• The best books on Kolkata (Calcutta India)
• The best kids and YA books from India that are universally appealing and have a great slice of Indian culture and life
• The best books about well-being and self-knowledge
• The best books that give the reader a mythical creature’s point of view
• The best novels about father-daughter relationships
• The best books for eco-philosophy
• The best sensuous writing: literature of India
• The best books on migration and aging
• The best books about family drama, sacrifice, and how beautifully messy a family can be
• The best books on Nepal and the roof of the world
• The best books to cope with death and grief
• The best weird-ass (and wonderful) world-building fantasy novels
• The best books on growing into womanhood in different locations but in the same era
• The best books about women and the British empire
• The best historical fiction set during the British Raj that’s not about British people
• The best memoirs by people who walked away from life-defining ideologies
• The best books for coffee lovers
• The best books about vikings, heresy, and general mayhem