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FIFA World Cup 2026: Three books to read before kick-off

A greenhouse against the cold: Queer India Now is a living, tender archive

In Inside the Box, award-winning author David Epstein points out that limits are good

‘To live, it is not enough to be alive’: Marjane Satrapi believed one could die of ‘sadness’, just like her great uncle in Chicken with Plums

Adieu, Marji: How Persepolis graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi drew Iran’s untold story in black and whiteSubscriber Only

10 must-read Julia Quinn Regency romances for Bridgerton fans

72 restaurants, 15 years: Table for Four chronicles friends culinary adventures across Delhi

Bena Sareen wins 11th Oxford Bookstore book cover prize for ‘My Beloved Life’

Debashis Chatterjee’s One-Minute Wisdom offers leadership lessons for the modern workplaceSubscriber Only

‘It’s hard to stop me from writing’: Ruskin Bond on why he simply can’t stop writingSubscriber Only

How The Kerala Club examines the successes and faultlines of the Kerala ModelSubscriber Only

‘Dushmani jam kar karo lekin…’ : Bashir Badr, poet who modernised the Urdu ghazal, passes away at 91

Now, New India Foundation to award non-fiction writing fellowship annually

Why fans are furious over Andy Serkis’ Animal Farm adaptation

In ‘Register Me as Kulbhushan,’ Alka Saraogi revisits the aftermath of the 1971 war

Lives in ‘soft focus’ in Rajeshree Varangaonkar’s Bokeh

Cameron Crowe’s memoir The Uncool will leave you inconsolable

What is Alpine Divorce? The chilling 1893 short story playing out in 2026

‘Mob believes the machine’: Commonwealth prize winner Sharon Aruparayil denies AI useSubscriber Only

How a Taiwanese novel pretending to be a Japanese memoir won the International Booker

Heart Lamp, then Taiwan Travelogue: This not-for-profit published back-to-back International Booker winners

‘Nuanced, layered, sumptuous’: Taiwan Travelogue, a 1930s romance, makes International Booker Prize history

Explained: Caedmon’s Hymn, the oldest English poem just got more dated