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Legend of Suheldev: The King Who Saved India is the story of a man who almost singlehandedly kept the barbaric Islamic invaders at bay

Legend of Suheldev | Book Review | 2020 | Amish Tripathi

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amish Tripathi was born in Mumbai in 1974. After the success of his debut novel, The Immortals of Meluha, he left his career in the financial services sector to become a full-time author. The Shiva Trilogy went on to become the fastest-selling book series in Indian publishing history. His Ramachandra Series was 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…

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…

Book review of Reignited, by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Srijan Pal Singh

Reignited | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam & Srijan Pal Singh | 2015 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam was one of India’s most eminent scientists. Dr. Kalam held several notable positions in the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO). He was awarded honorary doctorates from thirty-eight universities and received the three highest civilian honors of India – the Padma Read more…

Book review of The Secret History, by Donna Tartt

The Secret History | Donna Tartt | 1992 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Donna Tartt is an award-winning author from the United States of America. Her 2013 novel, The Goldfinch, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and has been adapted into a Hollywood film. The Secret History was her first novel. It is an inverted detective story set in New England. It explores the lives Read more…

The Water Dancer (2019) book review, Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Water Dancer | Ta-Nehisi Coates | 2019 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ta-Nehisi Coates is an American journalist and author. He works as the national correspondent at the Atlantic. In 2015, the author was awarded the National Book Award for Nonfiction for his book Between the World and Me. He also wrote briefly for Marvel Comics, including a Black Panther series in addition to Read more…

Remember Me? - What if you woke up and your life was perfect? by Sophie Kinsella

[Book Review] ‘Remember Me?’ by Sophie Kinsella

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Madeleine Sophie Townley, known by her pen name Sophie Kinsella, is an English author. Kinsella shot to fame with her very first novel, The Tennis Party, at the age of 24. Thereafter, she went on to publish six more novels as Madeleine Wickham. Her first novel under the pseudonym Sophie Kinsella (taken Read more…

[Book Review] ‘Started Early, Took My Dog’ by Kate Atkinson

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kate Atkinson won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her four bestselling novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie were adapted for the BBC television series Case Histories, starring Jason Isaacs. Her 2013 novel Life After Life won the South Bank Sky Read more…

Book review of The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett

[Book Review] ‘The Dutch House’ by Ann Patchett

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ann Patchett is an American author best known for her fiction novels Bel Canto and The Patron Saint of Liars. She received the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2002 for her novel Bel Canto. Patchett has authored more than a dozen books to date. In 2012, Patchett Read more…