Books You Definitely Shouldn't Miss This Monsoon

Compiled by: My Secret Bookshelf

1) “Dead People’s Town” by Siddharth Nirwan

(Horror | Format: Paperback/Kindle | MRP: 299 INR)

Blurb: At the Lord Erwin Memorial Hospital in Raisingh Garh, an unauthorized drug trial on terminally ill cancer patients has gone horribly wrong. The patients are not humans anymore. They have turned into a ferocious breed of predators, hungry for blood and gore. The madness is not restricted to just patients but is spreading like fire. Everyone is falling prey to it. That is not all. Since the hospital has been digitally locked down and there is nowhere to escape, the few survivors trapped inside are facing a nightmare like situation. Will they be able to escape the undead or become one of them? Will the nightmare end in the white corridors itself or will it be unleashed upon the unsuspecting town? Is it just an accident or the product of a terrible conspiracy? Tighten your seatbelts and recite your favourite prayers before you enter the Dead People’s Town!



2) “The Life and Times of a Common Man” by Sanjay Chandra

(Autobiography | Format: Paperback/Kindle | MRP: 195 INR)

Blurb: This is the autobiography of a common man. He was born in a middle-class family in small-town India of the late fifties. His parents chose for him the direction that his life should take. Yet, something was lacking. Was this the path that he was meant to walk? Did he want this? He fought his chosen destiny at every stage of his life. Would he be able to realise his true destiny? Read this book to find out.



3) “The Paintbrush” by Krishnasish Jana

(Drama | Format: Paperback/Kindle | MRP: 299 INR)

Blurb: Growing up in a slum in one of the neglected corners of Bhalar, Raman is the gifted kid whose fingers can weave magic on paper. One night, with his mother’s help, he escapes from the hell hole and starts a new life, just like a new sketch, in a town far away. He starts building his little home, burying the old one, the darker one, under its bricks. He is finally free. But he is too young to know that fate never runs out of ugly surprises. Amidst all the pains, including the disastrous flood, the betrayal of a God-like man, and the death of people he cares for the most, the artist in Raman grows old. And one day he realises he has to search for his masterpiece through the eyes of his daughter. Raman eventually sees a new face of art, and the troubled soul of an old artist finally finds his masterpiece – in the most beautiful and inexplicable form.



4) “A Garage Sale of Lovelorn Things” by Shrutee Choudhary

(Poetry | Format: Paperback/Kindle | MRP: 199 INR)

Blurb: If you could spill your entire house out in the backyard, how many trinkets of memories would you really take back inside? In this book, through poems, the poetess decided to let go of feelings that burden her, and objects associated with them. Through poems, she hopes to clutter and heal, and to make space for better things to come.