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‘Writing Is Somewhat a Masochistic Activity’

Antara Raghavan

M Mukundan’s award-winning biography of a city reveals Delhi’s underbelly with compassion. The author tells Antara Raghavan why a river of sorrow runs beneath his stories

Red-Light Dreams
Vikram Zutshi

A police procedural and sociological treatise set in Calcutta

Set in Stone
Raunaq Saraswat

A Delhi saga spanning two hundred years foregrounds the masons and labourers

True Detectives
Shylashri Shankar

States of Defence
Siddharth Singh

The Memory Wars
Sudeep Paul

The Quiet Gems
Nandini Nair

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

My Choice
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta | William Dalrymple | Amit Chaudhuri | David Davidar | Ira Mukhoti | Aatish Taseer | Arundhati Subramaniam | KR Meera | TCA Raghavan | Tridip Suhrud | Tishani Doshi | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Mini Kapoor

Editor’s Choice
S Prasannarajan

Mapping the Nation
Medha Dutta Yadav

A behind-the-scenes account of the creation of India’s states and Union Territories

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Kaveree Bamzai

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The Afterlife of a Maoist

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