9 best-selling nonfiction books like Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison by Jigna Vora

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Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison

By: Jigna Vora

4.07

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

Renowned journalist Jyotirmoy Dey-fondly known as J, Dey-was murdered by members of the Chhota Raja…

"I also realized that the media was ruthless enough to relentlessly chase one of their own if it made prime-time news."

-Jigna Vora, Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison

"A journalist may think he or she is breaking a story, but the journalist is seldom aware of the hidden agenda behind it. Journalists are often used by cops, politicians, gangsters and film stars to propagate their agenda."

-Jigna Vora, Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison by Jigna Vora , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. My Name is Abu Salem

By: S. Hussain Zaidi

3.64

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Mumbai has produced many dons—but perhaps none so colourful as Abu Salem. The flamboyant ex-aide of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
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2. Amritsar: Mrs. Gandhi's Last Battle

By: Mark Tully , Satish Jacob

2.86

Format: 358 pages,

Mark Tully and Satish Jacob , who ran the BBC's bureau in Delhi, here trace the long build-up to th… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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3. The Nidhi Kapoor Story

By: Saurabh Garg

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Two dogs and a cat are butchered at the home of Nidhi Kapoor, a leading Bollywood actress. Left beh… read more

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4. Dongri To Dubai : Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia

By: Vikram Chandra , S. Hussain Zaidi

4.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dongri to Dubai is the first ever attempt to chronicle the history of the Mumbai mafia. It is the s… read more

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  • politics
  • crime
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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5. The Room on the Roof

By: Ruskin Bond

3.68

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

The Room on the Roof is Ruskin Bond's masterpiece of adolescence and coming of age. Written when th… read more

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6. The Sunset Club

By: Khushwant Singh

4.06

Format: 344 pages,

The book The Sunset Club has been declared by the author as his last novel. The book throws light o… read more

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7. 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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8. Not Without My Daughter

By: Betty Mahmoody

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a … read more

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9. Ghachar Ghochar

By: Vivek Shanbhag , Srinath Perur

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

For readers of Akhil Sharma, Mohsin Hamid, and Teju Cole, a haunting, masterly novel about a family… read more

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10. 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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11. 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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12. Island of a Thousand Mirrors

By: Nayomi Munaweera

3.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A stunning literary debut of two young women on opposing sides of the devastating Sri Lankan Civil … read more

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13. Black Friday: The True Story Of The Bombay Bomb Blasts

By: S. Hussain Zaidi

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

An account of the biggest terrorist attack on the Indian city. In this book, the author takes us in… read more

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14. The White Tiger

By: Aravind Adiga

3.88

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Balram tells us t… read more

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15. Byculla to Bangkok

By: S. Hussain Zaidi

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

After the huge success of Dongri to Dubai, here comes its much awaited sequel, Byculla to Bangkok. … read more

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16. The Clothing of Books

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

How do you clothe a book? In this deeply personal reflection, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa … read more

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17. 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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18. 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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19. 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

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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20. 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
  • biography
  • memoir
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21. The Magicians of Mazda

By: Ashwin Sanghi

3.98

Format: 492 pages, Paperback

YATHA AHU VAIRYO ATHA RATUSH ASHAT CHIT HACHA VANGHEUSH... AS THE MASTER, SO IS THE JUDGE TO BE … read more

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22. 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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23. 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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24. 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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"-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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25. The Satapur Moonstone (Perveen Mistry, #2)

By: Sujata Massey

3.98

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

The highly anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed novel The Widows of Malabar Hill.India… read more

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  • crime
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26. 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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"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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27. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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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28. The Fox

By: Frederick Forsyth

3.82

Format: None pages, ebook

Most weapons do what you tell them. Most weapons you can control. But what if the most dangerous w… read more

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  • politics
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29. 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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30. Bihar Diaries

By: Amit Lodha

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Bihar Diaries narrates the thrilling account of how Amit Lodha arrested Vijay Samrat, one of Bihar'… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • memoir
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31. Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison

By: Jigna Vora

4.07

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

Renowned journalist Jyotirmoy Dey-fondly known as J, Dey-was murdered by members of the Chhota Raja… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
"I also realized that the media was ruthless enough to relentlessly chase one of their own if it made prime-time news."

-Jigna Vora, Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison

"A journalist may think he or she is breaking a story, but the journalist is seldom aware of the hidden agenda behind it. Journalists are often used by cops, politicians, gangsters and film stars to p…"

-Jigna Vora, Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison

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