Culture Go, Went, Gone: a profound, beautiful and deeply affecting novel of migration Jenny Erpenbeck's book underscores the logical inconsistencies of European border laws. By Neel Mukherjee
Beyond the frame: the best recent graphic novels Neel Mukherjee is moved and unsettled by everything from psychological realism to ghost stories. By Neel Mukherjee
Mahabharata unbound: rewriting the world’s longest poem Coming in at three times the length of Paradise Lost, Carole Satyamurti's modern version of the epic is a remarkable achievement. By Neel Mukherjee
Live through this: Jenny Erpenbeck’s new novel makes us question death – and life The End of Days kills its protagonist five times in a novel grounded in the turbulence of 20th-century Europe. By Neel Mukherjee
Many gods, many voices: the Murty Classical Library is uncovering India’s dazzling literary history The Murty Classical Library of India tackles a multilingual, epic tradition. By Neel Mukherjee
Fevers and mirrors: the surreal graphic novels of Charles Burns Green, one-eyed men, a chubby, disfigured dwarf, writhing worms with humanoid faces, aborted foetuses and vast, white eggs with… By Neel Mukherjee
The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer: Intricate, complex and surprising Can we imagine morality on the scale of the human species as a whole? By Neel Mukherjee
Homing instinct: October by Zoë Wicomb Wicomb was born in South Africa but has lived in Britain since the 1970s. Like previous work, her latest book… By Neel Mukherjee
The miraculous novels and life of Penelope Fitzgerald Here is the gleam of gem-like details: Fitzgerald’s compulsive cheating at games, even with her little grandchildren; the lunchtime… By Neel Mukherjee