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Book Review | This time-travel tale puts nostalgia on trial

Cover of the book Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke.

Published 7 days ago

Marcia Hutchinson: “The urge to write never really left me”

Author Marcia Hutchinson (Rik Jundi)

Published 51 days ago

Book review | Rohan Monteiro new thriller is served with a dash of humour

The cover of Rohan Monteiro's debut novel

Published 140 days ago

Book Review: K Ancrum's Icarus is a ‘queer’ tale that aches before the fall

Cover of the book, Icarus by K Ancrum.

Published 165 days ago

Ram Murali: “My book is a love letter to Agatha Christie”

Ram Murali, author, Death in the Air (Jaipur Literature Festival)

Updated 259 days ago

Book review: A story of grief, inheritance and the echoes of rebellion

Cover of Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew's debut book, The Remnants of Rebellion.

Published 325 days ago

Book Review: Bianca Gillam's Bad Publicity has promising premise, poor execution

Cover of author Bianca Gillam's debut novel Bad Publicity.

Published 327 days ago

Book Review: Gunboy is a revenge saga about style, swag, and schoolyard bruises

The cover of Shreyas Rajagopal's second novel Gunboy

Published 329 days ago

Review: Hot Water by Bhavika Govil

Making a splash: Children learning to swim at a pool in Faridabad. (Nadeem Hassan / Hindustan Times)

Published 341 days ago

Missed the magic? These 7 fantasy novels of 2025 await you

From Beasts of Carnaval and Alchemy and a Cup of Tea to Hemlock & Silver, these books are on top of out 2025 TBR list

Published 350 days ago

Book review: The House of Girls by Sonia Rafeek is a novel within a novel in UAE

A cover of The House of Girls, written by Sonia Rafeek, translated in English by Ministhy S.

Updated 366 days ago

Review: Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

A quiet town in Northern Ireland much like the one that’s the setting for Sunburn. (Shutterstock)

Updated 375 days ago

Writer moves millions with tearful tribute to late girlfriend

He had once promised her that if he ever won an award or published a book, he would shower her with gifts.

Published 402 days ago

Kupwara Codes book review: This military fiction is more than just chestthumping

The cover of Kupwara Codes by Maj Manik M Jolly (Retd)

Published 429 days ago

Review: No Place To Call My Own by Alina Gufran

‘The only way I could understand my last meeting with Azhar was if I could view it as something that happened to everybody, that all women were walking around with giant secrets lodged inside them and on most days, they collapsed with the weight, but on some days they could laugh it off over a glass of cheap wine.’ - Sophia in ‘No Place To Call My Own’ (Shutterstock)

Published 475 days ago

Review: Too Good to Be True by Prajakta Koli

Author Prajakta Koli (Courtesy subject’s Instagram @mostlysane)

Published 522 days ago

Booker Prize 2024: Samantha Harvey’s Orbital becomes first space novel to win

Samantha Harvey wrote Orbital

Published 607 days ago

Vaibhav Sharma: “Every translator should really like what they’re translating”

Translator Vaibhav Sharma (Courtesy the subject)

Published 657 days ago

Michiko Aoyama – “I have a new favourite Manga author every day”

Author Michiko Aoyama

Updated 721 days ago

Word famous: Vikas Swarup of Q&A / Slumdog Millionaire, discusses his new book

Swarup’s own confession? He’s revelling in all the free time he now has, as a retired diplomat. ‘I sometimes have to ask my wife what day it is. It’s unreal, in a good way.’ (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

Updated 724 days ago

Gaming the system: A Wknd interview with author Lavanya Lakshminarayan

Lavanya Lakshminarayan has been building imagined worlds for over a decade. In her first job, in 2011, she worked with California-based videogame developer Zynga, designing side quests in their games, fleshing out characters, and helping design plotlines and gameplay.

Updated 765 days ago

Review: Tell Me How To Be by Neel Patel

Indian Americans marching in a parade in New York. (Andy Katz/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Published 791 days ago

Review: The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella

The elephant in the pool (Shutterstock)

Updated 877 days ago

Listicle: 10 book trends that will fire up your reading in 2024

People are enjoying book clubs, swaps, talks and silent reading groups.

Updated 920 days ago

HT reviewer Teja Lele picks her favourite read of 2023

About challenging norms and fighting for equality in the 1960s (Penguin)

Updated 934 days ago

HT reviewer Chintan Girish Modi picks his favourite read of 2023

Of bereavement and the immigrant experience in the UK (Picador)

Updated 933 days ago

Siân Hughes, author, Pearl - “A novel has to have a life of its own”

Author Sian Hughes (Courtesy the publisher)

Updated 1025 days ago

Review: Siddhartha; The Boy Who Became the Buddha by Advait Kottary

The statue of the Buddha at the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Bodh Gaya, Bihar. (xTOLIndia.com/Shutterstock)

Updated 1026 days ago

Review: Western Lane by Chetna Maroo

Immigrant life: An Indian takeaway in the UK (Daniel Bond /Shutterstock)

Updated 1035 days ago

Review: We Measure The Earth With Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama

The Dalai Lama fleeing over the Himalayas. He crossed into India on 30 March 1959. (www.dalailama.com)

Updated 1193 days ago

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