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Top 84 Novels in India

This curated ranking covers the 84 largest novels in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Bhagavad Gita, Jurassic Park (novel) and ei samay lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.5M people. Across all 84 entries the average audience size is 166k, and the largest, Bhagavad Gita, reaches around 2.1M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each novel, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across India and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 84, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in India. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in India, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in India. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Book Lovers 90k 25.5 43.7% Novel
27 Torah 69k 32.2 25.7% Novel
28 Old Testament 67k 34.8 25.1% Novel
29 The 3 Mistakes of My Life 63k 23.8 33.6% Novel
30 Gospel of Mark 62k 38.6 26.4% Novel
31 Trade Me 58k 31.7 41.6% Novel
32 A Study in Scarlet 57k 50.5 84.1% Novel
33 Hatha Yoga Pradipika 55k 35.3 44.5% Novel
34 The Lottery 54k 29.5 24.3% Novel
35 The White Company 53k 33.7 32.2% Novel
36 A Streetcar Named Desire (play) 51k Novel
37 Travel Deals 47k 25.9 26.2% Novel
38 The Very Hungry Caterpillar 43k 40.5 56.9% Novel
39 A Christmas Carol 42k 29.3 27.6% Novel
40 Book of Job 33k 31.4 25.9% Novel
41 One Night @ the Call Center 32k 27.0 38.6% Novel
42 The Time Machine 31k 25.2 33.0% Novel
43 Sex and the City (book) 27k 36.3 8.4% Novel
44 Tirukkuṛaḷ 25k 31.0 43.1% Novel
45 Book of Exodus 24k 26.1 15.3% Novel
46 Of Mice and Men 23k 33.2 17.2% Novel
47 The Science of Getting Rich 23k 39.3 17.9% Novel
48 Lean In 19k 28.9 45.6% Novel
49 Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian 18k 35.7 38.6% Novel
50 Imperialism 17k 32.4 18.0% Novel

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 84 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across India and ranks each novel by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest novel in India?

Bhagavad Gita currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.1M people in India.

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