What to Read After The return of a king
Readers who loved The return of a king by William Dalrymple keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The return of a king is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The return of a king
The Great Game
Empires of the Indus: From Tibet to Pakistan - The Story of a River
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty
From the Ruins of Empire
White Mughals
City of Djinns
In Xanadu
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom
Unfinished Empire
Afghanistan
Games Without Rules
In the shadow of the sword
The mountain shadow
From the Holy Mountain
The age of Kali
Empire of the Moghul
Indian summer
A History of the Sikhs
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Our Moon Has Blood Clots
India
The siege of Krishnapur
Curfewed night
The last Mughal