Books about the Indian Subcontinental Partition (fiction and nonfiction)

These are books, both fiction and non-fiction, dealing with the 1947 Partition that affected present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Books have been added to the list because they have been recommended by someone who has read them.
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4.03 avg rating — 346 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 962 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 12,999 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 60 ratings
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25

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3.71 avg rating — 2,613 ratings
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4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 291 ratings
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27

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4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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27

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3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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30

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39

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4.16 avg rating — 284 ratings
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42

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46

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46

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46

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46

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3.65 avg rating — 612 ratings
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3.81 avg rating — 1,267 ratings
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3.92 avg rating — 1,156 ratings
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3.58 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Comments Showing 1-4 of 4 (4 new)

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message 1: by Stevie (new)

Stevie Aren't Cracking India and Ice Candy Man the same book?


message 2: by Anurasika (new)

Anurasika Steph wrote: "Aren't Cracking India and Ice Candy Man the same book?"

Yep.


message 3: by Afzal (new)

Afzal Mahmood Stephanie wrote: "Aren't Cracking India and Ice Candy Man the same book?"
yes the same


message 4: by Lisa (new)

Lisa I have added some books recommended in this article at the Hindu Times: Where is Toba Tek Singh?: Rereading Partition literature by Sukrita Paul Kumar, 17/8/19, see
https://www.thehindu.com/books/where-...


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