I had so much fun compiling April’s post about Russia (thank you for your feedback!), that I thought I’d create a reading list for my upcoming trip to India as well. In October, Simon and I are headed to Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, and Udaipur and though it’s six months away, I already have a countdown (love the Dreamdays app!). Below are the books I’m hoping to read before our autumn India adventure.
A Passage to India by E.M.Forster (remember loving it in high school, must reread!)
Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire by Alex Von Tunzelmann
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple
Love Jaipur, Rajasthan by Fiona Cauflield
(just ordered this beautiful guidebook on a friend’s recommendation! find more cities in the series here!)
A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur
East of the Sun: A Novel by Julia Gregson
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten by Pamela Hicks
Midnight’s Children: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah Macdonald
A Suitable Boy: A Novel by Vikram Seth
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India by William Dalrymple
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta
The Palace of Illusions: A Novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj, $3
The White Tiger: A Novel by Aravind Adiga
