On the Shelf Almost Surely Dead By Amina Akhtar Mindy’s Book Studio: 302 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. What it most has in common with Akhtar’s first two novels, “#FashionVictim” and “Kismet,” is that it’s a book only she could have written. …