Fiction
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New in horror: In an apocalyptic battle between good and evil, a young girl fights for her causes
Richa Lakhera
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The remote village of Perumpadi is a land of sins and secrets. This novel is the story of its people
Vinoy Thomas
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‘Independence’: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s limpid prose effortlessly evokes lessons from the past
Veeksha Vagmita
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‘Black River’: A genre-defying novel covertly raises questions of sociological, ecological decay
Saloni Sharma
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For young readers: A classic Assamese children’s novel about a dog gets an English translation
Arupa Patangia Kalita
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A group of young friends and their pet elephant meet Prince Jahangir as a boy in this new book
Shruti Garodia Archana Garodia Gupta
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‘Vacancy’: Ratnakar Matkari’s story is part of a new anthology of Marathi short fiction
Ratnakar Matkari
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Fiction: In her final days, an elderly woman remembers lifelong horrors of misogyny and nationalism
Ranbir Sidhu
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‘The Book of Everlasting Things’: A novel that is gained in imagination, squandered by the prose
Shubhangi Tiwari
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‘Through a Looking Glass’: These short stories paint true pictures of the fates of women in India
Shyamala A Narayan
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‘Age of Vice’: Nothing good happens in this novel of power and corruption, and that’s a good thing
Sahana Hegde
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Fiction: A writer’s letters to his young daughter explain how his hopes remain unfulfilled
Soumya Bhattacharya
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Found in English translation: Vishwas Patil’s Marathi magnum opus on emperor Shivaji
Vishwas Patil
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Travelogue and fiction merge in this new ‘travenovel’ about the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma
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A new anthology brings together short stories about the Bengal Partition and its aftermath
Goutam Aalee
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Goodreads readers pick their choices of 2022. Are your favourite books of the year among them?
Scroll Staff
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‘Breaking Free’ explores conflicts of devadasis and their art but leaves readers wanting more
Aishwarya Dani
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Football fiction for young readers: Can underdogs Maulsari Eagles win the coveted District Cup?
Mallika Ravikumar
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In this novel a human and a turtle embark on an unusual journey to discover the meaning of life
Samantha Kochharr
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A newly translated Marathi novel from 1857 shows the suffering of widows in Brahminical families
Baba Padmanji