20 Top nonfiction books like The Fiction of Fact-Finding: Modi and Godhra by Manoj Mitta

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The Fiction of Fact-Finding: Modi and Godhra

By: Manoj Mitta

4.06

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

No instance of communal violence has provoked as much controversy as the Gujarat 2002 carnage. And …

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1. A Fine Balance

By: Rohinton Mistry

4.37

Format: 603 pages, Paperback

With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magn… read more

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  • india
"Time had changed the magical to mundane"

-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

"Marriage is like death, only happens once."

-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

"How starved they seemed for ordinary kindness"

-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

"the secret of survival was to balance hope and despair"

-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

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2. Em and The Big Hoom

By: Jerry Pinto

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In a one-bedroom-hall-kitchen in Mahim, Bombay, through the last decades of the twentieth century, … read more

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  • india
"What is it about the sea? Is it because it’s there?"

-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom

"Was there a drain?' 'No. There was no drain. There isn't one even now'."

-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom

"Home was where others had to gather grace. Home was what I wanted to flee."

-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom

"otherwise, she was Em, and most of the time she was Em with an exclamation mark."

-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom

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3. Mafia Queens of Mumbai: Women Who Ruled the Ganglands

By: S. Hussain Zaidi , None , Jane Borges

3.81

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Smuggling, gun-running, drugs, terrorism for many decades, Mumbai has lived under the shadow of the… read more

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  • history
  • india
  • nonfiction
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4. Everybody Loves a Good Drought

By: Palagummi Sainath , P. Sainath

3.44

Format: 213 pages,

The human face of poverty The poor in India are, too often, reduced to statistics. In the dry langu… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
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5. 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
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
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6. The Emergency: A Personal History

By: Coomi Kapoor

4.04

Format: 192 pages,

In June 1975, Coomi Kapoor was a young reporter at the Indian Express in Delhi, when Indira Gandhi … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
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7. Palestine

By: None , Joe Sacco

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Prior to Safe Area Gorazde: The War In Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995--Joe Sacco's breakthrough novel of … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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8. The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For

By: Alison Bechdel

4.50

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Fun Home -- the lives, loves, and politics of cult fav characters Mo, Lois, Sydn… read more

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9. Embroideries

By: Marjane Satrapi , Anjali Singh

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

From the best-selling author of Persepoliscomes this gloriously entertaining and enlightening look … read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. The Invisible Man

By: H.G. Wells , Дмитро Паламарчук

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a … read more

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"But giving drugs to a cat is no joke, Kemp!"

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion."

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently."

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"And there it was, on a shabby bed in a tawdry, ill-lighted bedroom, surrounded by a crowd of ignorant and excited people, broken and wounded, betrayed and unpitied, that Griffin, the first of all men…"

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

11. 2014: The Election That Changed India

By: Rajdeep Sardesai

4.00

Format: None pages,

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12. The Bookseller of Kabul

By: Åsne Seierstad , None

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In spring 2002, following the fall of the Taliban, Asne Seierstad spent four months living with a b… read more

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13. I Am a Troll: Inside the Secret World of the BJP's Digital Army

By: Swati Chaturvedi

3.00

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Social media in India is awash with right-wing trolls who incite online communal tension and abuse … read more

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14. Family Matters

By: Rohinton Mistry

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

Rohinton Mistry's enthralling novel is at once a domestic drama and an intently observed portrait o… read more

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15. The Adivasi Will Not Dance

By: Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

4.08

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HINDU PRIZE 2016 In this collection of stories, set in the fecund, mineral-rich… read more

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16. When McKinsey Comes to Town

By: Walt Bogdanich

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

**A NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive exposé of the world's most pre… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"One former McKinsey consultant wrote anonymously, ¨To those convinced that a secretive cabal controls the world, the usual suspect are Illuminati, Lizard People, or ´globalists.' They are wrong, natu…"

-Walt Bogdanich, When McKinsey Comes to Town

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17. Roman Stories

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

3.80

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is … read more

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18. How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

By: Jason F. Stanley

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Fascist politics are running rampant in America today—and spreading around the world. A Yale philos… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Fascist politics does not necessarily lead to an explicitly fascist state, but it is dangerous nonetheless. Fascist politics includes many distinct strategies: the mythic past, propaganda, anti-intel…"

-Jason F. Stanley, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

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19. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

By: John Carreyrou

4.41

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar start… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"It just feels like you want us to give you the formula for Coke in order to convince you that it doesn’t contain arsenic,"

-John Carreyrou, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

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20. Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

By: Shrayana Bhattacharya

4.29

Format: 384 pages, None

In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the j… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • india
"These women relied on Shah Rukh when they found the real world and all its pandemics and practicalities inhospitable. Because only the deepest dissatisfaction with reality drives us to dwell in fanta…"

-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

"Fantasizing about an impossibly idealized kind of love they’d seen an actor perform on-screen. Yet, all their real-world efforts were extremely pragmatic, often sacrificing the love they fantasized a…"

-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

"Critics often say that DDLJ, with its emphasis on patriarchal permission for young love, discourages dissent. This argument narrows the space for dissent by legitimizing it only in its most blatant, …"

-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

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21. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

By: Angela Chen

4.36

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attra… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Representation not only reflects, but actually changes reality."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"Loving another person should never mean forfeiting bodily autonomy."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"It is a failure of society if anyone needs to say “I have a partner"

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"Aces aren't a puzzle with a missing piece. Everyone is their own full puzzle."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

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22. The Tatas: How a Family Built a Business and a Nation

By: Girish Kuber

4.37

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

The Tatas is the story of one of India's leading business families. It starts in the nineteenth cen… read more

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  • history
  • india
  • nonfiction
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23. I Could Not Be Hindu : The Story of a Dalit in the RSS

By: Bhanwar Meghwanshi

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In 1987, as the Ramjanmabhoomi movement gathers momentum, a thirteen-year-old from a village in Raj… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
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24. Price of the Modi Years

By: Aakar Patel

4.50

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Columnist, author and political commentator, Aakar Patel has long been a close observer of the poli… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
"The creed of Hindutva that shapes Modi’s worldview says nothing original or new regarding modern government, if it says anything about this at all. It expresses a burning desire to make Bharat Mata g…"

-Aakar Patel, Price of the Modi Years

"Ganges, the Carrier of Corpses Don’t worry, be happy, in one voice speak the corpses O King, in your Ram-Rajya, we see bodies flow in the Ganges O King, the woods are ashes, No spots remain at cremat…"

-Aakar Patel, Price of the Modi Years

"The Union government from 2014 began systematic harassment and persecution of civil society. This harmed civil society but it also hurt India. NGOs provide the third largest workforce in the United S…"

-Aakar Patel, Price of the Modi Years

"Index: The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index9 Monitors: Civil liberties, pluralism, political culture and participation, electoral process Method: Global ranking India 2014 ranking: 27 In…"

-Aakar Patel, Price of the Modi Years

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25. Our Hindu Rashtra: What It Is. How We Got Here

By: Aakar Patel

4.07

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

India has taken so sharp a turn in recent years that the very centre has shifted considerably. What… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
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26. The Anatomy of Hate

By: Revati Laul

4.02

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The most terrifying truth about a mob is not that we can’t understand how they operate, but that w… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
Cover of Love Jihad and Other Fictions: Simple Facts to Counter Viral Falsehoods by Sreenivasan Jain

27. Love Jihad and Other Fictions: Simple Facts to Counter Viral Falsehoods

By: Sreenivasan Jain

3.80

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

Love jihad, Muslim appeasement, forced conversions—these conspiracy theories are now driving everyd… read more

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  • politics
  • india
  • nonfiction
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28. Don't Forward That Text!: Separating Myths from History on Social Media

By: Amit Schandillia

3.50

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Amit's book will be of immense help to sift actual fact from fiction. -s. irfan habib In this age… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. The Fiction of Fact-Finding: Modi and Godhra

By: Manoj Mitta

4.06

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

No instance of communal violence has provoked as much controversy as the Gujarat 2002 carnage. And … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
Cover of Undercover: My Journey into the Darkness of Hindutva by Ashish Khetan

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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
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31. Independence Day: A People's History

By: Veena Venugopal

4.17

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

"Seventy-five years ago, India attained its independence. What was it like to be an ordinary citize… read more

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  • history

16 must-read history books like The Fiction of Fact-Finding: Modi and Godhra by Manoj Mitta

Transform Your Habits

Mafia Queens of Mumbai: Women Who Ruled the Ganglands

S. Hussain Zaidi , None , Jane Borges

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Everybody Loves a Good Drought

Palagummi Sainath , P. Sainath

3.44

Transform Your Habits

Dongri To Dubai : Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia

Vikram Chandra , S. Hussain Zaidi

4.36

Transform Your Habits

The Emergency: A Personal History

Coomi Kapoor

4.04

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Transform Your Habits

The Wretched of the Earth

Jean-Paul Sartre , Richard Philcox , Frantz Fanon , Homi K. Bhabha

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State

Josy Joseph

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It

Kashmir Hill

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

4.45

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