The shelves
Every shelf in the shop
Eleven shelves, chosen and kept by people who read them. Pick a genre, or browse the whole floor below.
Indian Writing
Novels and stories from every corner of the subcontinent: Bengaluru flats, Kolkata courtyards, Kerala backwaters.
Literary Fiction
Quiet, lasting novels to read slowly and lend carefully.
Pagewise Classics
Our own cloth-bound editions of the books that never date, with new introductions.
Mystery & Thriller
Locked rooms, monsoon murders and page-turners for one more chapter.
Fantasy & Sci-Fi
Other worlds, near futures and the maps at the front of the book.
Non-Fiction
History, science, food and the essays that change your mind.
Business & Self-Help
Work, money and habits, without the hype.
Poetry
Slim books you will carry in a coat pocket for years.
Children
Picture books and first chapter books for ages 3 to 9.
Young Adult
Coming of age, first love and big questions for ages 12 and up.
School Books
Board textbooks, workbooks and complete class sets for the school year.
The whole floor
The Printer's Daughter
Meera Iyer
Monsoon at Malleswaram
Meera Iyer
The Kite Season
Sameer Kulkarni
Tea for the Tax Collector
Sameer Kulkarni
The House of Many Doors
Leela Krishnan
Salt and Sandalwood
Leela Krishnan
The Quiet Hour
Leela Krishnan
Death on College Street
Arjun Bhattacharya
The Howrah Bridge Affair
Arjun Bhattacharya
A Murder in Park Street
Arjun Bhattacharya
The Last Tram
Arjun Bhattacharya
Whiteout
Dev Malik
The Pine Road
Dev Malik
The Banyan Library
Nandini Rao
The Ember Pages
Nandini Rao
The Last Leaf
Nandini Rao
The Ashvattha Cycle Box Set
Nandini Rao
The Dog Who Ran the Metro
Ira Banerjee
Seven Cities of Rain
Ira Banerjee
Small Things We Kept
Kabir Sethi
The Partition Letters
Kabir Sethi
Coconut and Curry Leaf
Priya Nair
The Steel Tiffin
Priya Nair
Money Without the Noise
Ananya Desai
The Small Shop Handbook
Ananya Desai
Deep Mornings
Ananya Desai
Platform Number Four
Rehan Qureshi
Biryani at Midnight
Rehan Qureshi
The Case of the Missing Dosa
Tara Menon
The Mystery of the Mango Tree
Tara Menon
The Great Sports Day Swap
Tara Menon
Goodnight, Bengaluru
Tara Menon
Elephant Wants a Bath
Tara Menon
The Topper
Vikram Joshi
The Hostel Year
Vikram Joshi
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Emma
Jane Austen
Gitanjali
Rabindranath Tagore
The Home and the World
Rabindranath Tagore
Kabuliwala and Other Stories
Rabindranath Tagore
Godan
Munshi Premchand
Idgah and Other Stories
Munshi Premchand
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott