Fiction

In his new novel, Andrew Sean Greer gives us another flighty protagonist—this time a 20-something American who finds himself hunting martens and dealing with a capricious 92-year-old baronessa

‘Good People’ is a chilling account of the death of a young girl and the public’s response to the tragedy. Here, the author discusses book blurbs, headlines, and the lengthy research phase that preceded it

With ‘Whistler’, the acclaimed novelist takes us into a universe where even tragedies, both big and small, are reframed as rewarding—and that’s not a criticism

Written for the attention-deficit readers of the Reels generation, Patmeena Sabit’s debut novel looks at the death of an Afghan American teen through the eyes of her unduly invested community

In Josh Silver’s ‘Fruit Fly’, the pursuit of literary relevance sends a cishet woman to Grindr

With her debut novel, the author discusses pseudonyms, parallel timelines, domestic abuse and the emotional weight carried by names

At The Grammar Room in Delhi, journalist and writer Raghu Karnad discussed travel writing, Indian history and fact vs fiction with author-historian-podcaster William Dalrymple

Take a shot every time you spot a trope

Structured around three versions of one life, our book of the month is a novel that reimagines fate, family, and identity

This Ballerina Farm-coded fever dream from debut author Caro Claire Burke is already headed for the big screen, and might be your next glossy obsession

The author of the buzzy workplace novel on complicated women, loving the idea of making readers a little uncomfortable, and the “ridiculous” garment that helped her get in the zone while writing

Eight years after ‘An American Marriage’, the author returns with a moving story about two “cradle friends” united by absent mothers—a rare novel you’d want to re-read immediately