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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Oath of the Vayuputras
Amish Tripathi · 575 pages
Shiva is gathering his forces. He reaches the Naga capital, Panchavati, and Evil is finally revealed. The Neelkanth prepares for a holy war against his true enemy, a man whose name instils dread in the fiercest of warriors. India convulses under the onslaught of a series of brutal battles. It's a war for the very soul of the nation. Many will die. But Shiva must not fail, no matter what the co
Arjuna: Saga of a Pandava Warrior-Prince
Anuja Chandramouli · 364 pages
The Ramayana: A Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic
Valmiki, Ramesh Menon · 539 pages
Rise of Kali: Duryodhana's Mahabharata
Anand Neelakantan · 534 pages
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James · 640 pages
The Guardians of the Halahala
Shatrujeet Nath · 410 pages
The Pregnant King
Devdutt Pattanaik · 349 pages
Novel on Yuvanashva, a childless king from Mahabharata.
Bhima Lone Warrior
M.T. Vasudevan Nair · 392 pages
Ramayana: Divine Loophole
Sanjay Patel · 184 pages
Artist and veteran Pixar animator Sanjay Patel lends a lush, whimsical illustration style and lighthearted voice to one of Hindu mythology's best-loved and most enduring tales. Teeming with powerful deities, love-struck monsters, flying monkey gods, magic weapons, demon armies, and divine love, Ramayana tells the story of Rama, a god-turned-prince, and his quest to rescue his wife Sita after she i
The Empire of Gold
S. A. Chakraborty · 830 pages
“No series since George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire has quite captured both palace intrigue and the way that tribal infighting and war hurt the vulnerable the most.” —Paste Magazine The final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy, in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join forces to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war. Daevabad has
The Palace of Illusions
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · 372 pages
A reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharat--told from the point of view of the wife of an amazing woman.Relevant to today's war-torn world, The Palace of Illusions takes us back to a time that is half history, half myth, and wholly magical. Narrated by Panchaali, the wife of the legendary Pandavas brothers in the Mahabharat, the novel gives us a new interpretation of this ancien
The Kindly Ones
Neil Gaiman · 352 pages
In the longest Sandman story, Morpheus becomes the prey of the Furies--avenging spirits who torment those who spill family blood. A journey both begins and ends for the Lord of Dreams as threads and pieces building since the beginning of the series finally come together in a thrilling climax that forever changes the world of The Sandman. One of the most popular and critically acclaimed graphic
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
R.K. Narayan · 171 pages
A retelling of the Tamil epic poem which records Prince Rama's search for his abducted sweetheart, Sita.
Toads and Diamonds
Heather Tomlinson · 288 pages
A retelling of the Perrault fairy tale set in pre-colonial India, in which two stepsisters receive gifts from a goddess and each walks her own path to find her gift's purpose, discovering romance along the way.
The Children of Húrin
J.R.R. Tolkien · 320 pages
The ‘Great Tale’ of The Children of Húrin, set during the legendary time before The Lord of the Rings. Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Turin and his sister Nienor will be tragically entwined. Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by
Lord of Light
Roger Zelazny · 261 pages
A colony of humankind is subjugated by the First Colonists, the crew of the starship that brought them to their new home 1000 years before. They have taken control of ancient technologies and enhanced themselves with godlike psychic powers and virtual immortality. Adopting the panoply of the venerable Hindu religion, they live lives as its Gods, surrounded by advanced technology within the trappin
Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar · 256 pages