2026 releases

'This shape-shifting, time-stitching novel grants us special kinds of double-vision: across eras and between species. Under its spell, Amitav Ghosh helps us begin to live multiple lives - to become...

A powerful literary debut from an astonishing new Kiwi voice, focusing on the Indo-Fijian indenture system and how it affected generations across the Pacific. Rajasthan 1888: Avani Rathod, a nomad...

An essential collection of beloved home cooking recipes from India’s most famous food historian Classic Indian Recipes is a carefully curated collection of more than 140 tried-and-tested dishes, drawn from the...

The remarkable story of the last Ottoman Caliph, exiled by Atatrk, who tried to recreate the Caliphate in the Indian princely state of Hyderabad. Abdulmejid II was a talented painter,...

This absorbing study describes and illustrates the Indian Army forces that fought in five wars during the second half of the 20th century. The Indian Army is the world's largest...

One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World, published in Vintage Classics for the first time as part of a retrospective on the Early Novels of Rushdie'Salman Rushdie's...

A landmark exploration of women-led communities worldwide and what they can teach us about new ways to live, think and govern, from BBC global correspondent Megha Mohan. Society isn't working...

Srinagar, A Popular History A vibrant tapestry of Srinagar's rich historical and cultural heritage. City of Kashmir offers readers a journey into the 2,000-year history of Srinagar, exploring its written...

In the misty mountains of Darjeeling, a landslide entraps the guests and staff of a dilapidated hotel. Cooped up inside, two men exchange lingering glances. For carefree Neville, this is...

Taking its title from the strangely frozen picture by the surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico, The Enigma of Arrival tells the story of a young Indian from the Caribbean arriving in post-imperial...

"So what will you become, Elena? Villain, hero, or conqueror?" Ravence has fallen. Her enemies have ravaged her people. And now Elena Aadya Ravence must decide how far she will...

Vikram Seth and Thrity Umrigar meet Rebecca in this exhilarating inheritance story about an Indian American book editor from Brooklyn who inherits her ancestral home in Kolkata, and her extended...

An empowering novel of resistance inspired by Sampat Pal and the Pink Sari Gang from the multi-award-winning author of Run, Rebel and The Crossing Rizu lives a comfortable life in...

Most family reunions end in tears. This one will end in murder... Get ready for a claustrophobic, roller-coaster ride in 2025. Lucy Foley meets Succession in this tense and atmospheric...

The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change Nuclear power is a dangerous distraction from the urgent task of decarbonizing our energy systems. The climate crisis has...