Celebrate the season with a curated list of festive favourites, timeless classics, and new releases.

Inspired by the life of Pakistani nuclear physicist Abdus Salam, the novel is all about navigating dilemmas

The novel takes a compassionate look at life, love, and artduring the pandemic

A new book by Urmilla Deshpande andThiago Pinto Barbosa profiles one of Indias leading anthropologists, Irawati Karve, who lived and worked on her own terms

The author looks back at the 2002 Gujarat riots when she was a teenager

Exploring literature on climate and nature through the perspective of women authors helps to reflect on what it means to live ethically, responsibly and healthily in consonance with nature. The writers exhort stakeholders to listen to womens voices in the larger fight for climate justice

The Booker-winning author says her novel releasing next year will explore both the critical and beautiful aspects of being alone

The winning list includes eight poetry books, three novels, two short stories, three essays, three works of literary criticism, one play and one research

Most of these dictionaries shortlist the words to reflect the moods and conversations that have helped shape the past year

The author deftly balances fact and fiction in this intergenerational saga

This speculative thriller is not a patch on the dazzling array of doomsday novels

The actor-filmmaker, who has always challenged established conventions, on how life shaped him and why he was not afraid of taking risks

It is an apocalyptic view of the world, but the pop historian says his aim is to get more people to understand technology and use it wisely

Dialogues will be held in Bengaluru and Hyderabad in December, followed by the main event in Chennai in January 2025 featuring star-studded sessions

From sizzling Ssambol to nostalgic Ccrocodile Bbuns, Tasha Marikkars Jayaflava takes us through the vibrant local and culinary culture of Sri Lanka

Eighteen white-bearded men who resemble the late U.S. author Ernest Hemingway have arrived in Havana for the weekend to visit some of the his favorite places when he lived on the island decades ago

Bina Sarkar Ellias new book on Indian artists is a must-read this season, for its curation and little known facts

Photo book The Memory Keepers amplifies the stories of Goas heritage houses and its families

The prose turns out to be an outpouring of Merchants self-indulgent ruminations

Despite recurring themes, these poems present a shift in Thayils articulation ofloss,to encompass larger political ideas

Theres a bit of Michael Corleone inside Al Pacino, as we learn from his raw and untethered autobiography

With years of research and ground reporting, Rahul Bhatia unravels the minority experience in contemporary India

The writer has been honoured with the Erasmus Prize, 2024, for imagining the unthinkable. In his novels and non-fiction, Ghosh has put down in words the anthropometric nature of climate change, migration, colonialism, cultural possession and dispossession

In her latest novel, the writer and filmmaker embarks on an expansion of the idea of womanhood thats seldom addressed

Following last years review bombing controversies at Goodreads, 2024 has seen a fresh wave of book trackers

The sharp social commentary in this dystopian novel makes up for the meandering narrative

Sci-fi is never based on one society, explains Bhatia, as his new novel explores the connection between power and the urban landscape

In her retelling of Thomas Manns classic which turns 100 this year, Tokarczuk delivers an equally affecting if not more horrifying account of pre-World War Europe

A publishing house celebrates 20 years of books on caste injustice

With limited resources, high costs, and other challenges, why do authors and editors still turn to independent publishers?

Writers such as Han Kang, Svetlana Alexievich, Shehan Karunatilaka, Raja Shehadeh, through their stories on popular uprisings, nuclear disasters, civil wars, forced settlements, geopolitical tensions, ensure that voices of survivors and witnesses, individuals and communities, are not forgotten

In telling the stories of his protagonists, the author crosses many milestones in Indias history

Best-selling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has died, leaving behind a literary legacy

Barring some endearing moments, Aaram Arvindaswamy wastes the potential of actors Aniish Tejeshwar and Milana Nagaraj as the film suffers from outdated ideas

This is a gentle book about relationships and sorrow, and a lot of the action takes place within the characters themselves

The bestselling author brings togethercharacters from her previous novels, leavingthe reader hungry for more

The author surveys the intersections of gender, religion and politics in India

Syeda Saiyidain Hameeds memoir offers remarkable lessons from an Indian past of communal amity, reminding readers of other writers like Zarina Bhatty and Hameeda Akhtar Husain Raipuri who wrote candid stories about themselves and others who broke many glass ceilings

Pure Vegetarian is a timeless guide to South Indian vegetarian cuisine, blending traditional recipes, personal anecdotes, and invaluable culinary insights

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A new anthology presents the eminent poetswhimsical writings thatleave the reader both bemused and baffled

The prose anthology aims to transform the narrative around the late poet-authors life and work

This debut novel about a post-Nazi occupation society tells a rare story of the traumas of World War II

The expertly researched tale that movesbetween the mighty rivers of ancient Mesopotamia, London and Turkey might just be Shafaks best story yet

This anthology of great literary works of India, spanning 2,500 years, celebrates both the ghazals of Mir Taqi Mir and TulsidasRamayana

There are several ghosts in the novel and we can sense them even if the characters cannot

Despite some big names and anthologies hitting the market every year, the landscape for an English short story writer in India continues to be a jagged one

The International Booker-winning writer-translator duo delivers a well-crafted text with clear political messaging. Sadly, the human angle is missing