Fiction
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‘Once Upon a Summer’ explores power dynamics in romantic relationships in the colonial era
Diya Sengupta
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Thriller: A guilt-ridden author seeks to confess his sins and find salvation from his book
Varun Gwalani
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Sunday book pick: How not to write a novel in Muriel Spark’s final book, ‘The Finishing School’
Sayari Debnath
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Translated fiction: Aditi is forced to stand up for herself when love and expectations are betrayed
Nimna Vijay Haritha CK
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Fiction: For Karno, meeting Devaki feels like destiny. However, she might not be who she seems
Sayantan Ghosh
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‘Alice Sees Ghosts’ by Daisy Rockwell: A compulsive read about deviant women and fractured families
Rahul Singh
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Sunday book pick: In Natalia Ginzburg’s ‘Sagittarius’, a scrutiny of the lies we tell ourselves
Sayari Debnath
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Booker Prize 2025: ‘The Rest of Our Lives’ is a dull journey with a middle-aged man on a road trip
Sayari Debnath
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Who are the worst mothers in literature? Readers pick their candidates
Suzy Freeman-Greene, The Conversation
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Short fiction: A middle-class woman’s hostility toward the garbage collector gives way to compassion
Catherine Thankamma
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Who are the worst fathers in literature? Readers pick their candidates
Suzy Freeman-Greene, The Conversation
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Young adult fiction: A boy goes missing at Valorhouse International, an elite boarding school
Bishhal Paull
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October fiction: Five new novels and an anthology to read in the festive month
Scroll Staff
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Mythological fiction: Uddhava, Krishna’s cousin, is sent to Radha’s Vrindavan for enlightenment
Bhanumathi Narasimhan
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Translated fiction: Lot, a foreigner, threads his life through shadows in infernal Sodom
Sarah Joseph Sangeetha Sreenivasan
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‘The Menon Investigation’: In Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari’s novel, there is no escape from caste
Sayari Debnath
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Thriller: Exhausted with motherhood, Beth receives a mysterious letter with only an infinity symbol
Lizzy Barber
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Short fiction: Two cousins prepare for impending adulthood, while their fathers brace themselves
Jim Wungramyao Kasom
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Fiction: Desertvadi, Rajasthan is a retirees’ paradise, but for Geetika, it’s a claustrophobic trap
Anuradha Marwah
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Fiction: Usha struggles to honour her husband’s last wish, shuttling between India and America
Sujit Saraf