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Writer Perumal Murugan. (Photo by: Kalachavadu)

Perumal Murugan's debut novel to be translated to English

The novel 'Eru Veyyil', translated and published as 'Rising Heat', is expected to hit the stands by July 6

19 Jun 2020 1:54 PM IST

The room where it hapened by John Bolton

Top ten books

Here's the top 10 books across fiction and non-fiction this week

13 Jun 2020 7:16 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi (PTI)

Narendra Modi's letters to 'Mother India' to come out as a book in...

Modi had developed a habit of writing a letter to Jagat Janani' every night before going to bed, as per the publisher.

30 May 2020 10:41 PM IST

Pictorial book offers key info on COVID-19. (Photo- BookHub)

Pictorial 'Coronavirus: A Book for Children' provides key info on...

The book attempts to answer questions like what is coronavirus, how one catches it, is there a cure and what is going to...

30 May 2020 7:15 PM IST

(From left) Title: Thirteen Kinds of Love. Author: Soumya Bhattacharya. Publisher: HarperCollins. Pages: 192. Price: 399. Title: The Hungryalists: The Poets Who Sparked a Revolution. Author: Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury. Publisher: Penguin. Pages: 188. Price: Rs.599. Title: Sarojinis Mother. Author: Kunal Basu. Publisher: Penguin. Pages: 232. Price: Rs.599

Polyphony: The call of Bengal, the idea of Bengal

Four very different books that are equally engaging for the stories they tell and how they choose to tell them

27 March 2020 5:04 PM IST

Title: The Most Beautiful Night of the Soul.Author: Sandor Jazberenyi (translated by Paul Olchv¡ry). Pubisher: Speaking Tiger. Pages: 192. Price: Rs. 450

No feeling is final' in this string of 12 gripping war stories

In these stories you come face to face with post-traumatic disorders: disorientation, hallucination and relentless...

22 March 2020 8:47 PM IST

Malayalam novelist Benyamin

'My award will help regional writing'

Malayalam author Benyamin's new novel is set in the aftermath of the Arab Spring in an unnamed Middle Eastern city

22 March 2020 11:12 AM IST

Title: Let Me Say It Now. Author: Rakesh Maria. Publisher: Westland. Price: Rs 899.

Mumbai cop's memoir exonerates him

Let Me Say It Now is a monumental memoir from the former Mumbai top cop

22 March 2020 6:44 AM IST

Title: A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose. Author: Samra Zafar. Publisher: Penguin. Price: Rs 499.

Once lured by Canadian dream, a good wife' grows up

As the personal journey of author Samra Zafar shows, 'real women' decide their own purpose

15 March 2020 4:52 PM IST

Title: Amnesty. Author: Arvind Adiga. Publisher: Picador India. Pages: 256. Price: Rs 699.

The immigrant's eternal question: Do good or do well?

Arvind Adiga's novel feels pertinent and timely in a moment when the immigrant experience has become the story of our...

15 March 2020 3:36 PM IST

Francesc Miralles, co-author of the bestseler Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Francesc Miralles: Your ikigai may change over time, but having a...

Books on emotional intelligence like Ikigai' promote the idea that we don't need to be monks to live a harmonious life

15 March 2020 2:45 PM IST

Title: Jaipur Journals. Author: Namita Gokhale. Publisher: Penguin. Number of pages: 201. Price: Rs 499.

Being a wannabe, being a writer, being a bit or a lot of both

Namita Gokhale writes this novel with a gaze that is remarkably dispassionate, throwing open a literary cocoon to artful...

15 March 2020 2:14 PM IST