Fiction
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‘Gunboy’: A Bombay underworld novel that falls a little short of the depth it demands
Atharva Pandit
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Sunday book pick: A schoolboy’s skiing holiday goes horribly wrong in the 1995 novella, ‘Class Trip’
Sayari Debnath
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‘Parting’ by Sebastian Haffner: A forgotten German novel of the early 1930s that became a bestseller
Andrea Hammel, The Conversation
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‘The Elsewhereans’ by Jeet Thayil travels through timelines, ingeniously connects places and events
Saloni Sharma
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Fiction: Two cousins in Nepal face the challenges of pending womanhood in a country of men
Monica Rana
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Urdu short story: ‘What kind of nationalism is it to live in India and have an Arabic name?’
Kanhaiyalal Kapoor Rakhshanda Jalil
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Thriller: Among New York’s high-end restaurants, one chef will cook anything to come out on top
K Anis Ahmed
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‘Tiger Lessons’: A compelling novel about the shared existence of humans and animals in the forests
Diya Sengupta
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July global fiction: Six new novels in English (and translation) to read as summer ends
Scroll Staff
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‘A New World Romance’: Schism between mind and soul forms the crux of this modern meditation on love
Sonakshi Srivastava
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Fiction: A boy ends up in a burns ward. His mother and sister have their versions of what happened
Krupa Ge
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Fiction: Ollie has a strong sense of smell. Her life changes when she moves into her ancestral home
Hemangini Dutt Majumder
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How Agatha Christie’s mid-century ‘manosphere’ reveals a different kind of dysfunctional male
Gill Plain, The Conversation
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Fiction: When the enigmatic artist Mira dies suddenly, her nurse, Sona, comes under suspicion
Alka Joshi
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Fiction: A woman has inherited a bungalow from her grandfather, but it bears memories of violence
Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew
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‘Inside the Mirror’: A coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s gets women’s desire for true freedom
Shivani Patel
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Valley of Words Book Awards announces its 2025 longlists across eight categories
Scroll Staff
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Fiction: Bibi carries the weight of untold stories and quiet resistance as she meets various men
Afsar Ahmed Kathakali Jana
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Stephen Alter’s novel brings to life an older version of Rudyard Kipling’s young hero, Kim, as a spy
Stephen Alter
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Sunday book pick: Husband vs best friend vs child vs career in ‘Goodbye Without Leaving’
Sayari Debnath