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Fiction
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Arundhati Roy The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Penguin) Release: June 2017 will see Booker-prize winning author Roy return to fiction after almost 20 years, with the most anticipated novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. It relays a shattered story magnificently; readers can expect peerless prose and formal inventiveness in these pages.
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Jeet Thayil The Book of Chocolate Saints (Aleph) Release: September Thayil&rsquo;s second novel in five years, will take us through the story of Newton Francis Xavier, blocked poet, serial seducer of young women, reformed alcoholic (but only just), philosopher, recluse, all-round wild man and India&rsquo;s greatest living painter.
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Mohsin Hamid Exit West (Penguin) Release: March In Exit West, Hamid will tell a love story for modern times, raising urgent questions about how we should respond to the refugee crisis and what we want our future to look like.
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Ashok Banker Ashoka: Lion of Maurya (Westland) Release: January In this title, Banker tells the story of Ashoka in a trilogy packed with non-stop action, adventure and battles.
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Amish Book 2 of the Ram Chandra series (Westland) Release: April/May After Scion of Ikshvaku, the much-awaited Book 2 will take fans to the fantastic world of mythological fiction.
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Jerry Pinto A Murder in Mahim (Speaking Tiger) Release: January After the success of his semi-autobiographical novel Em and The Big Hoom, Sahitya Akademi award-winner Pinto switches to crime thriller with A Murder in Mahim. It tells the story of retired journalist Peter D&rsquo;Souza whose son Sunil is embroiled in a murky controversy, involving a murder.
Nadeem Aslam The Golden Legend (Penguin-Random House) Release: April The novel is set in contemporary Pakistan about a community consumed by religious intolerance. In his characteristically luminous prose, Aslam reflects Pakistan&rsquo;s past and present in a single mirror &mdash; a story of corruption, resilience, and the hope that only love and the human spirit can offer.
Aditya Sinha The CEO who lost his head (Pan McMilan) Release: January Set in a newspaper office in Mumbai, it looks at the world of tabloids and news, crime, Bollywood, sex and scandals.
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Amit Chaudhuri Friend of My Youth (Penguin-Random House) Release: First quarter A tribute to Mumbai and an unusual friendship will mark a transition for the Kolkata author.
Rik Hoskin and Sachin Nagar Karna: Victory in Death (Campfire) Release: February This graphic novel offers a retelling of the unsung hero of the Mahabharata tracing his life that became victim to the many twists of faith. The emphatic battle scenes and vibrant panels make for an engaging page-turner.
Non-Fiction
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Anand Neelakantan Bahubali: Part 1 (Westland) Release: April Part of a three-book series, this title tells the tale of the kingdom of Mahishmathi. It reveals the childhood and history of the queen of Mahishmathi, Sivagami and the royal slave Kattappa.
Pooja Dhingra The Wholesome Kitchen (Hachette) Release: January Dhingra, the owner of bakery chain Le 15 Patisserie has penned her recipes that will nourish, energise and indulge.
Viswanathan Anand Untitled (Hachette) Release: Undecided Penned by India&rsquo;s first grandmaster, the title will bring to light Vishy&rsquo;s astute and sharp mind mantras that will straddle the worlds of management and chess.
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Vimal Mohan Dipa Karmakar: The Small Wonder (tentative title) (Fingerprint) Release: August The book looks at the meteoric rise of India&rsquo;s first world-class gymnast. Bishweshwar Nandi, Karmakar&rsquo;s coach who oversaw the transition of a teenager to a national icon, and will join Mohan and Digvijay Sigh Deo as a co-writer.
R Jagannathan Raghuram Rajan (Pan Macmillan) Release: Undecided This biography examines Rajan&rsquo;s ideology and economic beliefs; his years as Chief Economist at the IMF, his work in the finance ministry, stint as RBI Governor and how he rubbed the Modi government the wrong way.
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Karan Johar An Unsuitable Boy (Penguin) Release: Undecided Johar&rsquo;s memoir &mdash; the title of which has been appropriated from Vikram Seth&rsquo;s novel &mdash; was expected to hit stands in 2016. Despite keeping expectant fans salivating, the most awaited title from B-town is finally going to release early this year.
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Rishi Kapoor Khullam Khulla (HarperCollins) Release: January Among the first autobiographies to emerge out of the Kapoor khandaan, it will see the actor open up about his 40-year journey &mdash; growing up in the shadows of an iconic dad, being rusticated from his school for acting in Mera Naam Joker, to reinventing himself.
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Rujuta Diwekar The Pregnancy Book (Westland) Release: February For moms who want to bounce back to work right after pregnancy, Mumbai-based celebrity nutritionist Rujuta will release a candid guide that promises to make motherhood a breeze.
Omar Abdullah My Kashmir (Aleph) Release: November Abdullah&rsquo;s debut book, part memoir, part history and part analysis of the problems that have beset J&amp;K in the post-1947 era, could be one of the most important books on the state.
Jayanthi Natarajan A life in Politics (Aleph) Release: September In this candid memoir, the former Congress leader opens up about her storied political heritage, and as her remarkable political journey thus far.

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