The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World (Bloomsbury) by William Dalrymple narrates the sociocultural and scientific influence that the subcontinent has had from “Afghanistan in the west to Japan in the east.”

Stories by Manto: A Graphic Narrative (Simon and Schuster) edited by Pinaki De and Debkumar Mitra will bring the Urdu writer’s short fiction to visual life, drawing from old and new illustrations of his prose.

Until August (Penguin) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a posthumous work revised and released by his family, about a happily married woman who travels to a Caribbean Island every year to take on a new lover.

James (Pan Macmillan) by Percival Everett is a reimagining of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, told from the perspective of a slave who runs away to the Free States.

Who’s Afraid of Gender (Penguin) by Judith Butler dives into the minefield that is 21st century gender politics, dedicated to critiquing the “fantasy that gender is a dangerous, perhaps diabolical, threat to families, local cultures, civilization.”

Martyr (Pan Macmillan) by Kaveh Akbar is the story of an orphan born to Iranian immigrants in the United States, exploring addiction, martyrdom and the nature of art on a “remarkable search for a family secret.”

Out of Coverage Area (Panther’s Paw) by Pusunoori Ravinder is a short-fiction collection by the Sahitya Akademi-winning Telugu Dalit writer, translated to English for the first time.

Myth, Memory and Folktale of the Wancho Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh (Niyogi) by Tara Douglas and Jatwang Wangsa explores the hill community that borders Myanmar through narrative and nature, underpinned by the Wancho saying, “Kahon munboy pohon boi (everything except words come to an end).”

Worlds Within Worlds (Niyogi) by Ajay Navaria, translated from Hindi by Nita Kumar, is about a wide cast of middle-class Dalits working in the medical, civil service and the private sectors, navigating life, relationships and discrimination.

Phantom Warriors (Roli) by Ngari Rinpoche Tenzin Geyche Tethong, edited by Thubten Samphel, are the true stories of Tibetan refugees who made up a ‘secret’ force that fought in major Indian conflicts like the Bangladesh Liberation War and Kargil War, as well as Operation Bluestar – going on the record for the first time.

Can’t (Speaking Tiger) by Shinie Antony is the story of a widow who sets out to find each of her dead husband’s former lovers, told from the point-of-view of a 17-year-old boy who accompanies her on the journey.

Judith Butler, M Mukundan (Source: Wikipedia)

You (Westland) by M Mukundan, translated from Malayalam by Nandakumar K, is about a writer’s prophecy of his own death after a prolonged disappearance from the public eye.

Riverside Stories: Writings from Assam (Zubaan) edited by Banamallika Chaudhry, is the sixth in an acclaimed series featuring Northeastern writers and stories, covering Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal, Meghalaya, and Mizoram.

Ananda: A Journey into India’s Ancient Complex Relationship with Cannabis (Aleph) by Karan Madhok is about the author’s travels across the country to document the medical and scientific uses of the plant, as well as its history in the country’s counterculture.

The Last Boy in Class (Westland) by Adhir Biswas, translated from Bengali by V Ramaswamy, is about the author’s memories of his childhood as the Dalit son of a poor barber and his sick wife, and how an ear boil compelled him to sit in the back of a classroom the first time he went to school.

Ambedkar Contra Nietzsche: The Genius of the Chandala and the Gospel of the Superman (Navayana) by Ankit Kawade is a study of the “provocative similarities and irreconcilable differences between the moral and political thought of Ambedkar and Nietzsche.”

The Incarcerations (HarperCollins) by Alpa Shah is a journalistic account of the 16 human rights activists who have been branded Maoist terrorists and jailed in the Bhima Koregaon case.

The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown Indian (Juggernaut) by Neha Dixit is the true story of an urban, low-income Muslim woman in India and her family, traced over the last 30 years.

The Architecture of Modern Empire: Conversations with David Barsamian (Penguin) by Arundhati Roy is a collection of interviews over the past two decades on nationalism, imperialism and the rise of fascism.

Choice (Penguin) by Neel Mukherjee is the story of a publisher and his commissioned authors, the fictional and framed narratives mingling into a critique of modern-day economic systems and racial discrimination.

The Road to the Country (Penguin) by Chigozie Obioma is about a university student in 1960s Nigeria during the civil war, who is bent on looking for his missing younger brother.

Shattered (Penguin) by Hanif Kureishi is a memoir of the British-Pakistani writer’s recovery from a fall in 2022 that left him paralysed and hospitalised in an Italian hospital.