Fiction
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Fiction: A mysterious programme promises fluency in any language in only ten days. But at what cost?
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
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‘The Girl Who Kept Falling in Love’: What we talk about when we talk about love, and patriotism
Sayari Debnath
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Why new generations of African writers follow in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s footsteps
Simon Lewis, The Conversation
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Fiction: A Nigerian actor wants to make it big in Bollywood, but rude shocks await him
Onyeka Nwelue
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‘Study for Obedience’: This richly-written novel warns against turning a person into an ‘outsider’
Sayari Debnath
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Bheem and Hidimbi fall in love when he’s in exile. But they cannot be married for more than a year
Madhavi Mahadevan
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Fiction: The Big Man is dead. His party thinks the country is orphaned. What will happen next?
Aakar Patel
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Fiction: A real estate agent is a vampire, the house on sale is haunted, and its ghost was murdered
Olivia Blake
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Fiction: Dakshayani Amma must ensure her house lives on, but her hopes for an heiress are dashed
Sajita Nair
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Fiction: William’s dream of returning changes not only his destiny but also the land
Ali Akbar Natiq Naima Rashid
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Fiction: How will Kaya hold on to love as she fights institutionalised hate in volatile times?
Rheea Mukherjee
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Reading list: Winners of the 2023 Valley of Words Book Awards in English and Hindi languages
Scroll Staff
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‘All This Could Be Different’: This novel about a queer immigrant woman resonates universally
Chetan Mahajan
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October fiction picks: Six recently published books that tell stories of different Indian identities
Sayari Debnath
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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