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Is the Mystery Flesh Pit National Park real?

Mystery Flesh Pit National Park is a fictional horror universe.

Published 28 days ago

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

The cover of Rohan Monteiro's debut novel

Published 160 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 186 days ago

HT reviewer Chittajit Mitra picks his favourite read of 2025

“In a post-truth world, where facts are not facts anymore and people are relentlessly bombarded with distractions, it is stories like these that pull us back to the reality of our times. “ (Penguin India)

Published 226 days ago

Book Review: Nikhil Kumar's The Architect's Dream is a patient reader's paradise

Cover of the book, The Architect's Dream by Nikhil Kumar

Published 244 days ago

Book Review: Spectres of Vengeance weaves facts, fiction for a thrilling tale

Cover of Tarun Mehrishi's new novel, Spectres of Vengeance.

Published 248 days ago

Book Review | In RF Kuang’s Katabasis, getting your PhD is one hell of a ride

Cover of the book Katabasis by RF Kuang.

Published 266 days ago

Book review: Sugar Daddy is a provocative, pacy murder mystery for modern reader

The cover of Jayanti Ranganathan’s latest Hindi novel, Sugar Daddy.

Published 295 days ago

Read ’em and leap: Charles Assisi on the shift from non-fiction to fiction

Free your mind: At the Jedi Archives, in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), a set inspired by the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin.

Updated 295 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 347 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 349 days ago

Comedian roasts Schumer for naming fake couple 265 times

Chuck Schumer, who describes the fictional couple as Reagan-era Republicans, has also weaved intricate details of their personal lives.

Updated 353 days ago

Book Review: K Anis Ahmed's Carnivore is a collision of gourmet and grotesque

The cover of K Anis Ahmed's fourth novel, Carnivore.

Published 373 days ago

Book review | Drugs, darkness and despondency rule AA Dhand's latest thriller

Cover of AA Dhand's latest book, The Chemist, is based in UK's Leeds.

Published 391 days ago

Book review: Age of Mondays' lyrical prose brings magical realism to Delhi

Cover of the book, Age of Mondays, written by Lopa Ghosh.

Published 434 days ago

As Arthur Conan Doyle turns 166, Indian writers revisit Sherlock Holmes’ legacy

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Published 436 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 449 days ago

Review: Tempest on River Silent is a coming-of-age tale in coming-of-age nation

The cover of Tempest On River Silent by Sandeep Khanna

Published 485 days ago

Salman Rushdie's first book of fiction since his stabbing will be published in November

Salman Rushdie's first book of fiction since his stabbing will be published in November

Published 493 days ago

This is why women develop romantic feelings for fictional bad boys: Study

The study stated that women who look for non-committed relationships, develop romantic feelings for such fictional bad boys to evoke feelings of power and imaginative engagement.

Published 518 days ago

Review: Gliff by Ali Smith

A world full of red lines. (Shutterstock)

Published 536 days ago

HT reviewer Arunima Mazumdar picks her favourite read of 2024

“When it comes to books, it’s simple – either you’re a reader or you’re not. And in What You’re Looking For Is In The Library, it’s heartening to witness non-readers finding purpose after reading a book.” (Doubleday)

Updated 590 days ago

HBD Roald Dahl: Dive into his legacy through the lens of his adult short fiction

On his birth anniversary today, we will be exploring the colossal legacy left behind by writer Roald Dahl through a few of his short stories

Published 688 days ago

Review: The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa

The censor of the title is part of a bureaucratic team that has to go through books with a view to banning them if they touch upon forbidden subjects. (Shutterstock)

Published 731 days ago

5 poignant books that explore war through humour, satire and honest empathy

5 poignant books that explore the intricacies of war

Updated 737 days ago

Review: My Friends by Hisham Matar

Libyan rebels travelling to a battle line where they will fight Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s army in a picture dated April 7, 2011. (Rosen Ivanov Iliev/ Shutterstock)

Published 752 days ago

The interconnected world of Vinoba, Ray and Saul Bellow

30 November 1951 - Acharya Vinoba Bhave accompanied by his party arrives at Gandhi Ashram, Meerut from Kharkhoda at his prayer meeting Vinoba Bhave studying Bhoomidan Papers - HT Photo.

Updated 771 days ago

Amor Towles – “Aspiration is a very strong aspect of American culture”

Author Amor Towles (Courtesy the publisher)

Updated 785 days ago

Out of Sri Lanka: Read an exclusive excerpt from the anthology of verse

Updated 793 days ago

Review: What is Saved by Aamer Hussein

A view of Karachi at night. (Ibrar Kunri/Shutterstock)

Updated 794 days ago

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