11 Top nonfiction books like Guru Dutt: An Unfinished Story: An Unfinished Story by Yasser Usman

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Guru Dutt: An Unfinished Story: An Unfinished Story

By: Yasser Usman

3.99

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Guru Dutt’s filmography has some names which have long been considered as some of the best films to…

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1. 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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2. Mother

By: Maxim Gorky

3.97

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

1907. Maxim Gorky, pseudonym of Alexei Maksimovich Peshkov, Soviet novelist, playwright and essayis… read more

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"in music one can hear everything."

-Maxim Gorky, Mother

"Başımıza ne geliyorsa, korktuğumuz için geliyor,"

-Maxim Gorky, Mother

"ى يصبح لدينا أمهات يرسلن أبناءهن إلى الموت وهن يبتسمن؟"

-Maxim Gorky, Mother

"قد خلق الإنسان على صورة الله و مثاله و إليكم ما يفعلون به"

-Maxim Gorky, Mother

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3. Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond

By: William Dalrymple , Anita Anand

4.04

Format: 335 pages,

The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i Noor, arguably the most celebrated a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. கனவு தொழிற்சாலை [Kanavu Thozhirchalai]

By: None

3.67

Format: 230 pages,

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5. Sholay: The Making of a Classic

By: Anupama Chopra

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

National award winning film journalist Anupama Chopra tells the fascinating story of how a four-lin… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India

By: Shashi Tharoor

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In 1930, the American historian and philosopher Will Durant wrote that Britain's 'conscious and del… read more

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  • nonfiction

7. Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

By: Michael Bar-Zohar , Nissim Mishal

4.10

Format: 9 pages, Hardcover

The Mossad is widely recognized today as the best intelligence service in the world. It is also the… read more

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8. 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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9. Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew

By: Shehan Karunatilaka

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Some remember his impressive career stats ... others recall his on-field arrogance. Some say he fix… read more

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10. The Satanic Verses

By: Salman Rushdie

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

One of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, The Satanic Versesis Salman Rushdi… read more

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11. Fatherland

By: Robert Harris

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

It is twenty years after Nazi Germany's triumphant victory in World War II and the entire country i… read more

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12. Shame

By: Salman Rushdie

4.30

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

Librarian's Note: Alternate-cover edition for ISBN  Omar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers who shar… read more

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13. Kundalini: An untold story

By: Om Swami

3.50

Format: None pages,

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14. Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master

By: Sri M.

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The author Sri 'M' is an extraordinary individual. His uniqueness lies not only in the fact that at… read more

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15. Disgrace

By: J.M. Coetzee

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in post-apartheid South Africa, J. M. Coetzee's searing novel tells the story of David Lurie, a… read more

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16. Next in Line (William Warwick, #5)

By: Jeffrey Archer

4.18

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the ‘people’s princess’. … read more

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17. Tomb of Sand

By: Geetanjali Shree

3.70

Format: 739 pages, Paperback

An eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression at the death of her husband, then resurfaces … read more

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"Anything worth doing transcends borders."

-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand

"लगा मैं गयी तो लगा कि जा रही हूँ तो रोते हुए क्यों जाऊँ, हँसते हुए जाऊँगी ।"

-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand

"Daughter. You love her. You fear her. Now you see her. Now you don't. All women, don't forget, are daughters."

-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand

"That which is torn develops an increased capacity for insight and forbearance. A capacity to experience sensations that escape the notice of others."

-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand

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18. 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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19. Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat

By: Perumal Murugan

4.11

Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition

Through a seeming act of providence, an old couple receives a day-old female goat kid as a gift fro… read more

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20. The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4)

By: Keigo Higashino

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the… read more

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21. Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir

By: Farah Bashir

4.10

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

Rumours of Spring is the unforgettable account of Farah Bashir's adolescence spent in Srinagar in t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The house I would go back to would be bereft of her presence but filled with her memories. Our home, the little monument of memory."

-Farah Bashir, Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir

"I thought maybe if I looked ugly and less pleasant, the men would not look at me and I'd be safe. I wouldn't wash my face for days. I didn't want to look attractive in any way, at all, lest it invite…"

-Farah Bashir, Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir

"...the constant shifting of power had done its damage. I didn't know then, but it was the beginning of an apathy for my own self that would last for a long time. Our lives were controlled from elsewh…"

-Farah Bashir, Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir

"Why are people okay with not walking? Does Father not miss his daily walks to the shrine and his shop? What about Mother and her long walk to her parents' home? Does Bobeh not get bored now that she …"

-Farah Bashir, Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir

Cover of Club You To Death (ACP Bhavani Singh, #1) by Anuja Chauhan

22. Club You To Death (ACP Bhavani Singh, #1)

By: Anuja Chauhan

3.60

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

When a hunky personal trainer is found asphyxiated to death under an overloaded barbell at the posh… read more

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23. 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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24. The Last Courtesan : Writing My Mother's Memoir

By: Manish Gaekwad

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

" The 1993 Bow Bazaar bomb blast in Calcutta brought an end to the kothas in the busy commercial di… read more

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Cover of Manjhi's Mayhem by Tanuj Solanki

25. Manjhi's Mayhem

By: Tanuj Solanki

3.86

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Longlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature 2023 Introducing Sewaram Manjhi in this explosive no… read more

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26. Parveen Babi: A Life

By: Karishma Upadhyay

4.23

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Raat baaki, baat baaki… Hona hai jo, ho jaane do…’ Sensuous, glamorous and bold, Parveen Babi set … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Pure Evil : The Bad Men of Bollywood by Balaji Vittal

27. Pure Evil : The Bad Men of Bollywood

By: Balaji Vittal

4.48

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Sholay (1975): Gabbar chops off Thakur's arms with a sword in each hand. Karz (1980): Kamini mur… read more

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Cover of The House of Jaipur: The Inside Story of India's Most Glamorous Royal Family by John Zubrzycki

28. The House of Jaipur: The Inside Story of India's Most Glamorous Royal Family

By: John Zubrzycki

3.85

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

The House of Jaipur has been synonymous with exquisite maharanis, polo-playing maharajas and playbo… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of I Have the Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story by R. Ashwin

29. I Have the Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story

By: R. Ashwin

4.24

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

Ashwin is arguably the greatest match-winner for in Test cricket. The fastest man to 300 Test wicke… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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30. Guru Dutt: An Unfinished Story: An Unfinished Story

By: Yasser Usman

3.99

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Guru Dutt’s filmography has some names which have long been considered as some of the best films to… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Hero of Kumaon: The Life of Jim Corbett by Duff Hart-Davis

31. Hero of Kumaon: The Life of Jim Corbett

By: Duff Hart-Davis

4.06

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

 Jim Corbett became the hero of thousands of impoverished local families in the remote Indian regio… read more

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5 Top biography books like Guru Dutt: An Unfinished Story: An Unfinished Story by Yasser Usman

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Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir

Farah Bashir

4.10

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Sultan: A Memoir

Wasim Akram

4.01

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Parveen Babi: A Life

Karishma Upadhyay

4.23

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I Have the Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story

R. Ashwin

4.24

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The Test of My Life

Yuvraj Singh , Sharda urga , Nishant Jeet Arora

4.14

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Playing It My Way: My Autobiography

Sachin Tendulkar , Boria Majumdar

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

War Minus the Shooting

Mike Marqusee

4.50

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