Title: ‘Salem’s Lot Author: Stephen King Publisher: Vintage Books ISBN: 979-8217007134 Genre: Horror, Fiction Pages: 512 Source: Publisher Rating: 5/5 The King of horror never disappoints. Well, I have at least not read the books by him that disappoint. ‘Salem’s Lot was on my list since a while, and I am glad I got to […]

Title: The Silver Book Author: Olivia Laing Publisher: Penguin Hamish Hamilton ISBN: 978-0241783979 Genre: Historical Fiction, LGBTQIA Fiction, Literary Fiction Pages: 288 Source: Personal Copy Rating: 2/5 Yeah, so I love Olivia Laing’s nonfiction, just adore it. I love the way they write and explore themes of life, loneliness, writer’s lives, so on and so […]

Title: In LimboAuthor: Deb JJ LeePublisher: First SecondISBN: 9781250252661Genre: Graphic Memoir Pages: 348Source: PublisherRating: 4/5  For anyone who has ever felt out of place, struggling with who they are, and trying very hard to fit in, “In Limbo” is the graphic memoir for you to read. Deb JJ Lee charts their journey from high school to […]

Title: Grave of the FirefliesAuthor: Akiyuki NosakaTranslated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley TakemoriPublisher: Penguin Classics Genre: Literary Fiction, Short StoryPages: 80Source: Publisher Rating: 5/5 I knew what I was getting to know when I began reading this short story. I was aware of the pain and the ache, of that feeling that I wasn’t supposed to […]

Title : Universality Author: Natasha Brown Publisher: Random House ISBN: 978-0593977309 Genre: Literary Fiction Pages: 176 Source: Publisher Rating: 4/5 Natasha Brown’s second novel, Universality, is a sharp, satirical ride through modern media, privilege, and power. It opens with what seems like a feature from a glossy magazine: a COVID-era rave at a Yorkshire farmhouse […]

Title: Rhine JourneyAuthor: Ann SchleePublisher: McNally EditionsISBN: 978-1961341098Genre: Literary FictionPages: 208 Source: PublisherRating: 4 stars  Ann Schlee’s slim novel first published in 1980 and shortlisted for the 1981 Booker works like a pressure chamber: outwardly decorous, inwardly volatile. On a genteel Rhine cruise in 1851, Charlotte Morrison’s fleeting glimpse of a man she once loved becomes […]

Title: Keeru Author: Fauzia Rafique Translated from the Punjabi by Haider Shahbaz Publisher: Hachette India ISBN: 978-9357319348 Genre: Literary Fiction, LGBTQIA+, Novella Pages: 168 Source: Publisher Rating: 4/5 Reading Keeru by Fauzia Rafique, in Haider Shahbaz’s English translation, felt less like opening a novella and more like confronting fragments of my own past through someone […]

Title: The SouthAuthor: Tash AwPublisher: 4th Estate Books ISBN: 9780008637613Genre: Literary Fiction, LGBTQIA+ FictionPages: 282Source: PublisherRating: 4/5  There’s a quiet, simmering power in The South by Tash Aw. From its opening lines, it doesn’t just tell a story; it whispers secrets, the kind you’ve carried since perhaps forever, the kind that stitch themselves into the very […]

Title: Hurda Author: Atharva Pandit Publisher: Bloomsbury India ISBN: 9789356402287 Genre: Literary Fiction, Crime Pages: 326 Source: Publisher Rating: 4/5 Books based on true crime unsettle me, as they should. The purpose is that after all. To make you look at society close enough, to not shy away from the evil we harbour, to perhaps […]

Title: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Author: Kiran Desai Publisher: Hogarth Books ISBN: 978-0307700155 Genre: Literary Fiction Pages: 688 Source: Publisher Rating: 5/5 As I was reading this one, my constant thought was that of my father whom I lost at a young age. I do not know why or how or for what […]