The Nod Book Club

‘Good People’ is a chilling account of the death of a young girl and the public’s response to the tragedy. Here, the author discusses book blurbs, headlines, and the lengthy research phase that preceded it

Written for the attention-deficit readers of the Reels generation, Patmeena Sabit’s debut novel looks at the death of an Afghan American teen through the eyes of her unduly invested community

With her debut novel, the author discusses pseudonyms, parallel timelines, domestic abuse and the emotional weight carried by names

At The Grammar Room in Delhi, journalist and writer Raghu Karnad discussed travel writing, Indian history and fact vs fiction with author-historian-podcaster William Dalrymple

Structured around three versions of one life, our book of the month is a novel that reimagines fate, family, and identity

The author of the buzzy workplace novel on complicated women, loving the idea of making readers a little uncomfortable, and the “ridiculous” garment that helped her get in the zone while writing

The author of the buzzy epistolary novel, which won the Women’s Prize for Fiction, on letter writing, learning creative writing under Claire Keegan, and being on television

Written entirely in the form of letters, The Nod Book Club’s latest pick is a novel for the analogue-obsessed generation

Filled with flirty banter, lake hotties, and a parallel journey of self-discovery, this novel by Carley Fortune has got romance readers in a trance

At Mumbai’s Arts Cafe, 50-plus readers gathered to watch Kiran Desai and Sonam Kapoor discuss generational trauma, children’s books, and what it means to be home

A remarkable piece of dystopian fiction, our December pick features climate visas, crippling bureaucracy and the moral complexities of being human. And it’s Oprah-approved

Author Mahesh Rao opens up about the two distinct leads of his latest novel, bringing Mankhurd and Kalyan to literature, and why he needs his Instagram downtime