Chetan Raj Shrestha, The King’s Harvest: Two novellas set in Sikkim

Cyrus Mistry, Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer: Parsi corpse bearers, a history, a love story, a revolt

JRR Tolkien, The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrun: Posthumously published, edited by Christopher Tolkien, it is not as great as The Children of Hurin

Janice Pariat, Boats on Land: Stories set in the northeast and beyond, lyrical

Umberto Eco, Turning Back the Clock: a collection of essay written over time, on assorted subjects, as is Eco’s wont