The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Bengal

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
1087 Home and the World Rabindranath Tagore 1916 Indian Bengali
4626 The Opium War Julia Lovell 2011 British English
4686 The Gospel Of Sri Ramakrishna Mahendranath Gupta 1902 Indian Bengali
13337 River Of Smoke Amitav Ghosh 2011 Indian English
14787 The Autobiography Of An Unknown Indian Nirad C. Chaudhuri 1951 Indian English
14946 Freedom At Midnight Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins 1975 Multiple English
14983 The Great Partition Yasmin Khan 2007 British English
15897 The Agrarian System Of Mughal India Irfan Habib 1963 Indian English
15897 Nightrunners Of Bengal John Masters 1951 British English
17117 The Circle Of Reason Amitav Ghosh 1986 Indian English
17117 Elementary Aspects Of Peasant Insurgency In Colonial India Ranajit Guha 1984 Indian English
17117 Women Writing In India Susie Tharu, K. Lalita 1993 Unknown English
17117 Recasting Women Kumkum Sangari, Sudesh Vaid 1990 Unknown English
17117 In Search Of The Cradle Of Civilization David Frawley, Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak 1995 Multiple English
17117 The Other Side Of Silence Urvashi Butalia 1998 Indian English
17117 Midnight's Furies Nisid Hajari 2015 Unknown English
16765 Shadow Of The Moon M.M. Kaye 1956 British English
17117 History Of Modern India Bipan Chandra Indian English