Fantasy or romance? Three books to read when you cannot choose between these genres

These three books combine the two genres and, in the process, break the boundaries of the usual readership for fantasies and romances.

Esha Datanwala

· Aug 11, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Four novels set in Pakistan for those torn between nations, languages and identities

Salman Rushdie, Daniyal Mueenuddin, Mohsin Hamid and Kamila Shamsie all write from that strange place of belonging and yet being lost.

Zahra Haider, Dawn.com

· Jul 28, 2019 · 07:30 am

No matter who bags the Booker Prize this year, women authors are the winners

A quick survey of the eight (out of the total of 13) longlisted books that are written by women.

Suhasini Patni

· Jul 27, 2019 · 08:30 am

Forget the usual mid-year reading lists and try this alternative catalogue from around the world

‘I want a book that can’t be disposed of, one that will take me somewhere entirely new.’

Amy McLay Paterson, The Conversation

· Jul 23, 2019 · 08:30 am

A literary agent lists ten books from outside the subcontinental mainstream we should be reading

Fiction from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Tibet and parts of India that sometimes gets overlooked, points out Amish Mulmi.

Amish Raj Mulmi

· Jul 09, 2019 · 09:23 am

The cricket reading list: Four autobiographies with more exciting action than on the field

All four players are part of the squad of their respective countries.

Priyali Prakash

· Jun 16, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Five books on work by French authors that you can read on your commute – to work

There’s no hope of escaping the daily grind as you read these books, though.

Amy Wigelsworth, The Conversation

· Mar 25, 2019 · 05:30 pm

#BalanceforBetter: A short reading list for the theme of International Women’s Day 2019

Featuring role models whom young girls can read about and look up to.

Jenny Bhatt

· Mar 08, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Women’s Day: Eight books that talk of being a woman in India, circa 2019

They have nothing in common besides the authenticity of their voices.

Devapriya Roy

· Mar 08, 2019 · 08:30 am

Ramachandra Guha goes beyond the #7booksIlove challenge to explain why he loves these seven books

I have lived a rather bookish life, a life of and with books, and it gives me great pleasure to share this list of seven books I have loved.

Ramachandra Guha

· Feb 25, 2019 · 08:30 am

A writer read 168 books in 2018 and lived to tell the tales of a few of her favourites

Writer Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan identifies the books that mattered to her in 2018.

Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

· Dec 31, 2018 · 08:30 am

Many of us read these five writers’ books in 2018. What did they enjoy reading the most?

What writers are reading is a handy guide for the rest of us.

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Dec 30, 2018 · 05:30 pm