Fiction
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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
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What to read in September: Six new works of fiction usher in the end of summer
Sayari Debnath
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‘The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao’: A clever reimagination of the Ramayana that terrifies and evokes pity
Sayari Debnath
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Three translations from South Asia longlisted for the 2023 ALTA National Translation Awards in Prose
Scroll Staff
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2023 JCB Prize for Literature longlist: Four translations, three debut novels. A reader’s guide
Scroll Staff
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Fiction: Chennai apartment residents lead a happy life – until a developer threatens to take over
Hema Sukumar
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Fiction: Revathi, an engineer, marries Ravi, an auto driver, defying her family. Will she be spared?
Imayam GJV Prasad
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Women in Translation Month: Travel the world with 12 books written – and translated – by women
Sayari Debnath
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Women in Translation Month: Fiction by ten women authors from Latin America to read in English
Sayari Debnath
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‘Unspoken’: A fictionalised examination of the moral framework of what infidelity might mean
Diya Isha
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This book of short stories explores modern lives with twists in the tales
Yashraj Goswami
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‘The Book Of Vows’: This retelling of the Mahabharata is aimed at today’s readers
Amit Majmudar