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

The cover of Rohan Monteiro's debut novel
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Published on Feb 23, 2026 09:25 am IST

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

Cover of the book, Icarus by K Ancrum.
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Published on Jan 28, 2026 10:09 pm IST

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

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Ram Murali, author, Death in the Air (Jaipur Literature Festival)
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Updated on Oct 27, 2025 04:52 pm IST

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

Cover of Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew's debut book, The Remnants of Rebellion.
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Published on Aug 22, 2025 06:00 am IST

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

Cover of author Bianca Gillam's debut novel Bad Publicity.
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Published on Aug 21, 2025 04:57 pm IST

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

The cover of Shreyas Rajagopal's second novel Gunboy
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Published on Aug 18, 2025 11:10 am IST

Review: Hot Water by Bhavika Govil

Making a splash: Children learning to swim at a pool in Faridabad. (Nadeem Hassan / Hindustan Times)
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Published on Aug 06, 2025 05:39 pm IST

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
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Published on Jul 28, 2025 06:08 pm IST

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.
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Updated on Jul 14, 2025 11:26 am IST

Review: Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

A quiet town in Northern Ireland much like the one that’s the setting for Sunburn. (Shutterstock)
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Updated on Jul 03, 2025 06:11 pm IST

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.
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Published on Jun 06, 2025 11:15 am IST

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

The cover of Kupwara Codes by Maj Manik M Jolly (Retd)
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Published on May 10, 2025 11:10 am IST

Review: No Place To Call My Own by Alina Gufran

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‘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)
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Published on Mar 25, 2025 07:22 pm IST

Review: Too Good to Be True by Prajakta Koli

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Author Prajakta Koli (Courtesy subject’s Instagram @mostlysane)
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Published on Feb 06, 2025 03:19 pm IST

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

Samantha Harvey wrote Orbital
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Published on Nov 13, 2024 01:49 pm IST

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

Translator Vaibhav Sharma (Courtesy the subject)
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Published on Sept 24, 2024 05:33 pm IST

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

Author Michiko Aoyama
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Updated on Jul 22, 2024 05:45 pm IST

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

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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)
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Updated on Jul 19, 2024 08:19 pm IST

Gaming the system: A Wknd interview with author Lavanya Lakshminarayan

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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.
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Updated on Jun 08, 2024 01:30 pm IST

Review: Tell Me How To Be by Neel Patel

Indian Americans marching in a parade in New York. (Andy Katz/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Published on May 13, 2024 08:47 pm IST

Review: The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella

The elephant in the pool (Shutterstock)
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Updated on Feb 17, 2024 08:11 am IST

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

People are enjoying book clubs, swaps, talks and silent reading groups.
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Updated on Jan 05, 2024 06:22 pm IST

HT reviewer Teja Lele picks her favourite read of 2023

About challenging norms and fighting for equality in the 1960s (Penguin)
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Updated on Dec 22, 2023 07:37 pm IST

HT reviewer Chintan Girish Modi picks his favourite read of 2023

Of bereavement and the immigrant experience in the UK (Picador)
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Updated on Dec 23, 2023 10:31 am IST

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

Author Sian Hughes (Courtesy the publisher)
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Updated on Sept 22, 2023 06:19 pm IST

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

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The statue of the Buddha at the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Bodh Gaya, Bihar. (xTOLIndia.com/Shutterstock)
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Updated on Sept 21, 2023 12:09 am IST

Review: Western Lane by Chetna Maroo

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Immigrant life: An Indian takeaway in the UK (Daniel Bond /Shutterstock)
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Updated on Sept 12, 2023 08:34 pm IST

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)
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Updated on Apr 07, 2023 06:19 pm IST

Authoring your first book is no easy feat. Check out these tips by experts

Authoring your first book is no easy feat. Check out these tips by experts  
art culture
Updated on Feb 03, 2022 03:31 pm IST

HT Picks: New Reads

On the reading list this week is a book on archaeology in India, a volume on the guns of a royal collector, and a searing debut novel on Naga life in the troubled 1980s and 1990s.
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Updated on Nov 06, 2020 08:24 pm IST
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