HarperCollins India is proud to announce that two of our titles have been selected for the Financial Times Best Books of 2025 list.
Sam Dalrymple’s Shattered Lands has been named one of the Financial Times Best Books of 2025: History, while A Sixth of Humanity by Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian has been selected among the Best Books of 2025: Economics.
These honours recognise the exceptional scholarship, originality, and narrative force of both works, and reaffirm HarperCollins India’s commitment to publishing groundbreaking non-fiction that shapes contemporary conversations.
A Sixth of Humanity by Devesh Kapur & Arvind Subramanian — FT Best Books of 2025: Economics
This landmark work re-examines independent India’s development journey, exploring how the country attempted four major transformations at once—building a state, creating an economy, reshaping society and forging a nation. With clarity and insight, Kapur and Subramanian analyse India’s uniquely ‘precocious’ model of development and its implications for global politics and economics.
About the Authors of A Sixth of Humanity
Devesh Kapur is the Starr Foundation Professor of South Asia Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Arvind Subramanian is Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.
Sam Dalrymple is a writer and historian whose work focuses on South Asian histories, cultures and migrations.
Shattered Lands by Sam Dalrymple — FT Best Books of 2025: History
A sweeping exploration of South Asia’s past, Shattered Lands weaves together forgotten stories, fractured geographies and deeply human histories. Dalrymple’s richly researched narrative traces centuries of movement, conflict and cultural transformation, offering readers an urgent, compelling portrait of the region and its enduring legacies.
About the Author of Shattered Lands
Sam Dalrymple is a writer and historian whose work focuses on South Asian histories, cultures and migrations.
