fiction
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‘My Beloved Life’ by Amitava Kumar: Truth, memories, and what we leave behind
Sayari Debnath
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In his new novel, Kynpham S Nongkynrih explores the nature of human existence and godly dispensation
Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih
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Fiction: A Muslim woman returns to her village to face disapproval after her Hindu husband’s death
Ismail Darbesh V Ramaswamy
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In André Aciman’s new novel, a group of friends visiting the Amalfi Coast encounter a mysterious man
André Aciman
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June global fiction: Six recently published novels with which to celebrate Pride Month
Scroll Staff
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Sunday book pick: A Jewish refugee in Bombay in Anita Desai’s novel ‘Baumgartner’s Bombay’
Sayari Debnath
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‘Parade’: Rachel Cusk’s new novel makes the familiar strange – and moves beyond womanhood
Jane Gleeson-White, The Conversation
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‘The Scent of Fallen Stars’: The prose shines with possibilities but the plot does not quite sparkle
Saloni Sharma
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Fiction: A middle-aged woman returns to her childhood home, and the people who changed her life
Parul Sharma
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Fiction: A Kashmiri Pandit family moves into new home but a secessionist movement changes everything
Karan Mujoo
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LGBTQ fiction: A disenchanted couple becomes entangled with a queer couple living their dream life
Laura Blackett Eve Gleichman
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‘Crooked Seeds’: Karen Jennings’s new novel is cautionary, political, moving
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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Mythological fiction: Radha and Krishna’s eternal love story gets a new retelling
Neelima Dalmia Adhar
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For children: Young detectives investigate why a dead woman has been found in a swimming pool
Shabnam Minwalla
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Featuring a paanwallah, this novel uses satire to comment on religion, identity, and freedom
Parashar Kulkarni
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In Coco Mellors’s new novel, three sisters reunite to stop the sale of their childhood home
Coco Mellors
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June fiction: From Kenya to Amritsar, these six new novels present the ever-changing Indian life
Sayari Debnath
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Sunjeev Sahota’s new novel ‘The Spoiled Heart’ spares no one
Mahika Dhar
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Fiction: An alleged suicide in Pakistan leads to deeper questions about the country’s blasphemy laws
Sohail Rauf
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Fiction: Gobind joins the Indian Navy to uplift his life and change his family’s fortunes forever
Harinder S Sikka