Vigil: A Novel
George Saunders
Penguin Random House
With the wisdom, playfulness, and explosive imagination we’ve come to expect, George Saunders takes on the gravest issues of our time—the menace of corporate greed, the toll of capitalism, the environmental perils of progress—and spins a tale that encompasses life and death, good and evil, and the thorny question of absolution.
On Morrison
Namwali Serpell
Penguin Random House
In On Morrison, Namwali Serpell brings her unique experience as both an award-winning writer and a professor who teaches a course on Toni Morrison to illuminate the masterful experiments of the Noble Laureate and beloved writer with the literary form.
The Acrobat: Essential Poems
Wislawa Szymborska
HarperCollins
Wislawa Szymborska was born in Poland and worked as a poetry editor, translator, and columnist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996. The poems in The Acrobat grapple with war and history, time’s ruthless march and the fragility of human existence.
A Hymn to Life
Gisèle Pelicot
Penguin Random House
In 2024, Gisèle Pelicot waived her right to anonymity in her legal fight against her ex-husband and the 50 men accused of sexually assaulting her. In A Hymn to Life, Pelicot tells her story for the very first time, not as victim, but as witness.
Fieldwork as a Sex Object
Meena Kandasamy
HarperCollins
Fieldwork as a Sex Object is about structural violence and women who resist oppressive systems. It engages with the resilience of a woman who faces the fallout of rape culture as a political strategy and addresses a core thought: What does her liberation look like?
August 17
S Hareesh
Translated by Jayasree Kalathil
DC Books
August 17, S Hareesh’s second novel after the JCB Prize-winning novel, Moustache, is an ‘ambitious work of speculative historical fiction’. Translated by Jayasree Kalathil, the book revisits all the crucial events in the history of Kerala, its people, and events.