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Is the Mystery Flesh Pit National Park real?

Mystery Flesh Pit National Park is a fictional horror universe.

Published on Jul 06, 2026 05:11 am IST

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

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)

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Published on Dec 19, 2025 05:18 pm IST

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

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Published on Dec 01, 2025 08:00 pm IST

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

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

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Published on Nov 27, 2025 03:38 pm IST

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

Cover of the book Katabasis by RF Kuang.

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Published on Nov 09, 2025 09:37 pm IST

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

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

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Published on Oct 12, 2025 06:00 am IST

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

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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.

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Updated on Oct 11, 2025 12:59 pm 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

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.

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Updated on Aug 15, 2025 04:56 am IST

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

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

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Published on Jul 25, 2025 08:46 pm IST

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.

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Published on Jul 07, 2025 06:49 pm IST

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

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

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Published on May 25, 2025 07:00 am IST

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

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Published on May 23, 2025 06:24 pm 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: 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

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Published on Apr 04, 2025 04:56 pm IST

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

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Published on Mar 27, 2025 06:18 pm IST

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.

relationships

Published on Mar 02, 2025 02:58 pm IST

Review: Gliff by Ali Smith

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A world full of red lines. (Shutterstock)

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Published on Feb 12, 2025 03:50 pm IST

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)

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Updated on Dec 20, 2024 01:11 pm IST

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

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Published on Sept 13, 2024 02:54 pm IST

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)

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Published on Aug 01, 2024 10:43 pm IST

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

5 poignant books that explore the intricacies of war

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Updated on Jul 26, 2024 09:08 pm IST

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)

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Published on Jul 11, 2024 10:26 pm IST

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.

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Updated on Jun 23, 2024 06:23 pm IST