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28 Best Historical Fiction Books That You Should Read

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Historical fiction is among the most popular literary genres for readers, and we can see the appeal – books that breathe new life into bygone eras as well as the people that inhabit it? Count us in! Here are top 22 picks for historical fiction novels that we think you’ll love:

The Map and the Scissors
by Amit Majmudar

WINNER OF THE TATA LITERATURE LIVE! BOOK OF THE YEAR (FICTION) 2022'You cannot force two nations to live together any more than you can force two people,' he says quietly.Fatima smiles, feeling a slight thrill of victory. 'Divorce.''Pakistan.'Two intense, inflexible…

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The Map and the Scissors
LADIES' TAILOR
by Priya Hajela

This is a story of Gurdev and his cohort, a group of refugees who travel east from Pakistan after Partition. It is a tale of falling apart and coming together as the world burns around them.Will Gurdev be successful in…

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LADIES' TAILOR
Hymns in Blood
by Nanak Singh | Navdeep Suri

1947, Chakri. An idyllic village on the banks of the Soan near Rawalpindi, surrounded by stalks of golden wheat and festive songs. Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs eagerly await the end of winter and get together to prepare for Lohri. Amidst…

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Hymns in Blood
Chronicles Of The Lost Daughters
by Debarati Mukhopadhyay | Arunava Sinha

When unspeakable tragedy befalls Bhubonmoni, a young widow, she must leave her village along with her brother, Krishnoshundor, and his family. Ensnared by the wily entrepreneur Nobokishore Dutta, they end up in an overcrowded depot near a port, soon to…

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Chronicles Of The Lost Daughters
Breaking Free
by VAASANTHI | N. Kalyan Raman

A magical storyteller -- SHASHI DESHPANDE'Doesn't this life strike you as shameful?''I am an artist. That's the only thing that matters to me.' Kasturi and Lakshmi are born into the devadasi clan. While Kasturi thinks of nothing other than the…

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Breaking Free
Life And Political Reality
by Shahidul Zahir | V. Ramaswamy | Shahroza Nahrin

Born in 1953 in Old Dhaka, Shahidul Zahir published only six works in his short life - but these are some of the most unique and powerful works of fiction to have come out of the subcontinent. With his own…

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Life And Political Reality
The Last Queen
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

'I am Rani Jindan, Mother of the Khalsa. That is my identity. That is my fate.'While we have all heard tales of Rani Lakshmi Bai and Padmavati, not many of us are familiar with another Indian queen.Daughter of the royal…

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The Last Queen
The King Within
by Nandini Sengupta

373 AD. In the thick forests of Malwa, an enigmatic stranger gallops into an ambush attack by bandits to rescue a young courtesan, Darshini. His name is Deva and he is the younger son of Emperor Samudragupta. That chance encounter,…

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The King Within
The Poisoned Heart
by Nandini Sengupta

'Deftly recreates the world of the Gupta Empire ... widely regarded as the golden period of classical India' - Sanjeev Sanyal461 CE.Skanda Gupta, the grandson of the great emperor Chandragupta Vikramaditya, is at the helm of the still-mighty Gupta Empire.…

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The Poisoned Heart
The Ocean's Own
by Nandini Sengupta

An empire that stretches from coast to coast is not enough for the son of Chandragupta. All he desires: to conquer the untamable oceans beyond.338 CE. A young ruler defeats the Naga kings of the north before claiming Kanchi in…

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The Ocean's Own
THE RADIANCE OF A THOUSAND SUNS
by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

Niki's determination to complete her dead father's unfinished book, his life's work, takes her from India to New York City where her pursuit of a mysterious immigrant woman turns into an obsession that begins to imperil her daughter, her marriage,…

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THE RADIANCE OF A THOUSAND SUNS
The Quarantine Papers
by Kalpish Ratna

As the Babri Masjid is razed in Ayodhya, brick by ancient brick, Ratan Oak stumbles upon a corpse at the Kipling House in Bombay. It is the beginning of an unraveling for him, of the submerged identity he has sought…

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The Quarantine Papers
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel

From one of our finest living writers, Wolf Hall is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel. ‘Every bit as good as they said it was’ Observer ‘Terrific’ Margaret Atwood ‘As soon as I opened this book I…

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Wolf Hall
Bring Up The Bodies
by Hilary Mantel

An astounding literary accomplishment, Bring Up the Bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists. ‘Our most brilliant English writer’ Guardian Bring Up the Bodies unlocks the darkly glittering court…

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Bring Up The Bodies
Mirror And The Light
by Hilary Mantel

‘A masterpiece’ Guardian ‘It is a book not read, but lived’ Telegraph ‘Her Cromwell novels are, for my money, the greatest English novels of this century’ Observer ‘If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?’…

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Mirror And The Light
The Wolf Hall Triology
by Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall Trilogy – Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light – traces the life of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power in Henry VIII's Tudor…

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The Wolf Hall Triology
The Twentieth Wife
by Indu Sundaresan

'The narrative alternates between seductive languor and racy action which capture the opulence and drama of the Mughal kings. Sundaresan delightfully combines history and juicy gossip' - India Today Mehrunnisa - the Sun of Women - one of India's most legendary and controversial…

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The Twentieth Wife
A Feast Of Roses
by Indu Sundaresan

'Indu Sundaresan has written a fascinating novel about a fascinating time, and has brought it alive with characters that are at once human and legendary, that move with grace and panache across the brilliant stage she has reconstructed for them' -…

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A Feast Of Roses
Shadow Princess
by Indu Sundaresan

The Mughal Empire is crumbling. With the death of his beloved queen Mumtaz, Emperor Shah Jahan slowly loses interest in everything, while his sons conspire and scheme to gain control of the empire. Princess Jahanara is only seventeen when the…

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Shadow Princess
The Mountain of Light
by Indu Sundaresan

The much-awaited new novel from the author of the bestselling Taj trilogy By the time Queen Victoria slipped the kohinoor on her wrist, the gem had travelled around the world, changing hands over the centuries from one ruler to another…

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The Mountain of Light
The Prince And The Nightingale
by Abhishek Bhatt

On the eve of India's Independence, Maharaja Uday Singh, the King of Ranakpour, urges his children to find their place in the new India as their 800-year rule on the princely state comes to an end. Stripped of his royal…

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The Prince And The Nightingale
Jorasanko
by Aruna Chakravarti

A sensitive portrayal ofthe hopes and fears,triumphs and defeatsexperienced by thewomen of the Tagorehousehold. in a sprawling novel that spans a unique phase in the history of Bengal and India, Aruna Chakravarti provides a fascinating Iaccount of how the Tagore…

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Jorasanko
Daughters of Jorasanko
by Aruna Chakravarti

The Tagore household is falling apart. Rabindranath cannot shake off the disquiet in his heart. His daughters and daughter-in-law struggle hard to cope with incompatible marriages, ill health and the stigma of childlessness. The extended family of Jorasanko is steeped…

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Daughters of Jorasanko
The Untitled
by Gayathri Prabhu

It is 1798 and Richard Dawson, an English painter, has arrived on the southern coast of India, looking for employment. Finding his fellow countrymen unhelpful, he boldly travels to the kingdom of Tipu Sultan to catch history in the making.…

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The Untitled
Cuckold
by Kiran Nagarkar

The time is early 16th century. The Rajput kingdom of Mewar is at the height of its power. It is locked in war with the Sultanates of Delhi, Gujarat and Malwa. But there is another deadly battle being waged within…

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Cuckold
Shivaji
by Ranjit Desai | Vikrant Pande

'The epic text of Ranjit Desai's Shriman Yogi finds new voice in Vikrant Pande's nuanced translation, an immersive narrative of the foundations of the Maratha empire and the saga of its charismatic founder.' - Namita Gokhale. Young Shivaji reaches Pune,…

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Shivaji
Zindaginama
by Krishna Sobti

It is sometime in the first decade of the 20th century. The British Imperialists have been in India for over 150 years. However, life in the small village of Shahpur in undivided Punjab has remained largely unchanged. The menfolk look…

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Zindaginama
The Weary Generations
by Abdullah Hussein | Abdullah Hussein

Published in 1963, before Paul Scott's Raj Quartet and Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Abdullah Hussein's Udaas Naslein was an instant bestseller. Now beyond its fortieth edition, it has never been out of print. Hussein leads us into a story of…

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The Weary Generations

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