Vikar Swarup
Literature, coming of age, heartwarming

Former tiffinboy Ram Mohammad Thomas has just got twelve questions correct on a TV quiz-show to win a cool one billion rupees. But he is brutally slung in prison on suspicion of cheating. Because how can a kid from the slums know who Shakespeare was, unless he is pulling a fast one. In the order of the questions on the show

Paul Theroux
Non-fiction, travel, auto-biography

Paul Theroux recounts his early adventures on an unusual grand continental tour. Asia’s fabled trains are the stars of a journey that takes him on a loop eastbound from London’s Victoria Station to Tokyo Central, then back from Japan on the Trans-Siberian.

Isabel Allende
Childrens literature, suspence, adventure

Alexander Cold and his best friend, Nadia, the heroes of Allende’s City Of the Beasts, are reunited in a new adventure. This time, Alexander’s fearless grandmother and International Geographic are taking them to another remote niche of the world — a forbidden kingdom tucked into the frosty peaks of the Himalayas. Their task: to locate its fabled Golden Dragon, a sacred statue and priceless oracle, before it is destroyed by the greed of an outsider.

William Sutcliffe
Fiction, comedy, coming of age, travel

Liz travels to India because she wants to find herself. Dave travels to India because he wants to get Liz into bed.