricket captain, h… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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20. Mahabharata Unravelled: Lesser-Known Facets of a Well-Known History

By: Ami Ganatra

4.38

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Millennia have passed since the dharma yudhha of the cousins shook the land of Bharata. But this hi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. Understanding Economics: Game Theory

By: Jay R. Corrigan

3.71

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Game theory is the study of strategic decision-making in politics, sports, diplomacy, and a host of… read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. The Miracle Makers: Indian Cricket’s Greatest Epic

By: Bharat Sundaresan

4.10

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

This is going to be the most unique cricket tour since the Second World War.' Ravi Shastri's proph… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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23. The Ten Percent Thief

By: Lavanya Lakshminarayan

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A bold, bitingly satirical near-future mosaic novel about a city run along 'meritocratic' lines, th… read more

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24. Stargazing: The Players in My Life

By: Ravi Shastri

3.23

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

From being Champion of Champions to one of the world's top cricket commentators to Team India's hea… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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25. Eating in the Age of Dieting

By: Rujuta Diwekar

4.18

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Rujuta Diwekar is amongst the most followed nutritionists globally, and a leading health advocate. … read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. Gandhi 1915-1948: The Years That Changed the World

By: Ramachandra Guha

4.52

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

Gandhi lived one of the great 20th-century lives. He inspired and enraged, challenged and delighted… read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. 400 Days

By: Chetan Bhagat

3.84

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

12-year-old Siya has been missing nine months. It’s a cold case, but Keshav wants to help her mothe… read more

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28. Dhoni Touch

By: Bharat Sundaresan

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For over a decade, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has captivated the world of cricket and over a billion Indi… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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29. I Have the Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story

By: R. Ashwin

4.24

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

Ashwin is arguably the greatest match-winner for in Test cricket. The fastest man to 300 Test wicke… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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30. Coaching Beyond: My Days with the Indian Cricket Team

By: R. Sridhar

4.07

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

The book is a dive into the minds of the top players and what has made them and the Indian team tic… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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31. Operation Bazooka: The True Story behind the Hunt for the Most Dreaded UP Gangster ǀ True crime account of Shriprakash Shukla’s encounter

By: IPS Rajesh Pandey

4.17

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

Who could pump 112 bullets to kill a man in a posh Lucknow locality?Why did a criminal hang around … read more

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4.01

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3.99

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3.70

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4.17

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