Fiction

Valentine's Day 2022: Read these six Indian books on queer fiction, from The Other Man to Ritu Weds Chandni

These queer books will compel you to reexamine your definition of love. They will pull the rug from under your feet. They will hold up a mirror and wink at you.

S Africa's Damon Galgut, US author Richard Powers lead Booker Prize race

South African Damon Galgut’s story of racism and reckoning, The Promise, is British bookmakers’ favorite to win the $69,000 prize. Second-favorite is US writer Richard Powers’ Bewilderment

What happens to Philip Roth’s legacy now? Controversy around authorised biography raises questions for author's estate

Accusations of sexual misconduct and assault against Blake Bailey, the author of Roth’s single authorised biography, have intensified a parallel conversation about Roth’s treatment of women, adding fuel to the questions of whether Bailey’s account of the prolific author’s sexual and romantic relationships was overly sympathetic and oversimplified.

Shakoor Rather's debut novel is a welcome step away from the absence of the voice of the ordinary in Kashmiri discourse

Life in the Clock Tower Valley is the narrative of common Kashmiri citizens who are caught up in situations bigger than themselves.

In The City of Good Death, author Priyanka Champaneri weaves a layered story around a death hostel in Varanasi 

Champaneri's inspired work juggles the natural and the supernatural, the ghats and the grief that abound in Kashi as well as the rites and rituals surrounding death, with ease.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Notes on Grief to Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, 15 international titles to watch for in May

May's titles will touch on pandemics, fictional and real.

Second Place review: Rachel Cusk’s new novel turns up the heat at a private artist’s retreat

Second Place is not a novel that gladdens the soul. But gladdening the soul has never been Cusk’s project.

Life in the Clock Tower Valley: In Shakoor Rather's debut novel, an insider's view of the everyday life in Kashmir

Life in the Clock Tower Valley focusses on the everyday emotions and hardships that the common folk of Kashmir face, and not just the constant conflict and military presence on its terrain. The novel includes fascinating historical and political information about Kashmir as well as environmental issues plaguing it that are seldom talked about.

When the Stars Go Dark: Bestselling author Paula McLain's latest is a thriller, and this time, it's personal

For Paula McLain, the author of 'The Paris Wife' and four other novels, including her new one, 'When the Stars Go Dark', stories were the bridge out of a childhood spent in foster care.

Gods and Ends author Lindsay Pereira: 'Bombay has the ability to horrify or surprise at every turn'  

In Gods and Ends, Pereira paints an honest — if despondent — look at the lives of Goan Catholics living in a chawl. Obrigado Mansion is in Orlem in Malad but, it could be any chawl in Mumbai, where residents are boxed in by paper-thin walls, their lives on display for everyone around.