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Books of the week: From Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Tales from the Café to Sindhura DM's Mutable, our picks
Aarushi Agrawal •Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
God Spare the Girls book review: A compelling story of sisters navigating womanhood amid rigid religious belief
•Author Kelsey McKinney is a strong storyteller and has crafted a captivating small town world full of gossip and intrigue.
Jam or jelly; yam or sweet potato? Brette Warshaw's latest is a guide to food differences for the curious and confused
•The book emerged from a newsletter Warshaw started in 2018 which addresses the differences between all kinds of things, like how sea lions and seals are not the same and why balconies are not terraces. It started with a simple question.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Quentin Tarantino's 'loose-jointed' novel runs along the same tracks as his 2019 film
•If the novel were written better, it’d be written worse. It’s a mass-market paperback that reeks of mass-market paperbacks. In my memory, it’s the smell of warm coconut oil and dust mites and puddling Mercurochrome.
Read an excerpt from Anti-Clock: Sahitya Akademi awardee VJ James' novel exploring the life of a coffin maker
Vj James •The story follows coffin shop owner Hendri whose one goal in life is to see the dead body of his nemesis Satan Loppo lowered into the coffin he's carved.
Alan Maimon, in his latest book Twilight in Hazard, paints a nuanced picture of Appalachia, a region where beauty and tragedy coexist
•In the book, Maimon's takes on poverty, drug addiction and the decline of the coal industry don’t ignore the region’s history of exploitation, not to mention the indifference of its political leaders.
Books of the week: From Padmini of Malwa to The Heartbeat of Trees, our picks
Aarushi Agrawal •Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
Will Smith to discuss growing up in Philadelphia, superstardom in memoir, releasing on 9 November
•Will Smith will also narrate the audiobook of Will from Penguin Random House Audio.
Books of the week: From Saima Mir's The Khan to Savita Hiremath's Endlessly Green, our picks
Aarushi Agrawal •Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
Books of the week: From Neela Padmanabhan's Generations to Ita Mehrotra's Shaheen Bagh, our picks
Aarushi Agrawal •Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.