by George Orwell
A chilling dystopian masterpiece set in a totalitarian society where Big Brother watches everything, history is constantly rewritten, and independent thought is the ultimate crime. The novel follows Winston Smith, a low-ranking member of the Party, as he secretly rebels against the oppressive regime.
Dystopian Fiction / Political Fiction
by Fredrik Backman
A failed bank robbery turns into a hostage situation at an apartment viewing, revealing the hidden worries of everyone in the room.
Literary Fiction
Oct 2026
by Perumal Murugan
A tiny black she-goat, gifted to a poor old couple in a Tamil village, becomes the unwitting center of greed, rumor, and state power in this sharp modern fable.
Literary Fiction/Fable
by Seishi Yokomizo
A pair of Kosuke Kindaichi mysteries set in post-war Tokyo and a remote village, both built around the chilling puzzle of a disfigured corpse and a stolen identity.
Mystery/Detective Fiction
Sep 2026
A gothic country-house mystery in which detective Kosuke Kindaichi investigates a headless corpse, a legendary cursed sword, and a sleepwalking heiress's nighttime wanderings on a secluded aristocratic estate.
by Rohan Chakravarty
A collection of comics from Rohan Chakravarty's 'Green Humour' — witty, sharply observed cartoons on Indian and global wildlife, conservation, climate change, and the politics of the environment.
Graphic Nonfiction / Wildlife & Environment
Aug 2026
by Khaled Hosseini
A multigenerational tapestry of love, loss, and human connection that spans continents and decades, exploring how decisions echo through time and shape lives in unexpected ways.
by Manu Joseph
A darkly comic and unflinching examination of India's class divide, asking the uncomfortable question of why extreme inequality has never erupted into revolt — and what that uneasy silence reveals about complicity, hope, and the quiet architecture of suffering.
Literary Fiction / Social Commentary
Jul 2026
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The sixth book in the bestselling 'Before the Coffee Gets Cold' series, following four more visitors to Café Funiculi Funicula — one of whom, for the first time in the series, travels forward instead of back.
Literary Fiction/Magical Realism
Jun 2026
by Vivek Shanbhag
A short, unsettling novella about a Bangalore family whose sudden wealth quietly rewires every relationship inside it.
Mar 2026
by Joshy Benedict
A darkly funny graphic novel about a gambler in rural Kerala who keeps losing the life he builds to the pull of midnight card games on an abandoned island.
Graphic Novel
by Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy
A warm, cartoon-filled guide to seven hard emotions, from anger and burnout to grief, and how to live with them at work and beyond without pretending they aren't there.
Self-Help/Workplace
by Neil Gaiman
A father's quick trip to buy milk for breakfast spirals into a wildly digressive tale of time-traveling dinosaurs, pirates, aliens, and a stegosaurus with a hot-air balloon.
Fantasy/Children's Fiction
Feb 2026
by Albert Camus
Camus's early novel about a man who commits murder to gain the freedom to pursue happiness.
Philosophical Fiction
by Franz Kafka
A teenage immigrant, sent away from home in disgrace, drifts through a dreamlike and bewildering America.
Literary Fiction/Absurdist
A hockey-obsessed town is torn apart by a crime that forces everyone to choose between loyalty and the truth.
A fussy, rule-bound woman starts over in a failing small town and is drawn into coaching its misfit football team.
by Brandon Sanderson
The first book in the Mistborn trilogy, introducing a world ruled by the immortal Lord Ruler and a group of rebels with magical powers.
Fantasy
A land surveyor arrives in a village and spends the novel trying, and failing, to reach the elusive authorities in the castle above it.
by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
A philosophical dialogue exploring Adlerian psychology and the path to personal freedom and happiness.
Philosophy/Self-Help
A follow-up to 'The Courage to Be Disliked', continuing the exploration of happiness and self-acceptance through Adlerian principles.
Kafka's private diaries, kept from 1910 to 1923, mixing daily life, self-doubt, dreams, and sketches of stories.
Diaries/Autobiographical
A Parisian lawyer confesses his life and growing guilt to a stranger in an Amsterdam bar.
Camus's unfinished, semi-autobiographical novel about a poor childhood in colonial Algeria.
Literary Fiction/Autobiographical
The final book in the Mistborn trilogy, where the fate of the world hangs in the balance as ancient prophecies unfold.
Kafka's famous tale of a man who wakes up as an insect, collected with other short stories.
Literary Fiction/Short Stories
Camus's essay on the absurd and the question of whether life is worth living in a world without inherent meaning.
Philosophy
A detached young man in French Algeria commits a murder and is judged as much for his indifference as for his crime.
An epidemic seals off the Algerian city of Oran, forcing its residents to confront suffering, solidarity, and meaning.
An essay examining rebellion, revolution, and the limits of violence in the pursuit of justice.
A bank clerk is arrested and prosecuted by a remote, unnamed authority for a crime that is never explained.
The second book in the Mistborn trilogy, following the aftermath of the Lord Ruler's fall and the struggle to maintain freedom.
The concluding Beartown novel, as the town is shaken once more by a tragedy and its aftermath.
The sequel to Beartown, as rivalry and fallout threaten to tear the town and its hockey club apart.