Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman
By Lucy Worsley,
Hodder & Stoughton
A successful attempt at unveiling the elusive lady who lay screened by the larger-than-life persona of the Queen of Crime.

The Corbett Papers: Biographical, Legal, & Contextual Material On the Life & Career of Jim Corbett of Kumaon
Compiled and edited by Akshay Shah and Stephen Alter,
Black Kite
Comprising several essays and recollections by family members and fraternity, this book reveals hidden aspects of India’s foremost conservationist.

A Walk Up The Hill: Living with people and Nature
By Madhav Gadgil,
Allen Lane
An informed and educative account, weaving in personal anecdotes and policy inputs, of India’s ecological tryst.

Babasaheb: My Life with Dr Ambedkar
By Savita Ambedkar (Translated by Nadeem Khan),
Vintage
This important addition to the existing literature on B.R. Ambedkar by his second wife captures not only the rhythms of their conjugal life but also his struggles — personal and political.

Sultan: A Memoir
By Wasim Akram with Gideon Haigh,
HarperCollins
Candid and revelatory, this memoir is an honest attempt by one of the world’s greatest all-rounders
to set the record straight on, among other things, the tumultuous events that have shaped Pakistan cricket.

Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right, 1924-1977
By Abhishek Choudhary,
Picador
A compelling engagement with an enigmatic politician that offers rare glimpses of his dual political countenance.

Amrita & Victor
By Ashwini Bhatnagar,
Fingerprint
Extraordinary lives and unconventional relationships demand lucid reconstructions. This work does that by examining dialogue and correspondence shared by the illustrious artist, Amrita Sher-Gil, and her husband, Victor Egan.

Elon Musk
By Walter Isaacson,
Simon & Schuster
Could a disruptor-in-chief be portrayed as a hero, albeit with flaws? Walter Isaacson does just that in this book which also suggests that the master of audacious business ventures may be nothing more than an eccentric man-child.

Spare
By Prince Harry,
Bantam
A royal tell-all in which the eponymous ‘Spare’ of the House of Windsor rewashes his dirty linen but manages not to spill the secrets held close to his chest.

Maulana Azad: A Life
By S. Irfan Habib,
Aleph
This well-researched biography of a true scholar and leader draws attention to his indomitable spirit.