Womenโ€™s Prize for Fiction 2025: Longlist

The Womenโ€™s Prize for Fiction 2025 has unveiled its longlist, featuring a diverse mix of debut authors and established literary powerhouses. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding fiction written by women, spotlighting narratives that challenge, inspire, and captivate readers. This yearโ€™s longlist showcases 16 remarkable novels, spanning genres and themes that reflect the richness of contemporary literature. Below…

Top 15 Must-Read Books Featuring Strong Women Leads

1. The Night Watchman | Louise Erdrich Inspired by the true story of the authorโ€™s grandfather, this National Book Award-winning novel follows Pixie “Patrice” Paranteau, a determined young woman fighting for her Indigenous communityโ€™s survival in 1950s America. Why Read It? A powerful historical fiction novel that showcases resilience and activism. 2. The Paper Palace | Miranda Cowley Heller A beautifully…

Top 15 Must-Read Books to Buy in March 2025

As March 2025 unfolds, the literary landscape offers a diverse array of compelling reads across both fiction and non-fiction genres. Whether you’re seeking immersive narratives or insightful explorations of real-world topics, this curated list presents the top 15 books to consider adding to your collection this month. All selections are available on Amazon India. 1. “Victorian…

Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition of India through Material Memory | Aanchal Malhotra

What started as an academic project has eventually become a collective of shared memories for all those who have witnessed one of the darkest chapters in the history of the Indian subcontinent. Poignant. Thoughtful. Lucid. Emotional. Balanced. Historical. Personal. This nonfiction book has succeeded in evoking all these emotions from a reader and how.  Indeed,…

City of Girls | Elizabeth Gilbert

The second novel by Elizabeth Gilbert is all about the memories; memories of oneโ€™s youth enjoyed and spent in repentance, memories of familial relationships built and nurtured, memories of friendships built and lost and memories of a city loved and admired for over a lifetime. The story begins in 1940s New York when Vivian Morris,…

The Penguin Book of The British Short Story Volume 2 [From P. G. Wodehouse to Zadie Smith]

The second volume of the Penguin Book of the British Short Story presents spectacular writings from a variety of talented, brilliant authors across generations of writers. This list includes writing legends like P. G. Wodehouse, V. S. Naipaul, W. Somerset Maugham, Roald Dahl, Doris Lessing to contemporary geniuses such as Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith to name a few.