Sakina’s Kiss
By: Vivek Shanbhag
3.81
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
Venkat answers urgent knocks on the door to his flat one evening to find two insolent young men cla…
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3.96
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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2. Em and The Big Hoom
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4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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3. The Liberation of Sita
By: Volga
2.74
Format: None pages, Paperback
Valmiki's Ramayana is the story of Rama's exile and return to Ayodhya, a triumphant king who will a… read more
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4. Seven Sixes Are Forty Three
By: Kiran Nagarkar
4.09
Format: 256 pages,
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5. Roman Stories
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Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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6. Sakina’s Kiss
By: Vivek Shanbhag
3.81
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
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7. Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat
By: Perumal Murugan
4.11
Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition
Through a seeming act of providence, an old couple receives a day-old female goat kid as a gift fro… read more
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8. The Fast and the Dead (ACP Bhavani Singh, #2)
By: Anuja Chauhan
3.72
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
All of Habba Galli, Shivajinagar, is disturbed when eccentric Dondi Pais empties her double-barrell… read more
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9. Everything the Light Touches
By: Janice Pariat
3.75
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
One of the most acclaimed and revered writers of her generation returns with her most ambitious nov… read more
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10. Acts of God
By: Kanan Gill
3.92
Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition
Channelling the craft of Neil Gaiman, the humour of Douglas Adams and the genius of Terry Pratchett… read more
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11. The Education of Yuri
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4.13
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‘We are born alone and we die alone. In between, we reach out to other people.’ At fifteen, Yuri… read more
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12. Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors
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3.52
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
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13. Fire Bird
By: Perumal Murugan
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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14. World's Best Girlfriend
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3.43
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
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16. Welcome to Paradise
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3.59
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3.72
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18. Girl in White Cotton
By: Avni Doshi
3.35
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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19. H-Pop : The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars
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4.25
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20. Quarterlife
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3.86
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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21. Rosarita
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3.29
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
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