Fiction
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‘Mad Sisters of Esi’: A fantasy that runs smoothly on a dynamic form, emotions, and opaque magic
Sahana Hegde
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Millie Bobby Brown’s debut novel is a bestseller. Why does it matter that the actor didn’t write it?
Amber Gwynne, The Conversation
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Fiction: When Myung flees the whale of babel, she stumbles into a new universe and new adventures
Tashan Mehta
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Fiction: The neighbours seem like the perfect couple until one day when the wife goes missing
Girish Dutt Shukla
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‘Animal Farm’ retold: A new novel examines politics in the Internet age through a farmyard satire
Adam Biles
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How reading ‘dark academia’ novels can help new students feel more at home at university
Caron Gentry, The Conversation
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For children: When Mahalaxmi can’t go on the class trip to Mysore, Ira knows she has to help
Niyatee Sharma
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‘Days at the Morisaki Bookshop’: An optimistic novel about the life-changing power of books
Aditi Yadav
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Romance fiction: Will two warring journalists bury the ghosts of the past to rekindle their love?
Prajwal Hegde
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Fiction: Rumours say an ex-army chief is staging a military coup. How will the government respond?
Ajaybir Singh Garkal
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In fiction: The great cloudburst and landslide of September 18, 1880 in Nainital
Namita Gokhale
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‘The Song of Distant Bulbuls’ is a tender ode to love and a woman’s right to decide for herself
Akankshya Abismruta
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‘Tall Tales by a Small Dog’: A mongrel’s observations on small-town India are funny, witty, visceral
Maaz Bin Bilal
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From entrepreneurship chronicler Rashmi Bansal: A new book of (very) short stories
Rashmi Bansal
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Sudeep Nagarkar’s romantic thriller: Nandini has just awoken from a coma. Was it just an accident?
Sudeep Nagarkar
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Fiction: What can a journalist do when her story on tiger conservation takes a dramatic turn?
Gargi Rawat
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‘Assassin’: Using demonetisation as a leitmotif, KR Meera’s novel examines the many flaws of India
Saloni Sharma
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‘The Fraud’: Zadie Smith’s new novel is a dazzling depiction of Victorian colonial England
Leighan M Renaud, The Conversation
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Fiction: Marianne is fixated on her mother’s disappearance and the secrets she thinks her father has
Siân Hughes
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Fiction: What secrets must Mughal painter Mansur confront to ensure his art remains secret and safe?
Vikramajit Ram