Book: The Reverse Swing: Colonialism to Cooperation
Author: Ashok Tandon
About: The author has penned down the historical events and the transformations i n t h e I n d o –
U K r e l a t i o n s s i n c e independence.
Book: This Other Eden
Author: Paul Harding
About: This is a novelized story based on the real Malaga Island where the Black population was driven out in 1912.
Book: The Book of Life: My Dance with
Buddha for Success
Author: Vivek Agnihotri
About: The Book of Life is a collection
of profound contemplations by the author
on self and society, deeply rooted in allinclusive
Hindu philosophy.
Book: If I Survive You
Author: Jonathan Escoffery
About: Eight linked short stories, set
mostly in Miami, vividly evoke the
experiences of a young Black man in
search of a sense of belonging.
Book: The Bee Sting
Author: Paul Murray
About: This novel about an Irish
family is a tapestry of interwoven
stories with shifting perspectives that
draw the reader into the character’s life.
Book: Study for Obedience
Author: Sarah Bernstein
About: Study for Obedience is an
absurdist tale about how a stranger’s
arrival in an unnamed town slowly
unearths deep undercurrents of
xenophobia.
Book: Western Lane
Author: Chetna Maroo
About: Western Lane is a mesmerising
n o v e l a b o u t h o w s i l e n c e c a n
reverberate within a family in the
aftermath of grief.
Book: King of Greed
Author: Ana Huang
About: King of Greed is a steamy
marriage in trouble/second chance
romance. It’s book three in the Kings
of Sin series but can be read as a
standalone.
Book: Prophet Song
Author: Paul Lynch
About: Prophet Song follows one
woman’s attempts to save her family in
a dystopic Ireland sliding further and
further into authoritarian rule.
Book: Starling House
Author: Alix E. Harrow
About: A grim and gothic new tale
from author Alix E. Harrow about a
small town haunted by secrets that
can’t stay buried.
