Reading South Asia 2024 - hosted by bbansal

This book is a fossil.
Either a book written more than 100 years ago, or a history/historical fiction book set pre-1947. 
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Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Independence

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

275 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional informative medium-paced
The Book of Everlasting Things by Aanchal Malhotra

The Book of Everlasting Things

Aanchal Malhotra

469 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional medium-paced
Loot by Tania James

Loot

Tania James

294 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Shehan Karunatilaka

14 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary magical realism challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Tears of the Begums: Stories of Survivors of the Uprising of 1857 by Khwaja Hasan Nizami

Tears of the Begums: Stories of Survivors of the Uprising of 1857

Khwaja Hasan Nizami

244 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction historical history
Chokher Bali by Rabindranath Tagore

Chokher Bali

Rabindranath Tagore

298 pages • first pub 1902 (editions)

fiction classics emotional medium-paced
The Englishman's Cameo by Madhulika Liddle

The Englishman's Cameo

Muzaffar Jang #1

Madhulika Liddle

281 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious medium-paced
Gora by Rabindranath Tagore

Gora

Rabindranath Tagore

580 pages • first pub 1910 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India by Supriya Gandhi

The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India

Supriya Gandhi

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire by Ira Mukhoty

Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire

Ira Mukhoty

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction historical history challenging informative slow-paced