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10 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
10 posts
Best Books About Colonialism and Empire: Essential Reading
The best books about colonialism and empire — from Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart to A Passage to India and Half of a Yellow Sun. Essential postcolonial reading.
Best Books Set in India: Essential Indian Fiction and Literature
The best books set in India — from Midnight's Children and The God of Small Things to A Passage to India and A Fine Balance. Essential Indian fiction.
Best Indian Literature: Essential Novels from India
The best Indian literature in English — from The God of Small Things and Midnight's Children to A Fine Balance and The White Tiger. Essential Indian fiction.
Best Postcolonial Literature: Essential Reading on Empire and Its Aftermath
The best postcolonial literature — from Things Fall Apart and Heart of Darkness to A Passage to India and The Quiet American. Empire, colonialism, and their aftermath.
Where to Start with Rohinton Mistry: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Rohinton Mistry — whether to begin with A Fine Balance, Such a Long Journey, or Family Matters. A complete reading guide.
Arundhati Roy Books in Order: Complete Reading Guide
Both Arundhati Roy novels in order — The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness — plus her essential non-fiction essays.
Books About India: Essential Reading for Visitors and Curious Minds
The best books set in India — from Bombay's underworld to Kerala's backwaters, Partition to contemporary inequality. Fiction and memoir for every kind of traveller.
Gregory David Roberts Books in Order: Complete Reading Guide
All Gregory David Roberts novels in order — Shantaram and The Mountain Shadow. Complete guide to the Bombay crime epic series, with reading order and what to expect.
Where to Start with Gregory David Roberts
There's only one place to start with Gregory David Roberts — Shantaram. Here's what to expect from the Bombay epic and whether The Mountain Shadow is worth reading after.
Books Like Eat, Pray, Love: Self-Discovery Memoirs
Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir of divorce, spiritual seeking, and finding balance across Italy, India, and Bali has sold over twelve million copies and made self-discovery travel writing a recognisable genre. These books share its central preoccupations: leaving behind a life that no longer fits, finding meaning in movement, and the particular honesty required to describe that process on the page.
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