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New on shelves: Four books to read this month
This month, a book list tells us about four brand-new books.
The first book is a collection of true stories written by a reporter named Samanth Subramaniam.
He writes about interesting things from around the world, like cables under the ocean and a fun fight between companies that make paper towels and hand dryers.
The second book, called 'Mammals of India', is a big book with pictures about the many furry animals that live in India, more than 450 kinds.
Two wildlife scientists, A.J.T. Johnsingh and P.O. Nameer, wrote it.
The third book is called 'Redtooth' and it is a scary story.
In the story, some hikers go to the mountains in Sikkim and meet spooky creatures from another world.
The fourth book, 'Rebel Bastar', is about a place in India called Bastar and helps explain why some people there have followed a movement called Maoism.
All four books are now available to read.
Journalist Samanth Subramaniam's new essay collection 'The Web Beneath the Waves and Other Reports from Our Tangled World' covers topics from undersea cables to hand-dryer versus paper towel company rivalries.
Wildlife biologists A.J.T. Johnsingh and P.O. Nameer authored 'Mammals of India', an illustrated reference book on India's 450-plus mammal species.
Satyajit Sarna's novel 'Redtooth' is a horror story about trekkers heading to Goecha La in the Sikkim Himalayas.
Shantanu Nandan Sharma's 'Rebel Bastar: History, Maoism, and the Search for Answers in India's Heartland' investigates the roots of Maoism in Bastar, Chhattisgarh.
The four titles are published by Westland, HarperCollins India, Simon and Schuster India, and Hachette India, with prices ranging from ₹399 to ₹3,999.
- Who
- Journalist Samanth Subramaniam, wildlife biologists A.J.T. Johnsingh and P.O. Nameer, novelist Satyajit Sarna, and author Shantanu Nandan Sharma
- What
- Four new books were released: an essay collection, an illustrated mammal reference, a horror novel, and a history of Maoism in Bastar
- Where
- India, with books covering the Sikkim Himalayas and Bastar, Chhattisgarh
- When
- This month
- Why
- To inform readers about newly available books spanning essays, wildlife knowledge, horror fiction, and an investigation into Maoism's persistence in Bastar
Key facts
- Feature
- New on shelves: Four books to read this month
- Books featured
- The Web Beneath the Waves and Other Reports from Our Tangled World; Mammals of India; Redtooth; Rebel Bastar
- Publishers
- Westland; HarperCollins India; Simon and Schuster India; Hachette India
- Price range
- ₹399 to ₹3,999
- Longest title
- Mammals of India (872 pages, ₹3,999)
- Genres
- Essays/reportage; wildlife reference; horror fiction; history and politics
- Setting of 'Redtooth'
- Goecha La, Sikkim Himalayas








