Haruki Murakami

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

Haruki Murakami: Enchanter Emeritus

Mini Kapoor

The familiar and the fantastical permeate a new collection of stories by Haruki Murakami

What I Learnt from My Internet Holiday

Tishani Doshi

Do we become digital hermits just to bypass the clamour and save our skins? Unfortunately, that doesn’t work. Because identity on the internet is something akin to a ‘blank vote’. You can be sure someone else will appropriate it if you don’t

Books: The International List

Rajni George

Another stark beauty from Ireland’s literary queen, Murakami’s literary debut in English for the first time, a sad and lengthy tale of a band of brothers and Coetzee’s experiments with truth