Top 10 books must be read in India

 

Books come as life savers in every situation,  A room without books is like a body without a soul.” 
Cicero said.It always takes a lot of time to decide which book to pick as there are thousands of options available.A long journey, a sleepless night or a lazy day, a book can be your companion in every mood.
There is nothing stronger than the power of words.So save your time as we present to you the list of 20 gems of Indian English literature that you must read

 
10.The Private Life of an Indian Prince -Mulk Raj Anand

This Book is written by Mulk Raj Anand and Published in 1953 . This book is story of real life incidents which are beautifully converted into fiction.

 

9.The Inheritance of Loss -Kiran Desai 

The book won Desai various awards including the Man Booker Prize in 2006 and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award.This is first Book of Kiran Desai and Written over in 7 years period.

8.The Glass Palace-Amitav Ghosh

This book is written by Amitav Ghosh.This book is awarded in 2001 by Fiction at the Frankfurt International e-Book Award
This story of the empire, love and the changing society is definitely worth reading. This is best Novel.The story is set in Burma and focuses on various issues during the British invasion in 1885. 

7.God of Small Things-Arundhati Roy

This is Debut novel written by Arundhati Roy

6.A Suitable Boy-Vikram Seth 

This book is written by Vikram seth and Published in 1993. This book around 1349 pages in English languange.
The story focuses on India post-partition as a family looks for a suitable boy to marry their daughter. Seth’s follow up book A Suitable Girl is expected to be released in 2016.

5.The Interpreter Of Maladies- Jhumpa Lahiri

The stories are based on lives of Indians and Indian Americans who are lost between the two cultures. This Book is written by Jhumpa Lahiri and Published in  1999.
This books almost 15 million Copies circulated in the world.

4.Midnight’s Children -Salman Rushdie 

This book is written by Salman Rushdie.This book is Describe the Midnight’s Children portrays the journey of India from British rule to independence and then partition.This book is Included 100 Best Novels of all times.

3.A Fine Balance-Rohinton Mistry

This book is written by  Rohinton Mistry and published in 1995.The story of friendship and love that progresses among the characters of the book will keep you hooked till the end.

 2.The Guide-R.K Narayan

This book is written by R.K Narayan.The Guide is the story of a tour guide who transforms himself into a spiritual Guru and then the greatest holy man of India.

1.The Story Of My Experiments With The Truth- Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has always been a very prominent figure in Indian history.
'Experiments with Truth or Autobiography') is the autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ,covering his life from early childhood through to 1921
It was initiated at the insistence of    Sawami Anand and other close co-workers of Gandhi, who encouraged him to explain the background of his public campaigns. In 1998, the book was designated as one of the "100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century" by a committee of global spiritual and religious authorities.