After two decades, Pankaj Mishra returns with a novel that chronicles rapid urbanisation in an unequal India. He speaks to Nandini Nair about today’s hollow men and class wars

Millions are playing the Wordle every day because it challenges and fulfils

Ramachandra Guha’s new book portrays seven westerners who joined India’s freedom movement. He speaks to Nandini Nair about today’s rebels and the meaning of patriotism

The meanings and methods of online hate

Bharti Kher transforms materials and textures to create works of defiance

Beloved fiction writers turn to nonfiction, celebrities turn into memoirists and historians travel in time

After two decades, Pankaj Mishra returns with a novel. Upamanyu Chatterjee makes his debut as a crime writer. Booker-winning authors Julian Barnes and Douglas Stuart release their much awaited novels

Where the image ends and the self begins

The majority of this year’s list of bests comprises quieter books, those which arrived with less fanfare and left a lasting impression

From a Chinese tennis hero to a silenced #MeToo accuser