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Author: Steven Kotler
Publisher: Quercus
Year: 2015
ISBN: 9781782060253
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The Rise of Superman by New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler, at first sight, seems like a fan book about the much loved DC Comics Superhero – Superman. However, within its pages lies something far more potent – the secret to becoming Superman by ‘decoding the science of ultimate human performance’.

Author: Shilpa Gupta
Publisher: Rupa Publications
Year: 2015
ISBN: 9788129135148
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Ananya is a 17-year-old nerd from Pune who finds happiness in her maths and science books. All is well in her small world and then along comes Rohit.

Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Arrow Books
Year: 2015
ISBN: 9781784750183
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It’s a given that if you are reading Patterson’s Private series, there is no time to breathe! If you do, you might miss a twist in the plot.

Author: Taslima Nasrin
Publisher: Penguin Group
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9780143419211
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Lajja talks of the immediate aftermath of the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992 as felt in Bangladesh and suffered by the Bengali Hindus there.

Author: Moni Mohsin
Publisher: Random House Publications
Year: 2008
ISBN: 978818400053
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The Diary of a Social Butterfly is the story of Butterfly, a maudlin, affable and glitzy socialite who lives in Pakistan and is constantly in search of get-togethers worth applying her socialising skills to.

Author: Jonathan Gil Harris
Publisher: Aleph Book Company
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9789382277637
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The First Firangis by Jonathan Gil Harris is a collection of stories about Westerners who arrived in India before British colonisation had taken over, and who assimilated themselves into the Indian landscape, becoming ‘Indian’ as they did so.

Author:Alex Grecian
Publisher: Berkley Trade; Reprint Edition
Year: 2013
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In his mystery novel The Yard, Grecian sets out to create a compelling successor to Jack the Ripper, perhaps the most notorious and enigmatic serial killer of them all. Does he succeed?

Author: Rana Dasgupta
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Year: 2005
ISBN: 9780007263028
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Tokyo Cancelled, Rana Dasgupta’s debut book, is a collection of thirteen short stories that passengers stranded at an airport tell each other to pass the night.

Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher: Harper Collins
Year: 2007
ISBN: 9780007272358
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Set in the country of Nigeria, Purple Hibiscus tells the story of fifteen year old girl Kambili caught in a world of absolute authority and tyranny where freedom of speech is punished and deplored.