20 Top nonfiction books like India vs UK: The Story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic Win by Syed Akbaruddin

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India vs UK: The Story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic Win

By: Syed Akbaruddin

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the revolt of 1857 and the freedom movement to duels on the cricket pitch, India and the Unite…

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1. English, August: An Indian Story

By: Upamanyu Chatterjee , None

3.78

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

Agastya Sen, known to friends by the English name August, is a child of the Indian elite. His frien… read more

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  • india
"We are men without ambition, and all we want is to be left alone, in peace so that we can try and be happy. So few people will understand this simplicity."

-Upamanyu Chatterjee, English, August: An Indian Story

"Far away in a field was a farmer behind two oxen, ploughing, three slow spots in a landscape of brown and green. Agastya looked at him and thought, too many worlds, concentric, and he a restless cent…"

-Upamanyu Chatterjee, English, August: An Indian Story

"Land is important everywhere, all kinds of land. But you have lived in cities. There you cannot sense the importance of agricultural land, its the real wealth. Each of these squares and hexagrams cou…"

-Upamanyu Chatterjee, English, August: An Indian Story

"Yet one more encounter with new faces, he thought, as he watched a tree and a cloud move past in slow motion, and eventually this one would also blur into the others; all that would remain distinct, …"

-Upamanyu Chatterjee, English, August: An Indian Story

Cover of A Passage to India by E.M. Forster, Pankaj Mishra, Oliver Stallybrass

2. A Passage to India

By: E.M. Forster , Pankaj Mishra , Oliver Stallybrass

3.68

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, th… read more

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"Adventures do occur, but not punctually."

-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India

"There are different ways of evil and I prefer mine to yours."

-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India

"A friendliness, as of dwarfs shaking hands, was in the air..."

-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India

"I think everyone fails, but there are so many kinds of failure."

-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India

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3. How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century

By: Shyam Saran

3.97

Format: 352 pages,

Former India Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran has had a ringside view of the most critical events and … read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • india
  • nonfiction
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4. The Accidental Prime Minister

By: Sanjaya Baru

4.44

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 2004 Sanjaya Baru left a successful career as chief editor of the Financial Express to join Prim… read more

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  • india
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Burma Chronicles

By: Guy Delisle

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

'Burma Chronicles' presents a personal and distinctively humorous glimpse into a political hotspot,… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. 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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  • india

7. L'Arabe du futur 2 : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient (1984-1985)

By: Riad Sattouf

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Broche

Ne d'un pere syrien et d'une mere bretonne, Riad Sattouf raconte dans L'Arabe du futur sa jeunesse … read more

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8. L'Arabe du futur 3 : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient (1985-1987)

By: Riad Sattouf

3.91

Format: 631 pages, Broche

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9. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

By: Guy Delisle

3.50

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Famously referred to as one of the "Axis of Evil" countries, North Korea remains one of the most se… read more

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10. Chroniques de Jérusalem

By: Guy Delisle

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Guy Delisle et sa famille s'installent pour une annee a Jerusalem. Pas evident de se reperer dans c… read more

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11. The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir

By: Riad Sattouf

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

The Arab of the Future, the #1 French best-seller, tells the unforgettable story of Riad Sattouf's … read more

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12. The Devotion of Suspect X

By: Keigo Higashino , Alexander O. Smith

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husb… read more

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13. The Story of My Experiments With Truth

By: Mahatma Gandhi

4.29

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography h… read more

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14. Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential

By: Tiago Forte

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

>For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There has ne… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

By: Tim Marshall

4.20

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more

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  • politics
  • international relations
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"

-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

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16. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

By: Salman Rushdie

4.10

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply pers… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Waiting is thinking, and to think deeply is, very often, to change one’s mind."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"I don’t usually think of my books as prophecies. I’ve had some trouble with prophets in my life, and I’m not applying for the job."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"To have a room of one’s own, one must have money. (I don’t think Virginia Woolf ever went to India, but her dictum stands, even there, even for men.)"

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"An intimacy of strangers. That's a phrase I've sometimes used to express the joyful thing that happens in the act of reading, that happy union of the interior lives of author and reader."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

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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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  • history
  • politics
  • india
  • nonfiction
"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 Lover Boy of Bahawalpur : How the Pulwama Case was Cracked

By: Rahul Pandita

3.99

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

Inside the world of the jaish-e-mohammed – from the Parliament attack to the Pulwama bombing in Feb… read more

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  • india
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Cover of The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources by Javier Blas

19. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

By: Javier Blas

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more

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  • history
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"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"

-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"

-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

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20. The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read [and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did]

By: Philippa Perry

4.11

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

This book is about how we have relationships with our children, what gets in the way of a good conn… read more

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21. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017

By: Rashid Khalidi

4.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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22. Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi

By: Vinay Sitapati

4.38

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

Narendra Modi has been a hundred years in the making. Vinay Sitapati's Jugalbandi provides this bac… read more

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23. The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India

By: Vijay Gokhale

4.48

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

'Essential reading for all those interested in how India will deal with its greatest strategic chal… read more

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Cover of After Tiananmen: The Rise of China by Vijay Gokhale

24. After Tiananmen: The Rise of China

By: Vijay Gokhale

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

On a snowy day in January 1998 Xu Zengping, a Chinese businessman based out of Hong Kong, stood on … read more

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25. Tiananmen Square: The Making of a Protest

By: Vijay Gokhale

4.24

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

'I recall being woken by the sound of tanks moving down the Avenue of Eternal Peace. It was 5 o'clo… read more

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Cover of Pakistan: Courting the Abyss by Tilak Devasher

26. Pakistan: Courting the Abyss

By: Tilak Devasher

3.91

Format: 575 pages, Kindle Edition

Recent writings on Pakistan have tended to focus on the role of the Pakistan Army, the nuclear prog… read more

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27. India vs UK: The Story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic Win

By: Syed Akbaruddin

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the revolt of 1857 and the freedom movement to duels on the cricket pitch, India and the Unite… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. India's China Challenge: A Journey through China's Rise and What It Means for India

By: Ananth Krishnan

4.42

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

Ananth Krishnan first moved to China in the summer of 2008. In the years that followed, he had a ri… read more

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29. Pakistan: The Balochistan Conundrum

By: Tilak Devasher

3.81

Format: 523 pages, Kindle Edition

Balochistan, Pakistan's largest province, is a complex region fraught with conflict and hostility, … read more

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30. Pakistan: At the Helm

By: Tilak Devasher

3.86

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

Fascinating vignettes about the men and woman who ruled PakistanWhat did Muhammad Ali Jinnah say wh… read more

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Cover of BACKSTAGE: The Story behind India’s High Growth Years by Montek Singh Ahluwalia

31. BACKSTAGE: The Story behind India’s High Growth Years

By: Montek Singh Ahluwalia

4.37

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

Tracing the spectacular trajectory of Ahluwalia’s life from its humble beginnings in Secunderabad t… read more

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15 Top history books like India vs UK: The Story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic Win by Syed Akbaruddin

Transform Your Habits

How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century

Shyam Saran

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Accidental Prime Minister

Sanjaya Baru

4.44

Transform Your Habits

The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

Tim Marshall

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World

S. Jaishankar

3.96

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17 must-read history books like After Tiananmen: The Rise of China by Vijay Gokhale

Transform Your Habits

The Grand Design

Stephen Hawking , Leonard Mlodinow

4.06

Transform Your Habits

How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century

Shyam Saran

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Accidental Prime Minister

Sanjaya Baru

4.44

Transform Your Habits

An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India

Shashi Tharoor

3.63

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