🏛️ Politics & Society · India
Best Politics & Society Books from India
Political and social non-fiction maps the world as it is — its power structures, its inequalities, its contradictions — and sometimes imagines what it could be. India has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in politics & society, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best politics & society from India by editorial consensus.
#1
literary-fiction
The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga· 2008
★Nobel Prize in Literature★Booker Prize
Editorial Score100/100
#2
politics-society
An ordinary person's guide to empire
Arundhati Roy· 2004
Editorial Score38/100
#3
politics-society
The Enlightenment
Roy Sydney Porter· 1990
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#4
politics-society
Garbage Land
Elizabeth Royte· 2005
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#5
politics-society
Field Notes on Democracy
Arundhati Roy· 2009
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#6
politics-society
Churchill
Roy Jenkins· 2001
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#7
politics-society
The Rise of European Security Cooperation
Seth G. Jones· 2002
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#8
politics-society
Climate confusion
Roy W. Spencer· 2008
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#9
politics-society
Nancy Pelosi
Lisa Tucker McElroy· 2007
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#10
politics-society
Victory City
Salman Rushdie· 2023
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#11
politics-society
Trump / Russia
Seth Hettena· 2018
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#12
politics-society
THE LAST DAYS OF NEW YORK
Seth Barron· 2021
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#13
politics-society
The great global warming blunder
Roy W. Spencer· 2010
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#14
politics-society
Profiles in gay & lesbian courage
Troy D. Perry· 1991
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#15
politics-society
Routledge Revivals
(Roys Paul (Roys Paul Q Hirst Dec'D)· 2016
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#16
politics-society
Field instruction
David D. Royse· 1992
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#17
politics-society
Don't Trust Your Gut
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz· 2022
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#18
politics-society
Looking for the Light on the Hill
Troy Bramston· 2011
Library Journal
Editorial Score25/100










