‘Inside the Mirror’: A coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s gets women’s desire for true freedom

Shivani Patel

· Jul 06, 2025 · 08:30 pm

Valley of Words Book Awards announces its 2025 longlists across eight categories

Scroll Staff

· Jul 05, 2025 · 01:17 pm

Fiction: Bibi carries the weight of untold stories and quiet resistance as she meets various men

Afsar Ahmed Kathakali Jana

· Jul 02, 2025 · 05:30 pm

Stephen Alter’s novel brings to life an older version of Rudyard Kipling’s young hero, Kim, as a spy

Stephen Alter

· Jul 01, 2025 · 05:30 pm

Sunday book pick: Husband vs best friend vs child vs career in ‘Goodbye Without Leaving’

Sayari Debnath

· Jun 29, 2025 · 01:30 pm

Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

Manjul Bajaj

· Jun 27, 2025 · 01:30 pm

Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride

Gurnaik Johal

· Jun 26, 2025 · 05:30 pm

For children: Poltu’s holiday takes an unexpected turn when a train full of ghosts pulls up

Sudeshna Shome Ghosh

· Jun 26, 2025 · 01:30 pm

Jeet Thayil’s new ‘documentary novel’: The restless lives of those shaped by separation across times

Jeet Thayil

· Jun 25, 2025 · 06:30 pm

Fiction: Abandoned by everyone she has ever known, Monica rediscovers her first love, photography

Vrushali Samant

· Jun 24, 2025 · 03:30 pm

Short fiction: Young Aarav and his mother try to return to life after his father’s death

Neera Kashyap

· Jun 23, 2025 · 05:30 pm

Climate fiction for children: Gogol’s friends have to leave as forests are cleared to build houses

Rajat Chaudhuri

· Jun 23, 2025 · 01:30 pm

‘What’s Your Price, Mr Shivaswamy?’ tries to gauge the true cost of wanting to own a home

Sayari Debnath

· Jun 21, 2025 · 03:30 pm

For children: Four friends are on a camping trip in a grand amusement park, but something is fishy

Neil D'Silva

· Jun 20, 2025 · 01:30 pm

Fiction: Will Sonali forget her bitter marriage and start afresh, or will she be happier on her own?

Shubha Sarma

· Jun 19, 2025 · 08:30 pm

For children: Ever since his father went to the US, all Vincent’s mother says to his plans is ‘no’

Mariyam Fatima

· Jun 17, 2025 · 07:00 pm

Fiction: A woman in self-imposed exile befriends the pregnant child-bride of a godman

Doorva Devarshi

· Jun 17, 2025 · 05:30 pm

‘The Beast Within’: A startlingly true-to-life Delhi Police drama

Sayari Debnath

· Jun 14, 2025 · 01:30 pm

Translated fiction: A young man trained to be an engineer finds himself herding his family’s sheep

Sannapureddy Venkatarami Reddy Narasimha Kumar

· Jun 13, 2025 · 05:30 pm

Fiction: Spanning 30 years, this novel follows the lives of six friends during the Gorkhaland unrest

Sanjay Bista Anurag Basnet

· Jun 11, 2025 · 05:30 pm