Here is a collection of titles that delve into the caste system in India that includes fiction, non-fiction, and history.
Books about the Caste System
By Coll Rowe | May 22 2024 | English Language ArtsSocial StudiesHistory
A Novel
9780593081259
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize
$18.00 US
Jun 29, 2021
Paperback
304 Pages
Vintage
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > People & Places by Group > Inclusive, Diverse, and Multicultural
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > People & Places by Region > Asia
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Class Differences
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Thrillers > Political
- English Language Arts > Literature: Comparative & World > Contemporary
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A Memoir of Surviving India's Caste System (Updated Edition)
9780807045282
“…a moving personal story and a useful educational examination of persistent discrimination”—Kirkus ReviewsFor readers of Caste, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates systemic injustice in India and its growing impact on US society
$29.95 US
Feb 06, 2024
Hardcover
264 Pages
Beacon Press
9780593427972
In this young adult adaptation of the Oprah Book Club selection and New York Times bestselling nonfiction work, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson explores the unspoken hierarchies that divide us across lines of race and class. Revealing and timely, this work will speak to young people who are engaged more than ever with the world around them, or to anyone who believes in a more just existence for all.
$12.99 US
Sep 19, 2023
Paperback
352 Pages
Ember
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
9780812979329
Winner of the National Book Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award, and PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award
$19.00 US
Apr 08, 2014
Paperback
288 Pages
Random House Trade Paperbacks
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Literary Journalism
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Narrative & Creative Non-Fiction
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Social Themes > Class Differences
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Social Themes > Homelessness & Poverty
- Social Studies > Anthropology > People and Cultures in the World > Asia
- Social Studies > Geography > Human Geography
- Social Studies > Sociology > Race / Class / Gender
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9781524738136
"Readers will be captivated by this beautifully written novel about young people who must use their instincts and grit to survive. Padma infuses her story with hope and bravery that will inspire readers."--Aisha Saeed, author of the New York Times Bestseller Amal Unbound
$8.99 US
Apr 14, 2020
Paperback
208 Pages
Nancy Paulsen Books
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > People & Places by Group > Inclusive, Diverse, and Multicultural
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > People & Places by Region > Asia
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Homelessness & Poverty
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Runaways
- Social Studies > Anthropology > People and Cultures in the World > Asia
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A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
9781524760076
A colorful portrait of India's new billionaire class and its role in a radically unequal society. Now in paperback.
$17.00 US
Jul 02, 2019
Paperback
416 Pages
Crown
9780141393605
The powerful story of an Untouchable in India’s caste system, now with a new introductionWith precision, vitality, and a fury that earned him praise as India’s Charles Dickens, Mulk Raj Anand recreates in Untouchable what it was like to live on the fringes of society in pre-independence India. Bakha, an attractive, proud, and strong young man, is also an Untouchable, the lowest of the low in India’s caste system. A sweeper and a toilet-cleaner, he must warn others on the street of his status so that he will not pollute them with his presence. In this urgent 1935 re-creation of one day in the life of an outcast, a violent encounter leads Bakha to question his fate—and to find an answer in the unlikeliest of places.For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
$16.00 US
Jun 24, 2014
Paperback
176 Pages
Penguin Classics
9789381182819
It is rare in human history when one man's life changes the destiny of millions. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was one such remarkable leader.
$16.99 US
Aug 06, 2019
Paperback
176 Pages
Campfire
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Graphic Nonfiction Biographies
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Social Activists
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Graphic Nonfiction > Biographies & Memoirs
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Graphic Nonfiction > History
- History > World History > Asia > 20th Century
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