The Greatest Books of All Time on Partition

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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
64 Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie 1981 Indian English
2653 The Skeleton Amrita Pritam 1950 Indian Punjabi
2874 River of Fire Qurratulain Hyder 1959 Indian Urdu
3386 The Shadow Lines Amitav Ghosh 1988 Indian English
5135 Toba Tek Singh Saadat Hasan Manto 1955 Pakistani Urdu
5307 Ice-Candy-Man Bapsi Sidhwa 1988 Pakistani English
8298 Khwabnama Akhtaruzzaman Elias 1996 Bangladeshi Bengali
10007 Tamas Bhisham Sahni 1974 Indian Hindi
12076 Basti Intizar Husain 1979 Pakistani Urdu
13506 Train To Pakistan Khushwant Singh 1956 Indian English
14983 The Great Partition Yasmin Khan 2007 British English
17117 Looking Through Glass Mukul Kesavan 1995 Indian English
17117 What The Body Remembers Shauna Singh Baldwin 1999 Canadian English
17117 The Other Side Of Silence Urvashi Butalia 1998 Indian English
17117 Victory Colony, 1950 Bhaswati Ghosh 2020 Unknown English
17117 Midnight's Furies Nisid Hajari 2015 Unknown English
17117 The Pity Of Partition Ayesha Jalal 2013 English
History Of Modern India Bipan Chandra Indian English