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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicNon-fiction

Topic: non-fiction

We asked publishers and writers which non-fiction authors shaped public debate in 2024

ThePrint’s panel of jurors for selecting non-fiction Indian authors included William Dalrymple, Ashutosh Varshney, Shinie Anthony, Anirudh Kanisetti, Chiki Sarkar, Arpita Das, and Karthika VK.

Valley of Words announces 2024 book awards shortlist for English and Hindi non-fiction

Non-fiction as a category often appears as a window into realities of our world. VoW Book Awards shortlist offers glimpse into contrasting styles of English, Hindi contemporary non-fiction.

What ThePrint editors read in 2023 — Here are some of their favourites

From foreign policy, culture, politics, fantasy, and psychology to espionage—a variety of books captured our attention this year.

New memoir traces life of former union cabinet secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar in UPA govt

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘As Good As My Word’ will be released on 23 December on Softcover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

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.

Reading to improve language skills? Focus on fiction, not non-fiction

The fact that narrative fiction, not expository non-fiction, helps us develop strong language skills has important implications for education policy.

Where Malgudi meets reality: New book brings fascinating quarantine stories from Kerala

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘Onam in a Nightie’ by Anjana Menon will be released on 27 January on ThePrint’s Softcover.

Our pick of top 10 books in 2021

2021 saw a variety of books being published as life crawled back to normal from the pandemic. These are our top picks.

New book by former EC Lavasa aims to disseminate ‘grounded wisdom’ of ordinary Indian lives

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘An Ordinary Life: Portrait of an Indian Generation’ by Ashok Lavasa will be released on 31 July on ThePrint’s ‘Softcover’.

The 10 best books we read this year

Books are what got us through this pandemic. Here’s our pick of the top 10 non-fiction titles in English this year.

On Camera

China’s Brahmaputra dam is also a military asset. It raises alarm for India

China didn't consult India over the Brahmaputra dam. It acted unilaterally over a transboundary river system that feeds millions downstream.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.