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The Best American Short Stories John Updike Indian Book Critics Review

The Best American Short Stories of the Century — A Critical and Reflective Review

3 weeks ago

The Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike and co-edited by Katrina Kenison, stands as one of the most ambitious and intellectually demanding literary anthologies ever…

The Sound of Waves Yukio Mishima book review Indian Book Critics

The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima, a detailed review

Novels

2 months ago

Yukio Mishima’s The Sound of Waves is one of the most luminous and deceptively simple novels in modern Japanese fiction. It is a story that combines youthful innocence, elemental courage…

20 Must-read Japanese Novels A List for Book Lovers Indian Book Critics

20 Must-Read Japanese Novels of All Time: A list for lovers of fiction

Lists

3 months ago

Japanese fiction has an irresistible charm that draws readers into worlds where beauty, sorrow, and mystery often coexist. Whether it is the quiet ache of unspoken love, the complex dance…

The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain Review Indian Book Critics

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, a detailed book review

Novels

6 months ago

In the vast literary landscape of Mark Twain’s imagination, The Prince and the Pauper often feels like the child dressed a little too neatly for the carnival. Unlike the raw…

Reading The Five Must Read Novels Mark Twain Indian Book Critics

Five Must-Read Novels by Mark Twain: A Literary Expedition into Wit, Wisdom, and the American Soul

Recommendations

7 months ago

Reading Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, is like sitting down with a razor-sharp storyteller who has one hand on the pulse of a nation and the…

The Stranger Albert Camus review Indian Book Critics

The Stranger by Albert Camus, a detailed review

Novels

7 months ago

Albert Camus’s The Stranger stands as one of the most enduring literary articulations of existential and absurdist thought, distilled through the eyes and actions of Meursault, a man whose radical…

What makes a literary classic Alok Mishra Editorial Indian Book Critics

What Makes a Literary Classic? Alok Mishra Revisits a Misunderstood Concept – Editorial

Editorials

8 months ago

In the bustling corridors of literary discourse, few words are flung around with as much careless abandon as classic. Everyone wants a piece of it—critics, publishers, academics, prize panels, even…

Middlemarch by George Eliot review Indian Book Critics

Middlemarch by George Eliot, a detailed review

Novels

9 months ago

George Eliot’s Middlemarch, published serially between 1871 and 1872, stands as one of the towering achievements of Victorian literature—a novel of such intellectual depth, psychological insight, and social scope that it…

Thomas Hardy Novels role of fate editorial Indian Book Critics

When fate bites its piece… Thomas Hardy, his novels and the role of fate – IBC Editorials

Editorials

10 months ago

Have you ever cursed your fate? Have you ever felt bad for someone else’s fate? Okay, coming to the point straight; did you spit abuses when you read about Gabriel…

The Beautiful and Damned F Scott Fitzgerald book review Indian Book Critics

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a detailed review

Novels

11 months ago

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Beautiful and Damned, published in 1922, stands as a realistic exploration of the Jazz Age, a term Fitzgerald himself coined to describe the decadent, post-World War I…

Reading Friedrich Nietzsche A Friendly Guide Indian Book Critics

The Friedrich Nietzsche Navigator: Why and How Should You Read Nietzsche? A Guide for Beginners & Advanced Readers

Lists

11 months ago

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) is one of Western philosophy’s most enigmatic and influential figures. Unlike his systematic contemporaries such as Immanuel Kant or G.W.F. Hegel, Nietzsche rejected rigid philosophical frameworks in…

The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell book review Indian Book Critics

The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell – Review

Non-fiction

12 months ago

Bertrand Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy is a seminal work that serves as both an introduction to and a profound exploration of some of the most enduring questions in philosophy. First published…