FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CO-HOST OF THE CHART TOPPING EMPIRE PODCAST – A REVOLUTIONARY NEW HISTORY OF THE DIFFUSION OF INDIAN IDEAS ‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times India is the forgotten heart of the ancient world For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of...

This debut novel by a Palestinian-American voice takes us inside the lives of a conservative Arab family living in America. In Brooklyn, eighteen-year-old Deya is starting to meet with suitors. Though she doesn’t want to get married, her grandparents give her no choice. History is repeating itself: Deya’s mother, Isra,...

From award-winning investigative journalists Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark, Spy Stories is a gripping deep-dive into the shadowy worlds of India’s R.A.W. and Pakistan’s I.S.I. This explosive book uncovers intelligence operations, dramatic cross-border missions, covert battles, and the hidden truths behind South Asia's most secretive institutions. Drawing from first-hand interviews,...

From one of Turkey’s most acclaimed and outspoken writers, a novel about the tangled histories of two families. In her second novel written in English, Elif Shafak confronts her country’s violent past in a vivid and colorful tale set in both Turkey and the United States. At its center is...

The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru is a classic work on India's history, culture, society, philosophy, and journey toward independence. Written during Nehru's imprisonment in the 1940s, the book explores India's rich past while also reflecting on the ideas and forces that shaped modern India. Nehru takes readers through...

  The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a captivating retelling of the Mahabharata, told from the perspective of Draupadi, one of the most powerful and complex women in Indian mythology. The novel gives Draupadi a voice of her own and explores her thoughts, emotions, relationships, ambitions, and...

To those who claim we are now living in a totalitarian, fascist, Hindu Rashtra, one must ask: What kind of a Hindu Rashtra is this where a billion-strong Hindus have been, through our parliament, through our courts, our education system, and our constitution, reduced to not just second-class but, rather,...