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Nature Writing · Memoir

Scenes from the Magic Mountain

Ruskin Bond

Speaking Tiger

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Historical Non-Fiction · Biography

Daktarin Jamini Sen

Deepta Roy Chakraverti

Penguin eBury Press

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A CEO's Brew

Sanjiv Mehta

Bitan Chakraborty

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Fiction · Thriller · Robert Langdon

The Secret of Secrets

Dan Brown

Penguin Random House · 2025

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Literary Fiction · Anthology · New Writing

Appetite: New Writing from Goa

Ed. Shivranjana Rathore & Tino De Sa

Penguin Random House · 2026

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Literary Fiction · Contemporary Kolkata

No. 1 Akashganga Lane

Ashoke Mukhopadhyay · Trans. enith Roy

Niyogi Books · 2026

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Non-Fiction · History · Spirituality

Rebellion in Verse

Raghavan Srinivasan

Penguin Random House · 2026

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Fiction · Mystery · Bengali Literature

I Met a Man Who Wasn't There

Sakyajit Bhattacharya · Trans. Arunava Sinha

Speaking Tiger Books · 2025

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Non-Fiction · Business Biography

Unseen

Megha Vishwanath

Penguin Business · 2025

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Fiction · Thriller · Jack Reacher #30

Exit Strategy

Lee Child and Andrew Child

Penguin Random House · 2025

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Historical Non-Fiction · Biography

The Emperor's General

Rima Hooja

Speaking Tiger · 2025

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10

Mystery · Crime Fiction · Comedy

The Impossible Fortune

Richard Osman

Viking · 2025

Reviewed by Anjana Basu

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Biography · Cinema · Anthology

Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak in 50 Fragments

Ed. Shamya Dasgupta

Westland Non-Fiction · 2025

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Non-Fiction · Memoir · Biography

Mother Mary Comes to Me

Arundhati Roy

Penguin Hamish Hamilton · 2025

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Biography · Hindi Cinema

Raj Khosla: The Authorized Biography

Amborish Roychoudhury

Hachette India · 2025

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Fiction · Political Thriller

The First Gentleman

Bill Clinton and James Patterson

Century · 2025

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Literary Fiction · Four Novellas

The Hush of the Uncaring Sea

Upamanyu Chatterjee

Speaking Tiger · 2025

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Historical Fiction · Colonial India

Job Charnock and the Potter's Boy

Madhurima Vidyarthi

Niyogi Books · 2024

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Literary Fiction · Political Novel

The History Teacher of Lahore

Tahira Naqvi

Speaking Tiger · 2023

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18

Literary Fiction · Women's Writing

The Cry of the Nightingale

Tahira Naqvi

Speaking Tiger · 2025

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Fiction · Novella · Nature Writing

Gajraj: An Elephant Remembers

Avijit Dutt

Olympia Publishers · 2025

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Detective Mystery · Japanese Fiction

The Devotion of Suspect X

Keigo Higashino · Trans. Alexander O. Smith

Minotaur Books · 2011

Reviewed by Subhojit Sanyal

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21

Political Thriller · Legal Drama

The R Document

Irving Wallace

Simon and Schuster · 1976

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22

Mystery · Detective Fiction · Cozy Crime

Murder in Moonlit Square

Paul Waters

Penguin Random House · 2025

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23

Children's Fiction · Mystery · Collector's Edition

Feluda in the Golden Fortress

Satyajit Ray · Trans. Gopa Majumdar

Penguin Ray Library · 2024

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Non-Fiction · Politics · Elections

2024: The Election That Surprised India

Rajdeep Sardesai

HarperCollins · 2024

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25

Non-Fiction · Political History · Language

Hindi Imperialism

Aladi Aruna · Trans. R. Vijaya Sankar

Speaking Tiger · 2024

Reviewed by Raj Sekhar Basu

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26

Non-Fiction · Politics · Gender

Hindutva and Violence Against Women

Brinda Karat

Speaking Tiger · 2024

Reviewed by Aparna Vaidik

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27

Literary Fiction · Coming of Age

From Pashas to Pokemon

Maaria Sayed

Vishwakarma Publications · 2024

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28

Non-Fiction · Memoir · Personal Essay

Knife

Salman Rushdie

Penguin Hamish Hamilton · 2024

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Journalistic Fiction · Magical Realism

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez · Trans. Gregory Rabassa

Penguin Random House · 1981

Reviewed by Subhojit Sanyal

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Literary Fiction · Bengali · Translation

A House of Rain and Snow

Srijato · Trans. Maharghya Chakraborty

Penguin Random House · 2023

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Fiction · Slice of Life · Japanese

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Satoshi Yagisawa · Trans. Eric Ozawa

Manilla Press · 2010

Reviewed by Saina Pradhan

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Fiction · Mystery · Police Procedural

Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart

H.R.F. Keating

Penguin Modern Classics · 1972

Reviewed by Subhojit Sanyal

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33

Legal Thriller · Mickey Haller Series

Resurrection Walk

Michael Connelly

Orion · 2023

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34

Crime · Mystery · Thriller

Secrets Within

Mushtaq Sheikh

Penguin Random House · 2024

Reviewed by Anjana Basu

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35

Mystery · Crime Fiction · Cozy Thriller

The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder

C.L. Miller

Pan Macmillan · 2024

Reviewed by Anjana Basu

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36

Autobiography · Memoirs · Spirituality

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramhansa Yogananda

Rupa Publications India · 1946

Reviewed by Shila Sanyal

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37

Historical Fiction

The Cloud Chariot

Brijesh Singh

Penguin Random House · 2024

Reviewed by Anjana Basu

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Children's Non-Fiction · Biography

The Incredible Life of Satyendranath Bose

Swati Sengupta

Talking Cub

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39

Thriller · Legal · Crime Fiction

The Lincoln Lawyer

Michael Connelly

Orion · 2005

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39

Non-Fiction · Cinema

Translating for Rituparno

Anjana Basu

Jadavpur University Press · 2023

Reviewed by Sujit Sanyal

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