Books to read

Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the invention of a global empire

Author: Brad Stone

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Price: `2,442

The author presents a vividly drawn portrait of how a retail upstart became one of the most powerful and feared entities in the global economy. It also probes the evolution of Jeff Bezos himself — who started as a technologist devoted to building Amazon, but who transformed to become a disciplined billionaire with global ambitions.

Whereabouts: A Novel

Author: Jhumpa Lahiri

Publisher: Penguin Hamish Hamilton

Price: `396

Through the novel, Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her themes to the limit — revolving around a woman who wavers between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties. This is the first novel the author has written in Italian and translated into English.

Terms of Disservice: How Silicon Valley Is Destructive by Design

Author: Dipayan Ghosh

Publisher: Harper Business

Price: `599

According to the author, the book is an effort to break down what is at the heart of capitalism today — the Internet. The need to better understand the business model behind the dominant internet platforms in order to effectively evaluate how these companies engender social strife and chart a course to reverse these harms.

It’s a wonderful life: Roads to happiness

Author: Ruskin Bond

Publisher: Aleph Book Company; Rupa Publications

Price: `399

Ruskin Bond’s new book, cuts through the gloom like a blade of bright steel. His unerring eye seeks out the joys and positive truths to be found in the smallest of incidents that occur in our lives. An uplifting read in this stressful time.