Book: Gun Island
Author: Amitav Ghosh
Publisher: Penguin Hamish Hamilton
Bundook. Gun. A common word, but one which turns Deen Datta’s world upside down. A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary journey; one that takes him from India to Los Angeles and Venice.
Book: Sidney Sheldon’s The Phoenix
Author: Tilly Bagshawe
Publisher: Harper Collins
A deadly enemy will rise again… Ella Praeger has always felt like an outsider. So when she is called to join the ranks of the group, a force for good operating in the shadows, her world shifts. She is gifted a purpose — and a dangerous legacy. Thrown into an underworld of treachery and corruption, Ella is chasing a villain risen from ashes.
Book: Babu Bangladesh
Author: Numair Atif Choudhury
Publisher: Fourth Estate India
Bangladesh, 2028. A biographer begins to document the life of an enigmatic and controversial political luminary — Babu, also known as 'Babu Bangladesh'. In unearthing the story of a man whom many thought was the leader of his generation, he begins to uncover the story of a nation itself.
Book: The Belated Bachelor Party
Author: Ravinder Singh
Publisher: HarperCollins India
It’s been 12 years since Happy, MP, Raamji and Ravin graduated. Well into their married lives, they realize that none of them had a bachelor party before their weddings. But it’s never too late to set things right. They go about planning their belated bachelor party: A Euro trip that becomes the trip of their lifetime.