The Greatest Books of All Time Set in New Delhi

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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
3637 Gods, Graves, And Scholars C. W. Ceram 1949 German German
6673 India After Gandhi Ramachandra Guha 2007 Indian English
6873 Povedal Mi Veštec Tiziano Terzani 2002 Italian Italian
8594 The Adventures Of Tintin Hergé 1929 Belgian French
8914 Staying Alive Vandana Shiva 1988 Indian English
9525 In Line Behind A Billion People Damien Ma, William Adams 2013 Unknown English
10499 The Second Oldest Profession Phillip Knightley 1986 British English
11442 Rich Like Us Nayantara Sahgal 1985 Indian English
11498 Azadi Arundhati Roy 2020 Indian English
11851 Chosen Peoples Anthony D. Smith 2003 British English
12122 The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein 2023 Australian English
13533 Gardner's Art Through The Ages Helen Gardner 1926 American English
14984 The Last Mughal William Dalrymple 2006 British English
15903 Constitution Of India Indian Government 1950 Indian English
15903 Neo Colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Ghanaian English
17130 The Veiled Suite Agha Shahid Ali 2009 American English
17130 Art History Marilyn Stokstad 1995 American English
17130 Churchill Roy Jenkins 2001 British English
17130 The Endtimes Of Human Rights Stephen Hopgood 2013 British English
17130 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17130 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17130 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
16781 India Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Padma Desai 1970 Unknown English
17130 Politics In India Rajni Kothari 1982 Indian English
17130 India Unbound Gurcharan Das 2000 Indian English
17130 India John Keay 2000 British English
17130 Portraits Of Power Mark Gevisser 1996 Unknown English
17130 Age Of Vice Deepti Kapoor 2023 Unknown English
17130 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17130 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2022 British English
17130 Sea Power Admiral James Stavridis 2017 American English
17130 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17130 Colossus Niall Ferguson 2004 British English
17130 The Climate Crisis And The Global Green New Deal Noam Chomsky 2020 American English
17130 The Tao Of Cricket Ashis Nandy 1989 Indian English
17130 In Light Of India Octavio Paz 1995 Mexican Spanish