Indian fiction
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May Indian fiction: Five novels and a short story collection to beat the heat
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April fiction: These six new titles show what life was like in the 19th century to modern-day India
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March Indian fiction: Three new novels and short story collections for a fun month of reading
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February fiction: A graphic novel and five new titles for this month’s reading
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Hello 2026: Six new novels by Indian writers to welcome a new year of reading
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December fiction: A new Amitav Ghosh novel and five other books to conclude this year’s reading
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Sci-fi: Journalist Sareng is covering a scientific breakthrough that could change humanity forever
Tanzim Rahman Manjira Dasgupta Soham Guha
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November in fiction: Five new novels and an anthology bring stories of a shapeshifting India
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Sunday book pick: Namita Gokhale’s ‘Priya’ is an unexpected socialite drama about a nation in flux
Sayari Debnath
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Sunday book pick: The tender preoccupations of an old woman in Anita Desai’s ‘Fire on the Mountain’
Sayari Debnath
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July fiction: Six books in translation and in English that present diverse stories
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Romance fiction by Instagram star Prajakta Koli: Avani falls for Aman despite their differences
Prajakta Koli
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Fiction: Maya oscillates between fear and superstition as the mystery of her absence heightens
Amrita Tripathi
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Fiction: Two journalists dive into the murky waters of a young woman’s murder case in Delhi
Balraj Juttla
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Jumpstart January: Six new works of fiction to start a new year of reading
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‘The New New Delhi Book Club’: A breezy read about the upper class’s struggles with the lockdown
Sayari Debnath
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November fiction: Festive days continue with these six recently published Indian novels
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Sunday book pick: The fabulous life of a Bombay spinster in Eunice de Souza’s ‘Dangerlok’
Sayari Debnath
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Fiction: Anju tries to save a marriage held together precariously by middle-class sensibilities
Selma Carvalho
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Fiction: Nena, one of the world’s greatest eccentrics ever, sets out to find her husband’s lovers
Shinie Antony