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Review: The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman

(From left) Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Celia Imrie in The Thursday Murder Club. (Courtesy Netflix)

Updated on Mar 05, 2026 03:24 pm IST

Review: The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

Stepping back from the edge. (Shutterstock)

Published on Feb 25, 2026 02:41 pm IST

Hanako Footman: “You write what you fear”

Author Hanako Footman (Jaipur Literature Festival)

Published on Feb 21, 2026 03:00 am IST

Report: Ubud Writers & Readers Festival

The Ladies of the Booker Prize session featuring Deepa Bhasthi (second from left), Jenny Erpenbeck (centre) and Banu Mushtaq (second from right). (Courtesy UWRF)

Updated on Jan 30, 2026 01:18 pm IST

Harini Nagendra: “I didn’t come up with the character; she came to me”

Author Harini Nagendra (Courtesy harininagendra.com)

Published on Jan 22, 2026 11:42 am IST

Review: The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

The city of Prague — along with its Gothic architecture, century-old legends and occult and mystical history — serves as a character in this story. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jan 14, 2026 05:31 pm IST

Listicle: 10 books about Japan to celebrate #Japanuary

Spy×Family is one of the top-selling manga series of all time.

Updated on Jan 09, 2026 03:33 pm IST

Ayşegül Savaş: “Daily life is deeply important”

Author Aysegul Savas (Endro/Ubud Writers and Readers Festival.)

Published on Jan 02, 2026 09:04 pm IST

HT reviewer Rutvik Bhandari picks his favourite read of 2025

“At its core, Anxious People, is about the absurdity of human life. Rather than mocking his characters for their mistakes and mishaps, Backman holds them with tenderness.” (Penguin)

Published on Dec 19, 2025 05:23 pm IST

Omar El Akkad: “I write about things that make me angry”

Omar El Akkad attends the 76th National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on November 19, 2025 in New York City. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)

Published on Nov 29, 2025 07:12 am IST

David Szalay: “Life isn’t solely a matter of individual will and agency”

Hungarian-British author David Szalay poses for photographers with the trophy after winning the Booker Prize 2025 for his book 'Flesh' during a ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London on Monday, 10 November, 2025. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)

Published on Nov 15, 2025 03:02 am IST

Book to screen: From Shy to Steve

The film opens up with Steve (Cillian Murphy), head teacher of Stanton Wood, a last chance reform school for boys with societal and behavioural issues, arriving on campus. (Courtesy Netflix)

Published on Nov 06, 2025 03:38 pm IST

Bora Chung: “We Asians are proud of our ghosts”

Author Bora Chung (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Oct 17, 2025 08:33 pm IST

Review: Audition by Katie Kitamura

All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players... (Shutterstock)

Published on Oct 09, 2025 03:10 am IST

Benjamin Wood: “Creativity has saved me from mental trauma”

Author Benjamin Wood (Courtesy The Booker Prizes)

Published on Sept 20, 2025 04:48 am IST

Review: Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

Tony Tulathimutte’s subject is the chronically online, over-educated, and under-fulfilled children of the 21st century. (Shutterstock)

Published on Sept 04, 2025 02:12 pm IST

Book to screen: The Thursday Murder Club

The cast of The Thursday Murder Club (Courtesy Netflix)

Published on Aug 29, 2025 12:33 pm IST

Gurnaik Johal: “The events of the past act as prophecy”

Author Gurnaik Johal (Courtesy Hachette)

Published on Aug 26, 2025 06:31 pm IST

Ocean Vuong: “War is the most common and steadfast reality of our species”

Author Ocean Vuong (Gioncarlo Valentine/Courtesy https://www.oceanvuong.com/)

Updated on Jun 27, 2025 10:48 pm IST

Review: The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier

The magic of glass (Shutterstock)

Published on Jun 20, 2025 01:39 pm IST

Review: Marigold Mind Laundry by Jungeun Yun

“Harrowed by an accident caused by her gifts, the central character in the story vows to live over a million lives until she finds her parents.” (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jan 10, 2025 09:12 am IST

Review: We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

Playground of the super rich: A view of Marigot Bay in St Lucia (Shutterstock)

Published on Dec 16, 2024 01:32 pm IST

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