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Sunday, September 7, 2025
TopicBook trends

Topic: Book trends

Faqir Chand & Bahrisons aren’t just bookshops now. They’re selfie spots, meet-cute hubs

Khan Market’s last two legacy bookstores are leveraging nostalgia and a strong social media presence to attract customers and make books trendy.

New book explores Asian identity, provides history of the 20th century from an Asian perspective

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘Asia after Europe' by Prof. Sugata Bose will be released on 5 February on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

Climate fiction is growing, but it’s waiting for a Chetan Bhagat

As the climate crisis unfolds fiction might just be our final place of residence. 

Is the novel dying in India? Publishers chasing more and more non-fiction

There’s new enthusiasm among readers and publishers for fact, data, narrative, theory, and experiences. Fiction's time under the Indian sun might just be over.

Mini JLFs sprouting across India. Lit fest boom in Nagpur, Ranchi, Kanpur, Indore, Kokrajhar

There are at least 65 lit fests in India now, a growing testament to decades of neglect of smaller cities, regional languages, and appetite for cultural events.

Savarkar broke monopoly of Nehru-Gandhi history books. Now there’s new appetite, wishlist

Hemchandra Vikramaditya, Maharana Pratap and Khudiram Bose are some of the new biographies in English and Hindi that reflect the changed political mood in India.

On Camera

The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.

Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?