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Coming from Aster House Books.

Books in the making, across genres and disciplines. Some begin with a finished manuscript; others with an idea, a conversation or a story waiting to be told.

Fiction, memoir, business, ideas, illustrated books and more. Each one is shaped with care, from the words on the page to the book in your hands. These sample editions offer a glimpse of what Aster House Books is about. More books are on their way.

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Nine Monsoons

Fiction

A literary novel set across three decades. Type-only cover, no illustration.

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Small Hours

Poetry

A first collection. Quiet cover, generous interior measure.

Cover of Silent Vows, a novel — a woman in a burgundy dress looking out from a balcony over a valley, with the title set in a high-contrast serif.

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Silent Vows

Fiction

Historical fiction. Illustrated jacket, ruled border, foil title.

Cover of The Long Way Home, a memoir — a sepia photograph of a jeep on a mountain road, with the title set in burgundy on linen-textured board.

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The Long Way Home

Memoir

A memoir of migration and return. Photographic cover on linen board, foil title.

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The Founder's Notebook

Business

A founder book. Grid-led cover borrowing from the notebook it is named after.

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Beyond the Brief

Professional

An authority book for a practising expert. Banded cover, series-ready.

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Cities Without Maps

Academic

A monograph. Framed cover, footnoted interior, full apparatus.

Cover of Nani's Red Trunk — an illustrated hardback showing a grandmother and granddaughter looking into an old red travelling trunk.

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Nani's Red Trunk

Children's

A picture book. Illustration commissioned and art-directed, colour proofed on press.

Cover of Meri Dilli!, a photographic record of Delhi — brush-lettered title over a collaged street scene with an auto-rickshaw and the Red Fort.

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Meri Dilli!

Photography

A large-format photography book. Duotone proofing, offset print run.

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A Life in Letters

Family & Legacy

A private edition of 60 copies. Cloth, foil, slipcase.

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