New Books
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After over thirty years, John Grisham’s character Mitch McDeere returns in a sequel to ‘The Firm’
‘The Exchange’ sees the return of the protagonist and his wife 15 years after fleeing Memphis.
Scroll Staff
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‘The Lying Life of Adults’: What to expect from Elena Ferrante’s new novel coming this September
Her writing is subversively unforgiving.
Devanshi Khetarpal
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‘It was difficult to imagine that people can run a trade in organs’: Benyamin on his new novel
‘Body and Blood’, recently translated into English from Malayalam, explores the interstices between organ donation and a religious group.
Shevlin Sebastian
Trending
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Why experts fear Mumbai is building heat traps
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Shiv Sena MP booked for making Nanded hospital dean clean toilets
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No one spared in ‘NewsClick’ raids – young staffers, part-time employees, freelance contributors
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India at Asian Games, Oct 5 schedule: Antim Panghal, Saurav Ghosal and women’s hockey team in action
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Watch: Man dances inside Mumbai local train, railways ask commuters not to ‘perform such activities’
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Why is Deepa Anappara’s ‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line’ the toast of international publishing?
A engagingly written and thoroughly researched grim novel about India’s missing children seen through a child’s lens.
Jane Wallace
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With just two novels, Sally Rooney is fast becoming the definitive chronicler of millennial love
Both ‘Conversations With Friends’ and, now, ‘Normal People’ have established the growing reputation of the 27-year-old writer.
Neha Bhatt
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Stephen King’s latest novel wrestles with the question of how to be in two places at one time
Is it science? Is it a miracle? Is it supernatural?
Lloyd Strickland, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Actor Matthew McConaughey makes a song out of his new children’s book with Jimmy Fallon
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‘Butter chicken’: Australian cricketers reveal what they are looking forward to eating in India
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Watch: Lund University students, teachers celebrate Anne L’Huillier winning the Physics Nobel Prize
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Watch: Meet Conan, one of the stray cats who have joined the security team at a commercial complex
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Watch: Rare Sumatran rhino born in Indonesian sanctuary, bolstering conservation efforts
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‘I Do What I Do’: Raghuram Rajan’s book on his time as RBI chief will be out on September 4
Besides Rajan’s commentary, it will also include speeches that convey what it was like to head the central bank during his time, publisher HarperCollins said.
Scroll Staff
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Why Venezuela is caught in a vicious cycle of tyranny and liberation
Simon Bolívar’s eventual affinity for dictatorial rule has haunted the South American country.
Kajsa Norman
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Mark Twain's bedtime fairytale to his daughters will be published this year
'The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine' will hit the stalls on September 26 to mark the 150th anniversary of the author’s first book.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Watch: Ravi Teja in action thriller ‘Tiger Nageswara Rao’
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‘12th Fail’ trailer: Vikrant Massey plays a UPSC applicant
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Book versus movie: Bengali film ‘Herbert’ says if the source story is great, don’t tinker with it
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Start the week with a film: In ‘A Fantastic Woman’, a trans singer hits the right notes
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Watch: Gigi Scaria’s film revisits memories of meeting Mahatma Gandhi
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Arundhati Roy announces her new novel, ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’
The publisher, Hamish Hamilton UK and Penguin India, said it was an honour to be associated with the book, which has been in the making for 20 years.
Scroll Staff
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A new JK Rowling series, 'Stories from Hogwarts' appears to be out for pre-order
The three books are available in ebook format on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, but no official announcement has been made on them.
Scroll Staff
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child released in India after months of anticipation
The eighth instalment of the popular series takes the form of a script, with the play version being staged at London’s West End in two parts.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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India at Asian Games, Oct 5 schedule: Antim Panghal, Saurav Ghosal and women’s hockey team in action
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Watch, Asian Games: Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Jena win historic gold and silver medal in Hangzhou
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Watch, Asian Games: Parul Chaudhary’s late surge helps India to women’s 5000m gold in Hangzhou
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Watch, Asian Games: Annu Rani becomes first Indian woman to win javelin throw gold
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ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: Australia defeat Pakistan; Afghanistan also win in warm-up vs Sri Lanka