10 books you need to devour this month
From Sujata Massey's A Murder On Malabar Hill to Eleven Ways To Love
By Neville Bhandara March 8th, 2018
“I read to know more about myself and other people, to dive into the wider world and to shut it off, to escape a situation and to find out how to deal with it. I also read to learn how to write,” says Snigdha Poonam Journalist and Author, Dreamers: How young Indians are changing their world.
10 books to read this month:
Rose McGowan
HarperCollins, February 2018
Before the #MeToo movement, it was Rose McGowan who blew the whistle in the ’90s. This memoir takes us back to her past and subsequent arrival in Hollywood, detailing the industry’s systemic misogyny, and what happens behind closed doors.
Matt Young
Bloomsbury, February 2018
This daring memoir recounts the author’s time as a US Marine. Ironic in some parts and self- angulating in others, it reveals a harrowing picture of a life spent in service, with toxic masculinity and the horrors of war in tow.
Emma Glass
Bloomsbury, January 2018
Emma Glass burst onto the literary scene with this searing debut that opens in the aftermath of a teen’s sexual assault. The book is a sensory overload, thanks to Glass’s vivid, uncomfortable imagery. Pick up a copy if you’ve got a strong stomach (and taste) for visceral writing.
Celia Imrie
Bloomsbury, February 2018
Two women on a cruise ship form the backdrop of this novel. One, an ageing starlet, is working her way home when her play is unexpectedly cancelled. The other is buying time on the cruise, while her home is temporarily uninhabitable. Prep for some high-sea humour.
Stuart Turton
Bloomsbury, February 2018
This crafty, concept murder mystery is a whodunit that would make Agatha Christie proud. Red herrings, twisted plots and the setting—a mansion, a masquerade ball—make it a puzzle you can’t wait to finish.
Alan Hollinghurst
Penguin Random House, March 2018
The Man Booker Prize-winning author’s latest spans seven decades of the Sparsholt family—from war-torn Britain in the ’40s and the sexual liberation of the ’60s, to the hardships of the ’70s, and the present day. It all starts with the friendship of two young men who meet at Oxford in the days of the Blitz and the blackout.
Anjum Hasan
Penguin Random House, March 2018
Fourteen short stories crisscross the Indian subcontinent, chronicling the lives of its inhabitants, from idealistic retirees in the misty hills of Coorg, to a senior citizen with an anger management problem—this is a book of real people and wry writing.
Penguin Random House, February 2018
Eleven writers bare their soul as they write on the complex and elusive emotion. Moving far beyond the regular realm, the collection tackles trans and queer love, polyamory, class and caste differences, and racism.
Sarvat Hasin
Penguin Random House, March 2018
The London-based writer’s interlinked stories track a high-school production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, during which a student goes missing, setting off ripples and causing panic.
Sujata Massey
Penguin Random House, February 2018
This detective drama set in the Bombay of the 1920s, sees the protagonist, lawyer Perveen Mistry, turn sleuth for a case that takes a dark turn. Murder adds to the dubious financial goings-on, leaving her racing to outwit a dangerous foe.
Rose McGowan
HarperCollins, February 2018
Before the #MeToo movement, it was Rose McGowan who blew the whistle in the ’90s. This memoir takes us back to her past and subsequent arrival in Hollywood, detailing the industry’s systemic misogyny, and what happens behind closed doors.
Matt Young
Bloomsbury, February 2018
This daring memoir recounts the author’s time as a US Marine. Ironic in some parts and self- angulating in others, it reveals a harrowing picture of a life spent in service, with toxic masculinity and the horrors of war in tow.
Emma Glass
Bloomsbury, January 2018
Emma Glass burst onto the literary scene with this searing debut that opens in the aftermath of a teen’s sexual assault. The book is a sensory overload, thanks to Glass’s vivid, uncomfortable imagery. Pick up a copy if you’ve got a strong stomach (and taste) for visceral writing.
Celia Imrie
Bloomsbury, February 2018
Two women on a cruise ship form the backdrop of this novel. One, an ageing starlet, is working her way home when her play is unexpectedly cancelled. The other is buying time on the cruise, while her home is temporarily uninhabitable. Prep for some high-sea humour.
Stuart Turton
Bloomsbury, February 2018
This crafty, concept murder mystery is a whodunit that would make Agatha Christie proud. Red herrings, twisted plots and the setting—a mansion, a masquerade ball—make it a puzzle you can’t wait to finish.
Alan Hollinghurst
Penguin Random House, March 2018
The Man Booker Prize-winning author’s latest spans seven decades of the Sparsholt family—from war-torn Britain in the ’40s and the sexual liberation of the ’60s, to the hardships of the ’70s, and the present day. It all starts with the friendship of two young men who meet at Oxford in the days of the Blitz and the blackout.
Anjum Hasan
Penguin Random House, March 2018
Fourteen short stories crisscross the Indian subcontinent, chronicling the lives of its inhabitants, from idealistic retirees in the misty hills of Coorg, to a senior citizen with an anger management problem—this is a book of real people and wry writing.
Penguin Random House, February 2018
Eleven writers bare their soul as they write on the complex and elusive emotion. Moving far beyond the regular realm, the collection tackles trans and queer love, polyamory, class and caste differences, and racism.
Sarvat Hasin
Penguin Random House, March 2018
The London-based writer’s interlinked stories track a high-school production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, during which a student goes missing, setting off ripples and causing panic.
Sujata Massey
Penguin Random House, February 2018
This detective drama set in the Bombay of the 1920s, sees the protagonist, lawyer Perveen Mistry, turn sleuth for a case that takes a dark turn. Murder adds to the dubious financial goings-on, leaving her racing to outwit a dangerous foe.