Fiction That Reads Like Real Life, Right Now - Price: $250,002

Om Books International’s Contemporary Fiction shelf runs 23 titles deep, and none of them feel borrowed from somewhere else. “No One but you” by Vrinda Garg, “Being Water” by Shazia Omar, “DilliLeaks” by Srishti Khanna, stories set in cities and relationships readers actually recognize. As one of the publishing companies that still work closely with Indian authors, Om partners with book publishers who back new books the same way they back classics like Orwell’s “Animal Farm.” Browse the kids books too, same selection standard, different shelf. Explore contemporary fiction and find the story that sounds like someone you know.