7 Best epic books like The Mahabharata: Volume 8 by Bibek Debroy

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The Mahabharata: Volume 8

By: Bibek Debroy

4.33

Format: 600 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the aftermath of the war in Volume 8. Ashvatthama kills all the remaining Pandavas—with the e…

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1. Mahabharata

By: C. Rajagopalachari , Vyasa

4.31

Format: 483 pages, Paperback

Originally published in the year 1951, the huge popularity of the book has resulted in the book bei… read more

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  • classics
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • fiction
  • epic
  • hinduism
  • mythology
"Pleasure from the senses seems like nectar at first, but it is bitter as poison in the end."

-C. Rajagopalachari, Mahabharata

"What is the greatest wonder in the world? That, every single day, people die, Yet the living think they are immortal."

-C. Rajagopalachari, Mahabharata

"Like numerous river-currents that rush towards the one ocean, those heroes of the world of men enter your flaming mouths; like moths that fly ever faster to destroy themselves in a blazing flame, the…"

-C. Rajagopalachari, Mahabharata

"An action carried out through human effort may be well planned, well performed and properly accomplished, and yet be thwarted by fate. But likewise a fated action, something not carried out by humans…"

-C. Rajagopalachari, Mahabharata

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2. Letters to Milena

By: Franz Kafka , Aarno Peromies , Philip Boehm , Milena Jesenská

3.89

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

In no other work does Kafka reveal himself as in the Letters to Milena, which begin essentially as … read more

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  • classics
"I can't hold enough of you in my hands."

-Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

"Il sogno è l'ultima notizia che possiedo di te."

-Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

"وهذه هي النهاية في الحقيقة, فلقد مضيت عني بعيدا."

-Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

"I have spent all my life resisting the desire to end it."

-Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

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3. Troilus and Cressida

By: William Shakespeare , Louis B. Wright , Virginia A. LaMar

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Arden Shakespeare is the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's plays. Now in its third… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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4. The Poetic Edda

By: Anonymous , Lee M. Hollander

4.26

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

The Poetic Eddacomprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place … read more

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  • classics
  • religion
  • mythology
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5. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories

By: Nikolai Gogol

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Lais of Marie de France by Marie de France, Glyn S. Burgess, Keith Busby

6. The Lais of Marie de France

By: Marie de France , Glyn S. Burgess , Keith Busby

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is a prose translation of the lais or poems attributed to Marie de France. Little is known of … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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7. The Tale of Genji

By: Royall Tyler , Murasaki Shikibu

3.90

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

See an alternate cover edition . Written in the eleventh century, this portrait of courtly life in… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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8. 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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9. Our Moon Has Blood Clots: The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits

By: Rahul Pandita

3.43

Format: 375 pages,

Rahul Pandita was fourteen years old in 1990 when he was forced to leave his home in Srinagar along… read more

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Cover of Netochka Nezvanova by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jane Kentish

10. Netochka Nezvanova

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Jane Kentish

3.91

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

Netochka Nezvanova - a 'Nameless Nobody' - tells the story of a childhood dominated by her stepfath… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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11. The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.37

Format: 796 pages, Paperback

The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • religion
  • fiction
"How good life is when one does something good and just!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

12. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

By: Milan Kundera , Aaron Asher

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Rich in its stories, characters, and imaginative range, The Book of Laughter and Forgettingis the n… read more

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13. The Epic of Gilgamesh

By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars

3.74

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more

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  • epic
  • classics
  • mythology
  • fiction
"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

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14. القرآن الكريم

By: Anonymous

4.38

Format: 604 pages, Hardcover

The Quran (English pronunciation: /kɔrˈɑːn/; Arabic: القرآن‎ al-qurʾān, IPA: [qurˈʔaːn], literally … read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • religion
  • mythology
"We are nearer to him than his jugular vein."

-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

"إن المؤمن ليدرك بحسن الخلق درجة الصائم والقائم"

-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

"The freshness of my eyes is given to me in prayer."

-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

"There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."

-Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

15. The House of the Dead

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Ergin Altay

3.67

Format: 542 pages, Paperback

Accused of political subversion as a young man, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was sentenced to four years of h… read more

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Cover of Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom by Sanjeev Sanyal

16. Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom

By: Sanjeev Sanyal

4.63

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

The official narrative of India's freedom struggle has almost entirely been about the non-violent p… read more

Similar categories in Sanjeev Sanyal's Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom book and Bibek Debroy's The Mahabharata: Volume 8

  • audiobook
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17. The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World

By: S. Jaishankar

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The decade from the 2008 global financial crisis to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic has seen a real t… read more

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"Being an ethical power is one aspect of the India Way."

-S. Jaishankar, The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World

"Many friends, few foes, great goodwill, more influence. That must be achieved through the India Way."

-S. Jaishankar, The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World

"India is today on a voyage of self-discovery and the lessons of Awadh are its surest compass in that quest."

-S. Jaishankar, The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World

"Unlike other nations that rose earlier in Asia, China is much harder to fit into the Western-led global order."

-S. Jaishankar, The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World

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18. The Iliad

By: Homer

3.91

Format: 848 pages, Hardcover

One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkes… read more

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  • classics
  • mythology
  • fiction
"I say no wealth is worth my life."

-Homer, The Iliad

"These were the colloquies in heaven."

-Homer, The Iliad

"The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return."

-Homer, The Iliad

"Antilochus! You're the most appalling driver in the world! Go to hell!"

-Homer, The Iliad

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19. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

By: Eric Jorgenson

4.44

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Getting rich is not just about luck; Happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirati… read more

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  • philosophy
"No one in the world is going to beat you at being you."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"Intentions don’t matter. Actions do. That’s why being ethical is hard."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"An old boss once warned: “You’ll never be rich since you’re obviously smart, and someone will always offer you a job that’s just good enough."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"I don’t buy the everlasting afterlife answers because it’s insane to me, with absolutely no evidence, to believe because of how you live seventy years here on this planet, you’re going to spend etern…"

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

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20. The Hidden Hindu

By: Akshat Gupta

3.92

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Prithvi, a cryptic 21-year-old who remembers incidents from before his birth, is in pursuit of a my… read more

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  • mythology
  • hinduism
  • fiction
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21. The Hidden Hindu 2

By: Akshat Gupta

4.14

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

The first battle is lost. The book of Mritsanjeevani is in the wrong hands but Nagendra's plans are… read more

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  • mythology
  • hinduism
  • fiction
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22. The Hidden Hindu 3

By: Akshat Gupta

4.11

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

Who is Nagendra or Om? Parimal and LSD struggle to trust each other while Nagendra is resurrected … read more

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  • mythology
  • hinduism
  • fiction
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23. The Mahabharata: Volume 1

By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

4.44

Format: 535 pages, Kindle Edition

The Mahabharata is one of the greatest stories ever told. Though the basic plot is widely known, th… read more

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  • classics
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • fiction
  • epic
  • hinduism
  • mythology
"Pity is a poison. -Kunti"

-Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, The Mahabharata: Volume 1

"And also those who are free, through the powers of meditation and yoga, percieve established in themselves like reflections in a mirror."

-Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, The Mahabharata: Volume 1

"You should not sorrow for that which was bound to happen. Those who are wise do not feel sorry over fate. Even with the greatest wisdom, that which is ordained will happen. No one can transgress the …"

-Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, The Mahabharata: Volume 1

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24. 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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  • classics
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • hinduism
  • mythology
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25. Ramayana Unravelled: Lesser Known Facets of Rishi Vālmiki’s Epic

By: Ami Ganatra

4.41

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

No epic has moved the consciousness of millions like the Ramayana. The appeal of the story of Rama … read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • mythology
Cover of Dharma: Decoding the Epics for a Meaningful Life by Amish Tripathi

26. Dharma: Decoding the Epics for a Meaningful Life

By: Amish Tripathi

3.42

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

‘. . . Archetypal and stirring. . . Amish’s books unfold the deepest recesses of the soul.’ - DEEPA… read more

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  • mythology
"My goddess Saraswati, your treasure is unique. It grows when spent and reduces when hoarded."

-Amish Tripathi, Dharma: Decoding the Epics for a Meaningful Life

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27. The Valmiki Ramayana Vol. 1

By: Vālmīki

4.48

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

The Valmiki Ramayana remains a living force in the lives of the Indian people. A celebration of the… read more

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  • classics
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • epic
  • hinduism
  • mythology
"एवम् वर्ष सहस्राणाम् शतम् वा अहम् त्वया सह | व्यतिक्रमम् न वेत्स्यामि स्वर्गोऽपि हि न मे मतः || Sita to Ram: Thus, spending even a hundred thousand years in your company, I shall never find any sorrow/agony. Heave…"

-Vālmīki, The Valmiki Ramayana Vol. 1

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28. The Valmiki Ramayana Vol. 3

By: Vālmīki

4.49

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

The Valmiki Ramayana remains a living force in the lives of the Indian people. A celebration of the… read more

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  • classics
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • epic
  • hinduism
  • mythology
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29. The Valmiki Ramayana Vol. 2

By: Vālmīki

4.53

Format: 504 pages, Paperback

The Valmiki Ramayana remains a living force in the lives of the Indian people. A celebration of the… read more

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  • classics
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • epic
  • hinduism
  • mythology
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30. The Mahabharata: Volume 8

By: Bibek Debroy

4.33

Format: 600 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the aftermath of the war in Volume 8. Ashvatthama kills all the remaining Pandavas—with the e… read more

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  • classics
  • research
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • fiction
  • epic
  • hinduism
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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31. The Illustrated Mahabharata.

By: Bushra Ahmed

4.61

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Take a fresh look at India's great epic with The Illustrated Mahabharata and rediscover the lost ki… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • hinduism
  • mythology

14 must-read fiction books like The Mahabharata: Volume 8 by Bibek Debroy

Transform Your Habits

Mahabharata

C. Rajagopalachari , Vyasa

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Troilus and Cressida

William Shakespeare , Louis B. Wright , Virginia A. LaMar

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Diary of a Madman and Other Stories

Nikolai Gogol

4.35

Transform Your Habits

The Lais of Marie de France

Marie de France , Glyn S. Burgess , Keith Busby

3.67

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7 Top mythology books like Dharma: Decoding the Epics for a Meaningful Life by Amish Tripathi

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The Krishna Key

Ashwin Sanghi

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The Palace of Illusions

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

5.00

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The Forest of Enchantments

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.20

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The Hidden Hindu

Akshat Gupta

3.92

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