Biographies of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Netaji's aide A C N Nambiar and novels by bestselling authors Jeffrey Archer and John Grisham – 2015 has an exciting line-up of national and international titles.
Bestselling author Jeffrey Archer will release "Mightier than the Sword", the fifth novel in the epic Clifton Chronicles series, ahead of the global launch. Swedish author Hakkan Nesser will also travel to India ahead of the release of his new book "The Living and the Dead in Winsford". Both the books will be brought out by Pan Macmillan.
Two books by popular novelist John Grisham – "Theodore Boone: The Fugitive" and "New Legal Thriller" and J K Rowling's new offering "Very Good Lives" will be published by Hachette.
A number of books by the celebrated Ruskin Bond will be published this year. While his "My Most Memorable Characters" will be published by Aleph and "Beetles, Bugs" and "School Stories" by Rupa, Penguin imprint Puffin will come out with titles like "Rusty and the Magic Mountain"; "Ranji's Wonderful Bat and Other Stories"; "The Parrot Who Wouldn't Talk and Other Stories" and "Escape from Java and Other Tales of Danger".
Some of Rupa's major titles of 2015 are "The Success Mantras of India’s Top 21 CEOs" by Suhel Seth.
There will be other books related to films too. "Reel India: Bollywood And Small Town India" (Hachette India) by film critic Namrata Joshi deals with tales from the hinterland about India’s obsession with cinema. "Show Me Your Words: The Power of Language in Bollywood" (Rupa) by Connie Haham is about terms used in the Hindi film industry.
"The Front Row: Conversations on Cinema" (HarperCollins) by Anupama Chopra is based on the popular interview-based shows on television The Front Row. PTI
Jeffrey Archer will release Mightier than the Sword
Two books by popular novelist John Grisham – Theodore Boone: The Fugitive and New Legal Thriller and J K Rowling's new offering Very Good Lives will be published by Hachette.
A number of books by the celebrated Ruskin Bond will be published this year. My Most Memorable Characters, Beetles, Bugs and School Stories are some of them