Novels
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June fiction reading list: Six recently novels and short story collections by Indian authors
Sayari Debnath
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May fiction: Stories set in newly independent India, dystopian near-future India, and more
Sayari Debnath
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When classic stories get reinvented, can they ever be a success? Five get reviewed
Hetta Howes, The Conversation
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Four Haitian-authored novels that guide readers through the country’s history and reality
Marlene Daut, The Conversation
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How fiction can help business managers prepare for the uncertainties of the pandemic
Nada Elnahla, The Conversation Ruth McKay, The Conversation
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Hercule Poirot, still the world’s most loved detective, turns 100
Christopher Pittard, The Conversation
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Why it’s better to start reading James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ from chapter four than from chapter one
John Scholar, The Conversation
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Here’s what makes Assassin’s Creed one of the world’s best-selling videogame series
Tof Eklund, The Conversation
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‘Lady Susan’: Novelist Shashi Deshpande on Jane Austen’s novel of the femme fatale (and her oeuvre)
Shashi Deshpande
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Watch: Funny video recreates ‘vague dystopian young adult novel’
Scroll Staff
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What we talk about when we talk about writing a novel during the pandemic
Sayantan Ghosh
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‘I was unconsciously recording the seething intolerance and incipient rise of saffron in Bengal’
Shireen Quadri
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Ten and a half commandments for new writers (that go beyond the clichés)
Sean Williams, The Conversation
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It’s not just social media – spoilers have been making people angry since Victorian times
James Green, The Conversation
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Why is there so little time travel in Indian fiction writing in English?
Tashan Mehta
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Why ‘The Water Margin’, China’s outlaw novel from the 14th century, keeps getting modern versions
Josh Stenberg, The Conversation
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A reader’s guide to the fiction and translations shortlists of the Crossword Book Jury Awards
Urvashi Bahuguna
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The JCB Prize for Literature shortlist: This is why each of the five novels deserves to win
Harsimran Gill
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Twinkle Khanna on writing her first novel: ‘It is the story that tells you what form it needs’
Soumya Rao
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Sorry, Will Self, your report on the death of the novel is (still) premature
Katy Shaw, The Conversation