fiction
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A task force races against time to solve mysteries from the Mahabharata to save humans in this novel
Christopher C Doyle
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s new novel sees India’s independence through the eyes of three sisters
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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Get over your fears. Horror fiction in Indian children’s literature is finally here
Rati Girish
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‘The Education of Yuri’: Moving and uneven, Jerry Pinto’s bildungsroman is lifelike and believable
Keshava Guha
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Six translators from four south Asian languages are the winners of the inaugural PEN Presents award
Scroll Staff
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Twelve people imprisoned in an empty hotel must choose between death and murder in this thriller
Varun Gwalani
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Not all Japanese crime fiction is superb, as Seishi Yokomizo’s ‘The Village of Eight Graves’ shows
Saptak Choudhury
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‘Tejo Tungabhadra’: Vasudhendra’s novel about two rivers is magnificent in both breadth and depth
Shubhangi Tiwari
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‘The Passenger’: Cormac McCarthy’s comeback novel is testimony to American history and its tragedies
Rahul Singh
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Nilanjana Roy’s new novel is a noir mystery highlighting community divide and violence against women
Nilanjana S Roy
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Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize announces shortlists across eight categories
Scroll Staff
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Janice Pariat’s new novel travels with four people separated in space and time but joined by plants
Janice Pariat
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Magical realism blends with personal history in a new novel about Bangladesh’s quest for freedom
Iffat Nawaz
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Children’s Day fiction: Girl in magical jungle answers tough questions to save her father’s life
Arefa Tehsin
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Tata Literature Live announces winners in all categories for its 2022 awards
Scroll Staff
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What is the shin honkaku sub-genre of mystery? How did Japanese writer Soji Shimada make it popular?
Saptak Choudhury
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Children’s Day reading list: 17 books for readers from the very young to those coming of age
Sayari Debnath
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‘Manjhi’s Mayhem’: A tightly-spun racy crime novel that has you rooting for a murderous anti-hero
Sayari Debnath
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Manu Bhatthathiri’s new short stories illuminate the dark corners of small towns – with humour
Saloni Sharma
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Bollywood glamour, interfering friends and fans come between star-crossed lovers in this LGBTQ novel
Minita Sanghvi