BOOKS AMEYA

Book review of The Gift by Danielle Steel

The Gift | Book Review | 1994 | Danielle Steel

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Danielle Steel is an American novelist. Steel was born on August 14, 1947 in New York City. She started writing stories and poetry from a young age. Her first novel, Going Home, was published in 1972. She has published 179 books, which include over 146 novels. Steel is the fourth-bestselling fiction writer Read more…

Book review of The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

The Book of Lost Names | Book Review | 2020 | Kristin Harmel

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kristin Harmel has been working as a professional writer since she was sixteen. She has had a long magazine writing career that included articles published in Glamour, Ladies’ Home Journal, Travel + Leisure, Every Day with Rachael Ray, and many more. The author was also a frequent contributor to the national television Read more…

Book Review of Swami and Friends by R. K. Narayan

Swami and Friends | Book Review | 1935 | R. K. Narayan

ABOUT THE AUTHOR R. K. Narayan is Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami, commonly known as R. K. Narayan, was born on October 10, 1906 in Madras (Chennai). He is popular for his stories based in the fictional town called Malgudi. Narayan used humor as an effective tool to highlight different social issues. He received the second Read more…

Book review of Supernatural by Graham Bruce Hancock

Supernatural | Book Review | 2005 | Graham Hancock

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Graham Hancock is a British writer and journalist. He has worked with The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, and The Guardian. Hancock has authored many books on alternate and unconventional theories on ancient civilizations. Some of his notable works are The Sign and the Seal, Fingerprints of the Gods, Heaven’s Mirror, Read more…

The Scam: From Harshad Mehta to Ketan Parekh is a book uncovering the financial scams that rocked the country between 1992-2001

The Scam | Book Review | 1993 | Debashis Basu & Sucheta Dalal

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Debashis Basu is a Chartered Accountant (1983). Basu worked as a journalist between 1984 and 1994 for many renowned newspapers including The Times of India. From 1994 to 2000, he wrote weekly columns for Business Standard and The Economic Times. He continues to write for Business Standard. Basu has authored many books Read more…

The Shadow of the Wind is the story of Daniel Sempere, whose life gets intertwined with the plot of his favorite book

The Shadow of the Wind | Book Review | 2001 | Carlos Ruiz Zafón

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish author. He started his literary journey in 1993 with El Príncipe de la Niebla, which won the Edebé Literary Prize for young-adult fiction. His first adult novel was La Sombra del Viento. Published in 2001, the book was translated as The Shadow of the Wind by Read more…

The Angel's Game is the second book in The Cemetery of Forgotten Books by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Angel’s Game | Book Review | 2008 | Carlos Ruiz Zafón

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish author, born in the city of Barcelona. He moved to Los Angeles in 1990, and had a short stint in screen writing. Ruis Zafón started his literary journey in 1993 with the young-adult fiction El Príncipe de la Niebla (English: The Prince of Mist), which won Read more…

Where the Crawdads Sing is the story of a young girl who is abandoned to her fate in the unforgiving marshlands of North Carolina

Where the Crawdads Sing | Book Review | 2018 | Delia Owens

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Delia Owens is an American zoologist. Her debut novel, Where the Crawdads Sing, topped The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2019 and The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2020 for 32 non-consecutive weeks. The book has been on The New York Times Best Seller List for a whopping Read more…

Mirage review, Somaiya Daud Mirage duology

Mirage | Somaiya Daud | 2018 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Somaiya Daud is a PhD holder from the University of Washington. She took to writing from a very young age. Somaiya pursued a degree in English literature with a specialization in world literature and nineteenth-century Orientalism. She worked as a bookseller in Washington DC while pursuing her master’s degree. Somaiya Daud is Read more…

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse | Charlie Mackesy | 2019 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Charlie Mackesy is a British cartoonist and illustrator who resides in London. He has worked as a book illustrator for the Oxford University Press. A true artist at heart, Charlie loves painting, sculpting, drawing, and listening to jazz music. He was also part of the group of artists that produced The Unity Read more…