10 must-read nonfiction books like The Book Of Dog by Hemali Sodhi

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The Book Of Dog

By: Hemali Sodhi

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

There's nothing quite like the incredible relationship between a human and a dog. From the moment w…

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1. The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

By: Hisham Matar

4.15

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From Man Booker Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Hisham Matar, a memoir of his… read more

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  • nonfiction
"What do you do when you cannot leave and cannot return?"

-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

"The past, like a severed limb, tried to fix itself onto the body of the present."

-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

"And I remember this man who never ran out of poems telling me once that knowing a book by heart is like carrying a house inside your chest."

-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

"Those who would later lament Seif and his father's (Qaddafi) regime are like a man who looks at the ashes and says, "I much prefer the fire"

-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

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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
  • contemporary
"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. Next Door: Stories

By: Jahnavi Barua

3.49

Format: 16 pages,

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  • short stories
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4. The World's Wife

By: Carol Ann Duffy

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Be terrified. It's you I love, perfect man, Greek God, my own; but I know you'll go, betray me,… read more

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5. 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

6. Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory

By: Aanchal Malhotra

3.78

Format: None pages,

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7. 7 Secrets Of Shiva (The 7 Secret Series, #3)

By: Devdutt Pattanaik

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Smeared with ash, draped in animal hide, he sits atop the snow-capped mountain, skull in hand, with… read more

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8. 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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9. 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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  • india
"The year is 1947. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

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10. 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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11. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

By: Satoshi Yagisawa

3.65

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

The moving international sensation about new beginnings, human connection, and the joy of reading. … read more

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  • contemporary
"It hurts to realize that it might be too late now for anything but regret."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

"And here I am spending a sleepless night in a strange place. We might not be far from home, but I feel lonely."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

"No es cuestión de ser expertos o novatos. Si lo plantea así, ni siquiera yo lo soy tanto. Lo importante es sentir emociones al toparse con un libro."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

"In my dream, I was an android maid living in a city in the not-so- distant future. In that neighbourhood, all the buildings were made of used books."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

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12. The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a charming, joyful cozy crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing de… read more

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  • india
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13. Whole Numbers and Half Truths

By: Rukmini S.

4.22

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

How do you see India? Fuelled by a surge of migration to cities, the country's growth appears to… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • india
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14. Weasels in the Attic

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.43

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious work that explore… read more

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  • short stories
  • contemporary
"We meet at school, or work, or maybe a store. Wherever it is, there's just a random group of individuals, right? Within that group, you find your mate. If you were in a different group, you' d end up…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, Weasels in the Attic

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15. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

By: Hwang Bo-Reum

4.02

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Yeongju is burned out. With her high-­flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, sh… read more

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  • contemporary
"Why? Because we only get one shot in life, and we're living it now."

-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."

-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day'."

-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be a success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."

-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

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16. The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

By: Hisashi Kashiwai

3.70

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series f… read more

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  • contemporary
"Ah, Setchubai. "Plum Blossoms in the Snow." Perfect, and not just because of the name. It's a little sweet, but it'll go very well with the hotpot."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"We get used to things too easily. You think something's tasty the first time you eat it, but then you start taking it for granted. Never forget your first impressions."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"It's Swatow lace, I believe-- beautiful, isn't it? The design is titled "The Disc of the Moon"-- apparently it was inspired by the poem "Midnight Song" by the Tang-era poet Li Bai. I looked it up, an…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"Miyajima oysters, simmered Kurama-style, miso-glazed baked butterburs with millet cake, bracken and bamboo shoot stew, chargrilled moroko, breast of Kyoto-reared chicken with a wasabi dressing, and v…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

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17. The Visit (Black Stars, #1)

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

3.95

Format: 20 pages, Kindle Edition

As a powerful matriarchy reshapes the world, two men—old friends—confront the past and future in a … read more

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  • short stories
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18. 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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  • india
"-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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19. Dava Shastri's Last Day

By: Kirthana Ramisetti

3.49

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A dying billionaire matriarch leaks news of her death early so she can examine her legacy—a decisio… read more

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  • contemporary
"And then maybe like a few months after the divorce, I read an amazing quote: 'Compatibility is an achievement of love. It shouldn't be its precondition.' Well, that hit me in the gut."

-Kirthana Ramisetti, Dava Shastri's Last Day

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20. The Couple Across the Street

By: Anita Waller

3.67

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

A darkness settles on this supposedly quiet street... When Clare becomes a widow, her response i… read more

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21. 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
  • contemporary
"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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22. The Fast and the Dead (ACP Bhavani Singh, #2)

By: Anuja Chauhan

3.72

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

All of Habba Galli, Shivajinagar, is disturbed when eccentric Dondi Pais empties her double-barrell… read more

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23. 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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  • india
"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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24. I Came Upon a Lighthouse: A Short Memoir Of Life With Ratan Tata

By: Shantanu Naidu

4.44

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

An endearing portrait of an Indian legend I told him that when I write a book, I would write abo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • india
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25. 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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  • nonfiction
  • india
Cover of Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

26. Zikora

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.27

Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition

The emotional storms weathered by a mother and daughter yield a profound new understanding in a mov… read more

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  • short stories
  • contemporary
"You can’t nice your way to being loved."

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zikora

"Some kindnesses you do not ever forget. You carry them to your grave, held warmly somewhere, brought up and savored from time to time."

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zikora

"Respect: a starched deference, a string of ashen rituals. It was my mother who sat beside my father at weddings and ceremonies; it was her photo that appeared above the label of “wife"

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zikora

"If he was going to have a child, of course he should have a say, but how much of a say, since the body was mine, since in creating a child, Nature demanded so much of the woman and so little of the m…"

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zikora

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27. Small Deaths

By: Rijula Das

3.51

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

A staggering debut novel of murder, loyalty, love, and survival at all costs, set in the teeming un… read more

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  • india
  • contemporary
Cover of Welcome to Paradise by Twinkle Khanna

28. Welcome to Paradise

By: Twinkle Khanna

3.59

Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition

Rich narratives that explore the depth of loneliness, heartbreak and deception. Huma’s divided fami… read more

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  • short stories
Cover of Tongue-in-Cheek: The Funny Side of Life by Khyrunnisa A.

29. Tongue-in-Cheek: The Funny Side of Life

By: Khyrunnisa A.

3.88

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

A fun collection of short articles that deals with everyday experiences in a humorous fashion, Tong… read more

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  • short stories
  • nonfiction
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30. The People of the Indus

By: Nikhil Gulati

4.35

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Who were the people of the Indus? Why didn't they build pyramids like the Egyptians? And ultimat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • india
Cover of The Book Of Dog by Hemali Sodhi

31. The Book Of Dog

By: Hemali Sodhi

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

There's nothing quite like the incredible relationship between a human and a dog. From the moment w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • short stories
  • india
  • contemporary

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3.65

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3.43

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Vaseem Khan

4.05

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Vaseem Khan

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Vaseem Khan

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Anthony Horowitz

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