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The Luminaries is a Man Booker award winning novel about the nineteenth-century Hokitika Gold Rush in New Zealand

The Luminaries | Book Review | 2013 | Eleanor Catton

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Eleanor Catton is a Man Booker Prize-winning novelist from New Zealand. Eleanor was born in Canada and raised in New Zealand. The Rehearsal (2008) was her debut novel, which not only garnered many prizes, but was even adapted into a film in 2016. Published in 2013, her second novel, The Luminaries, went Read more…

Ameya book review of How to Be a Writer by Ruskin Bond

How to Be a Writer | Book Review | 2020 | Ruskin Bond

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ruskin Bond is one of India’s most well-known authors. He has penned down many memorable characters and stories over a career spanning more than seven decades. Although he did not specialize in a specific genre at first, he is now one of India’s most celebrated children’s authors. Ruskin Bond has an impressive Read more…

Book review of This Tender Land, by William Kent Krueger

This Tender Land | William Kent Krueger | 2019 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR William Kent Krueger has been known for his mystery and crime-fiction series revolving around the main protagonist named Cork O’Connor. A companion of Krueger’s first standalone novel titled Ordinary Grace, This Tender Land has topped several bestseller charts since its release. These include The New York Times, USA Today, and the Wall Read more…

Ameya's book review of Glass Houses by Louise Penny

Glass Houses | Louise Penny | 2017 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Louise Penny is the author of the #1 New York Times and the Global and Mail bestselling series of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels (Still Life, A Fatal Grace, and The Cruelest Month). Louise Penny’s first novel, Still Life, also got the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards. Read more…

Steppenwolf is a novel by Hermann Hesse about a man leading a life of self-induced self-isolation

Steppenwolf | Hermann Hesse | 1927 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hermann Hesse (born July 2, 1877, Calw, Germany—died August 9, 1962, Montagnola, Switzerland) was a German novelist and poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. Hesse’s works were centered on the individual’s effort to break out of the established modes of civilization to find his essential spirit and Read more…

Anything for You Ma'am An IItian's Love Story is a novel about a boy who falls hopelessly in love with a South Indian girl

Anything for You, Ma’am | Tushar Raheja | 2006 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tushar Raheja is an IIT-Delhi graduate with a degree in industrial engineering. He completed his Masters of Science in Operations Research and holds a PhD from IIT Delhi, in applied probability.  The novel Anything for you Ma’am: An IITian’s Love Story was published during his final year of graduation. His second book, Romi Read more…

Book review of Crossing the Line, by Katie McGarry

Crossing the Line | Katie McGarry | 2013 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Katie McGarry is a well-known American author. She has authored several award-winning serial novellas such as Pushing the Limits and Crossing the Line, among others. Even though Katie majored in political science, she likes to introduce herself as a full-time writer and mom. In her own words, she is a lover of Read more…

Book review of The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta, by Kushanava Choudhury

The Epic City | Kushanava Choudhury | 2017 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta is the first book of Kushanava Choudhury. Born to scientist parents, who juggled between India and the USA, Kushanava grew up in Calcutta and New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University, and went on to work as a reporter for The Statesman Read more…

Pushing the Limits: The YA novel about the story of Echo and Noah, by Katie McGarry

Pushing the Limits | Katie McGarry | 2012 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Katie McGarry is a well-known American author. She has authored several award-winning serial novellas such as Pushing the Limits and Crossing the Line, among others. Even though Katie majored in political science, she likes to introduce herself as a full-time writer and mom. In her own words, she is a lover of Read more…

Book review of Crazy Times with Uncle Ken, by Ruskin Bond

Crazy Times with Uncle Ken | Ruskin Bond | 2011 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ruskin Bond was born in Kasauli in 1934. He grew up in different parts of India, namely Jamnagar, Dehradun, New Delhi, and Shimla. Bond wrote his first book, The Room on the Roof, at the age of seventeen. The book got him the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. He has Read more…