New year, new books: Eight new novels and short fiction collections to read in January

Sayari Debnath

· Jan 14, 2023 · 07:30 am

Children’s fiction: How will Noorie come to terms with her family and friendships falling apart?

Zainab Sulaiman

· Jan 13, 2023 · 05:30 pm

For young readers: A new book brings together stories of animals and birds from Indian mythology

Reeja Radhakrishnan

· Jan 11, 2023 · 11:30 am

New in horror: In an apocalyptic battle between good and evil, a young girl fights for her causes

Richa Lakhera

· Jan 10, 2023 · 05:30 pm

The remote village of Perumpadi is a land of sins and secrets. This novel is the story of its people

Vinoy Thomas

· Jan 09, 2023 · 05:30 pm

‘Independence’: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s limpid prose effortlessly evokes lessons from the past

Veeksha Vagmita

· Jan 08, 2023 · 11:30 am

‘Black River’: A genre-defying novel covertly raises questions of sociological, ecological decay

Saloni Sharma

· Jan 07, 2023 · 12:30 pm

For young readers: A classic Assamese children’s novel about a dog gets an English translation

Arupa Patangia Kalita

· Jan 04, 2023 · 01:30 pm

A group of young friends and their pet elephant meet Prince Jahangir as a boy in this new book

Shruti Garodia Archana Garodia Gupta

· Jan 03, 2023 · 11:30 am

‘Vacancy’: Ratnakar Matkari’s story is part of a new anthology of Marathi short fiction

Ratnakar Matkari

· Dec 29, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Fiction: In her final days, an elderly woman remembers lifelong horrors of misogyny and nationalism

Ranbir Sidhu

· Dec 27, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘The Book of Everlasting Things’: A novel that is gained in imagination, squandered by the prose

Shubhangi Tiwari

· Dec 25, 2022 · 12:30 pm

‘Through a Looking Glass’: These short stories paint true pictures of the fates of women in India

Shyamala A Narayan

· Dec 24, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Age of Vice’: Nothing good happens in this novel of power and corruption, and that’s a good thing

Sahana Hegde

· Dec 24, 2022 · 12:30 pm

Fiction: A writer’s letters to his young daughter explain how his hopes remain unfulfilled

Soumya Bhattacharya

· Dec 23, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Found in English translation: Vishwas Patil’s Marathi magnum opus on emperor Shivaji

Vishwas Patil

· Dec 21, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Travelogue and fiction merge in this new ‘travenovel’ about the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma

· Dec 21, 2022 · 02:30 pm

A new anthology brings together short stories about the Bengal Partition and its aftermath

Goutam Aalee

· Dec 20, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Goodreads readers pick their choices of 2022. Are your favourite books of the year among them?

Scroll Staff

· Dec 17, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Breaking Free’ explores conflicts of devadasis and their art but leaves readers wanting more

Aishwarya Dani

· Dec 17, 2022 · 08:30 am