17 Best nonfiction books like Bullets Over Bombay by Uday Bhatia

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Bullets Over Bombay

By: Uday Bhatia

3.96

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1998, Satya opened to widespread critical acclaim. At a time when Bollywood was still rediscover…

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1. Shiver: Selected Stories

By: Junji Ito

4.34

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A best-of story selection by the master of horror manga.This volume includes nine of Junji Ito’s be… read more

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2. my Hanuman Chalisa

By: Devdutt Pattanaik

4.33

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Reflecting on one of Hinduism’s most popular prayer for positive energy Acclaimed mythologist Devd… read more

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3. 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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"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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4. The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore

By: Manu S. Pillai

4.28

Format: 1137 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1498, when Vasco da Gama set foot in Kerala looking for Christians and spices, he unleashed a wa… read more

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5. ആടുജീവിതം | Aatujeevitham

By: Benyamin

4.31

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

ലക്ഷകണക്കിനു മലയാളികള്‍ ഗള്‍ഫില്‍ ജീവിക്കുന്നു, ലക്ഷങ്ങള്‍ ജീവിച്ചു തിരിച്ചു പോയിരിക്കുന്നു. ഇതില്‍ എത്ര പേര്‍ മരുഭൂ… read more

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"നിങ്ങൾ സത്യമായും നിർഭാഗ്യത്തിന്റെ നാടുവിലാണെങ്കിൽ, പിന്നെ നിങ്ങൾ ചെയ്യുന്നതെല്ലാം ഒന്നാംതരം മണ്ടത്തരങ്ങളായിരിക്കും"

-Benyamin, ആടുജീവിതം | Aatujeevitham

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6. The Guide

By: R.K. Narayan , None , Michael Gorra

4.21

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

R.K. Narayan(1906-2001) is unusual among Indian authors writing in English in that he has stayed co… read more

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7. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro

By: Jai Arjun Singh

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

In the 1980s, an unheralded Hindi movie, made on a budget of less than Rs 7 lakh, went from a quiet… read more

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8. Mrs Funnybones

By: Twinkle Khanna

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Good morning, it's 6 a.m. and I am wide awake because the man of the house has decided that he need… read more

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9. The Bridges of Madison County

By: Robert James Waller

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The story of Robert Kincaid, the photographer and free spirit searching for the covered bridges of … read more

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10. 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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11. The Annihilation of Caste

By: B.R. Ambedkar

3.50

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

"What the Communist Manifesto is to the capitalist world, Annihilation of Caste is to India." --Ana… read more

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12. A View from the Bridge: A Play in Two Acts

By: Arthur Miller

4.36

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

America's greatest playwright weaves "a vivid, crackling, idiomatic psychosexual horror tale." --Fr… 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. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

By: Siddharth Kara

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times… read more

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"Now you understand how people like us work?"

-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

"Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how it even inhabits the same planet. Neatly arranged mountains of vegetables…"

-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

"Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected. The cost of labor has been nullified through the degradation of Africans at the bottom of an economic chain that purports to exonerate all participants of a…"

-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

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15. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

By: David Epstein

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What's the most effective path to success in any domain? It's not what you think. Plenty of experts… read more

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"We learn who we are only by living, and not before."

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

"Repetition, it turned out, was less important than struggle."

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

"If we treated careers more like dating, nobody would settle down so quickly."

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

"mental meandering and personal experimentation are sources of power, and head starts are overrated"

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

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16. 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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Cover of Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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

By: Josy Joseph

4.39

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

‘They were not expected to behave like the terrorists they were hunting. Even in the thickest fog o… read more

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19. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios

By: Joanna Robinson

4.22

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood…. T… read more

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Cover of Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux

20. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

By: Zeke Faux

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more

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Cover of 後遺症ラジオ 1 [Kouishou Radio 1] (PTSD Radio, #1) by Masaaki Nakayama

21. 後遺症ラジオ 1 [Kouishou Radio 1] (PTSD Radio, #1)

By: Masaaki Nakayama

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

...ha...ir......hand hand and.. ..an..d......fire..... ....be...hin...d......blood......u... ...sh.… read more

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22. They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

By: Prachi Gupta

4.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An Indian American daughter reveals how the dangerous model minority myth fractured her family in t… read more

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"We abide by their story because we think that is how we gain acceptance in America. But we cannibalize our bodies, our spirits and our minds to feed a hunger that never abates. We struggle under a we…"

-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

"The world we live in, which demands perfection and achievement, teaches us we cannot love ourselves as we are. The myth teaches us to think greatness always resides outside us instead of within us. W…"

-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

"We had each been raised to believe that every unknown could be resolved through willpower and intellect, a message reinforced by America's rigid conception of who we are supposed to be. The truth is,…"

-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

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23. 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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"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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24. South vs North: India’s Great Divide

By: Nilakantan RS

3.76

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Compare two children – one born in north India, the other in the south. The child from south India … read more

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25. The Education of Yuri

By: Jerry Pinto

4.13

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

‘We are born alone and we die alone. In between, we reach out to other people.’ At fifteen, Yuri… read more

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Cover of Stargazing: The Players in My Life by Ravi Shastri

26. Stargazing: The Players in My Life

By: Ravi Shastri

3.23

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

From being Champion of Champions to one of the world's top cricket commentators to Team India's hea… read more

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Cover of Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India by Suchitra Vijayan

27. Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India

By: Suchitra Vijayan

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The first true people's history of modern India, told through a seven year, 9,000 mile journey acro… read more

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Cover of H-Pop : The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars by Kunal Purohit

28. H-Pop : The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars

By: Kunal Purohit

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

" Can a song trigger a murder? Can a poem spark a riot? Can a book divide a people? Away from the g… read more

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Cover of A Place in My Heart by Anupama Chopra

29. A Place in My Heart

By: Anupama Chopra

3.69

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A Place in My Heart is a many-splendored thing. It is a listicle. It is a celebration of the power … read more

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Cover of Missing In Action: Why You Should Care About Public Policy by Pranay Kotasthane

30. Missing In Action: Why You Should Care About Public Policy

By: Pranay Kotasthane

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In Search of an Adarsh Indian State In India, public policies are all around us. Despite this pe… read more

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31. Bullets Over Bombay

By: Uday Bhatia

3.96

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1998, Satya opened to widespread critical acclaim. At a time when Bollywood was still rediscover… read more

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15 best-selling india books like Bullets Over Bombay by Uday Bhatia

Transform Your Habits

my Hanuman Chalisa

Devdutt Pattanaik

4.33

Transform Your Habits

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

4.37

Transform Your Habits

The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore

Manu S. Pillai

4.28

Transform Your Habits

ആടുജീവിതം | Aatujeevitham

Benyamin

4.31

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11 Best nonfiction books like A Place in My Heart by Anupama Chopra

Transform Your Habits

An Unsuitable Boy

Karan Johar

3.45

Transform Your Habits

Embroideries

Marjane Satrapi , Anjali Singh

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

William Dalrymple

4.20

Transform Your Habits

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

Eric Jorgenson

4.44

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