We speak of some important books that describe the human toll of war, starting with Kurt Vonnegut, Erich Maria Remarque, Joseph Conrad, and others.

We dive deeper into some of the memorable romantic relationshis in fiction, some obvoius and some subtle. There's also a conversation about the portrayal of physical intimacy in novels, and the fine line you tread while writing those.

Now we talk about notable romances in novels and fiction that are not predominantly about romance ! This episode covers Mahabharatha and Wuthering Heights...

On this Valentine's Day, we talk about romantic fiction, our favorite novels about romantic relationships, and some authors and their works that really tugged at our hearts- even though we may seem a little too old for that... We. talk about Gabrielle Zevin, MT, Sally Rooney, Carlos Luis Zafon, Delia Owens, Padmarajan, and other writers who tugged at the strings of our hearts...

We look at some of the stalwarts in the fantasy space- Tolkien, George RR Martin and some lesser names that have entertained us.

We continue with some standalone fantasy works, starting from Life of Pi, Piranesi, Alice, Ring shout etc...

We wet our feet in the wide realm of fantasy novels, starting with the first one that comes to the mind- Harry Potter series, followed by The Bartimaeus Trilogy, The Deep and Vita Nostra.

The gang discusses their favorite English reads of 2025, highlighting the noteworthy ones and those that didn't quite work for them.

We talk about the Malayalam books we read in 2025. English books to follow in the next episode.

We talk about books that created reader's blocks as well as books that got us out of blocks. Another unstructured, casual banter with lots of digression, especially around piracy of books.