The Novel Tea Newsletter
The Novel Tea by Neha & Shruti, Neha, Shruti Koti, MDBook reviews, thematic literary analysis, and cultural commentary to help you thoughtfully engage with the world.
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Slow Novels in a Fast Paced World
Last week, we read The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson. The book centered on Rosalie, a Dakota woman who is grappling with her past and trying to protect her traditions through a precious cache of seeds from her ancestors. Most of the criticism...
Spill the Novel Tea #13: Women in the World, Remembrance, & Grief
Our April 2026 Reads
April has brought us a showering of great books: our reading lives this month felt rich and stimulating, filled with possibility like the fresh blooms of spring.
15 Audiobooks for Picky Listeners
Readers, I am a very picky audiobook reader. In fact, I only began listening to them a few years ago when I finally gave in and admitted that I would be able to read exponentially more books if I listened to some of them.
But any old audio...
There is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset: The Problem of Living
A distinguished novelist said to me not long ago: ‘I think you colored people make a great mistake in dragging the race problem into your books and novels. It isn’t art.’
‘But good heavens,’ I told him, ‘it’s life, it’s colored life....
Big, Bad, Beautiful: Wolves and Werewolves in Literature and Folklore
Readers, I never thought I’d have so much to say about wolves.
One of the things I love to do when I’m reading is to find connections across books — it’s especially fun to track symbols, because if you look at enough texts, you can zoom ou...
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The Novel Tea is a podcast and newsletter run by Shruti Koti and Neha Ambati, dedicated to reading broadly, diversely, and deeply.
One half of The Novel Tea. I am an architect by day, and an avid reader by night! My favorite genre is fantasy, but I would honestly read anything and enjoy it. Just take me away from reality!
Reader, writer, surgeon.
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