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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
51 Samaveda 15k 34.0 14.1% Novel
52 Baka and Test 14k 34.8 100.0% Novel
53 The Law of Success 13k 35.8 23.6% Novel
54 The Pilgrimage 13k 40.2 15.8% Novel
55 One Thousand and One Nights 13k 22.7 17.6% Novel
56 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 12k 46.9 0.0% Novel
57 Digital Fortress 10k 28.4 4.7% Novel
58 The Vampire Chronicles 9.8k 28.7 53.6% Novel
59 The Urantia Book 8.5k 26.2 20.1% Novel
60 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 8.4k 22.1 0.0% Novel
61 The 39 Clues 6.6k 25.3 15.4% Novel
62 The Overcoat 6.5k 26.7 0.0% Novel
63 Meditations on First Philosophy 6.3k 35.8 10.3% Novel
64 Critical theory 5.9k 27.5 25.2% Novel
65 Up from Slavery 4.8k 45.4 60.1% Novel
66 Feminine Intuition 2.9k 37.4 49.6% Novel
67 Spamalot 2.8k 22.6 49.1% Novel
68 The Secret of the Nagas 2.2k 31.1 21.8% Novel
69 Moosewood Cookbook 2.2k 25.5 56.4% Novel
70 The Good Men Project 1.5k 29.8 45.7% Novel
71 Science fiction magazine 1.4k 31.3 31.5% Novel
72 Bruno Schulz 1.3k 47.1 44.5% Novel
73 The Cutting Room 1k 40.5 29.5% Novel
74 Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics 876 25.2 27.2% Novel
75 Madea's Class Reunion 791 21.9 25.2% 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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