Books
Books: Best of 2016
Nandini Nair
From the architecture of the gene to the oral histories of men and women in the former USSR, this year’s best books reveal what it is to be human
An Enduring Enigma
This is a necessary book about a neglected man, and it’s all the more creditable that a foreigner should have taken the trouble to write it
Dancing with Zadie Smith
Family, friendship and identity—one of English fiction’s most celebrated young writers returns to familiar turf
Blessed and Cursed
Amruta Patil in her graphic retelling of the Mahabharata reimagines women as epic beings
Martin Amis: ‘It is Very Satisfying—Killing People’
Martin Amis talks about Donald Trump’s sexuality and Islamic fanaticism
The Sober Realist
Shivshankar Menon places five defining moments of Indian foreign policy in the long sweep of history
The Beautiful Blood Ceremony
What the best of Japanese noir says about democracy, authenticity and the nation
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