Penguin India

Penguin India Home of (almost) all your favourite books. We are a part of Penguin Random House, a global trade publisher.

We are home to some of the greatest writers of our times, including Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, Sudha Murty, Ruskin Bond, Khushwant Singh, Former President of India Late APJ Abdul Kalam, Upmanyu Chatterjee, Satyajit Ray, to name a few. Many have gone on to win virtually every major literary prize, including the Nobel Prize, the Booker Prize, the Magsaysay Award, and the Jnanpith Award. Our author

s have also been recipients of the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, India’s highest civilian honours. Since our inception, it has been our commitment to uphold and add to the rich literary legacy of our country. We publish in English and Hindi for adults and children across genres – literary fiction, romance, thrillers, fantasy, memoirs, biography, self-help, mind, body and spirit, historical non-fiction, politics, creative non-fiction, health and wellness, children’s literature, young adult fiction and non-fiction, just to name a few. We also have a rich collection of audiobooks and e-books, and many of our stories have been adapted into films and web series.

Villains who refuse to be just villains.Layered, messy, unforgettable; just how we like our thrillers.Warning: These vil...
26/11/2025

Villains who refuse to be just villains.

Layered, messy, unforgettable; just how we like our thrillers.

Warning: These villains may charm you, unsettle you, and live rent-free in your head ‼️

Proceed with caution →

Tell us you're a mystery reader without telling us you're a mystery reader 🌌Comment your most unhinged book theory below...
24/11/2025

Tell us you're a mystery reader without telling us you're a mystery reader 🌌

Comment your most unhinged book theory below. We're all ears 👀

No slow burns, no clear heroes—just morally complex characters and chapters that refuse to drag.Give me morally grey cha...
22/11/2025

No slow burns, no clear heroes—just morally complex characters and chapters that refuse to drag.

Give me morally grey characters I can't figure out and chapters that won't let me put the book down. These books deliver both.

Books where the characters exist in shades of grey and every chapter moves the story

We're not saying we have a type... but if fictional chaos came with a leather jacket and a tragic backstory, we'd be in ...
21/11/2025

We're not saying we have a type... but if fictional chaos came with a leather jacket and a tragic backstory, we'd be in TROUBLE. 🚩💕

These characters make terrible life choices look devastatingly attractive, and honestly? We're not even mad about it. Morally ambiguous? More like magnetically complex.

Tag someone who falls for the emotionally unavailable anti-hero every single time. (It's you. You're someone.)

Which morally grey character has you in a chokehold?
Tell us in the comments, we promise we won't judge 🙊

Newbie to Dan Brown? We've got you ⭐
18/11/2025

Newbie to Dan Brown? We've got you ⭐

We've curated the most deliciously twisted, morally questionable, and utterly unputdownable thrillers for readers who ap...
13/11/2025

We've curated the most deliciously twisted, morally questionable, and utterly unputdownable thrillers for readers who appreciate a good revenge plot and protagonists who make questionable life choices (to put it mildly).

Consider this your official permission to stay up until 3 AM gasping "WHAT" at plot twists. Your sleep schedule will hate us, but your inner chaos-lover will thank us.

Which one are you reading first?👀

Which thriller has your sign written all over it?From psychological mind-benders to edge-of-your-seat mysteries, we've m...
12/11/2025

Which thriller has your sign written all over it?

From psychological mind-benders to edge-of-your-seat mysteries, we've matched every zodiac sign with their perfect page-turner.

Does your sign's pick match your actual TBR?
Drop your sign below and let's settle this once and for all!

"A life is a life, not a story, and what can you do with it?"Congratulations to David Szalay! The 2025 Booker Prize goes...
11/11/2025

"A life is a life, not a story, and what can you do with it?"

Congratulations to David Szalay! The 2025 Booker Prize goes to Flesh, a novel that traces the decades-long journey of a man caught between two worlds.

Pick up this must-read winner today!
https://amzn.in/d/24UP4pq

If solving mysteries is a crime, we plead guilty 🙊
08/11/2025

If solving mysteries is a crime, we plead guilty 🙊

For readers who crave suspense without the supernatural, dread without the darkness; here are five thrillers that'll kee...
03/11/2025

For readers who crave suspense without the supernatural, dread without the darkness; here are five thrillers that'll keep you up at night for all the right reasons. 👀

p. s. - let us know what your thriller pick is!

Penguin and Case Crushers present a detective box setthat takes you inside a murder mystery where you play detective.Fou...
01/11/2025

Penguin and Case Crushers present a detective box set
that takes you inside a murder mystery where you play detective.
Four thrillers. One deadly case. Countless secrets.

Each book hides clues —
in pages, reports, statements, and messages.
Follow the trail, crack every objective, and build your case.

Penguin India and Case Crushers present a detective box set that takes you inside a murder mystery where you play detect...
01/11/2025

Penguin India and Case Crushers present a detective box set that takes you inside a murder mystery where you play detective.
Four thrillers. One deadly case. Countless secrets.

Each book hides clues —
in pages, reports, statements, and messages.
Follow the trail, crack every objective, and build your case.

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