Best books of 2024
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Best books of 2024

Deccan Chronicle  

Columnists and book critics of the Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle give their verdict on the titles that left an impression or otherwise made an impact. Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr is a senior journalist and columnist SHREYA SEN-HANDLEY I put William Dalrymple’s The Golden Road on my Christmas wishlist this year, and sure enough, Santa delivered! Shreya Sen-Handley is an award-winning memoirist and short fiction writer, as well as a playwright, illustrator and columnist PRANAY SHARMA The most fascinating book I read this year is historian Josephine Quinn’s magisterial, myth-shattering, account of How the World Made the West — a 4,000-year history. Pranay Sharma is a Kolkata-based senior journalist VARUN ANDHARE Early this year, I was blown away by the naturalist Yuvan Aves’ wonderfully affecting Intertidal, which I found to be not just open-hearted, but also open-eyed and open-eared exploration of his life and work around the coast and marshlands of Southern India. Indranil Banerjie is a Delhi-based senior journalist SHUBHDA CHAUDHARY Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture is not just a book — it is Gaza’s enduring heartbeat, echoing across the world.

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Vivek Kaul: The best books I read in 2024
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Vivek Kaul: The best books I read in 2024

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The Hindu on Books | Best fiction and non-fiction reads of 2023
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The Hindu on Books | Best fiction and non-fiction reads of 2023

The Hindu  

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Best summer books of 2023 | Epic adventures, biting satires, uplifting memoirs and more

The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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Book Box: Best Book Club Reads of 2022
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Hindustan Times  

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The 5 best novels of 2021 according to Bethanne Patrick
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LA Times  

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10 great books that got lost in the noise of 2020

LA Times  

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