What Ismita is Looking For

Literary Fiction, Upmarket, Book Club, Crime.  

Specifically: Fiction that features food service/restaurant culture. Satire and humorous fiction. Gritty realism. Dark humor.

Ismita is open to novels that fit these categories but have some genre-fiction elements. 

The most important elements that grab Ismita's attention are style and literary quality writing. 

History, Pop Culture, Cookbooks, Sports.

Specifically: Cookbooks that explore a niche ingredient/theme and cookbooks that tell a story. Quirky and visually stunning coffee table books.

The most important elements that grab Ismita's attention are expertise and a surprising/niche topic.

Contemporary, Rom-Com, Commercial, Novel-in-verse, New Adult.

Specifically: A heist book. 

The most important elements that grab Ismita's attention are themes/situations that are true to the teen experience today and commercial quality.