“Who Cares about One Missing Child in an Indian Slum? Another Child”: The New York Times Book Review (February 2020)

“Holding Its Own: On Deepa Anappara’s “Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line”: Los Angeles Review of Books (February 2020)

“In ‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line,’ an unforgettable voice emerges from an Indian slum”: The Washington Post (February 2020)

“Djinn Patrol Captures the Lost Light of India’s Vanished Children”: Fresh Air, NPR (February 2020)

“A mystery that uncovers the underside of modern India”: The Economist (February 2020)

“The Lost Children of Bhoot Bazaar”: Mint review (February 2020)

“A City in a Fog”: India Today review (February 2020)

Book Oxygen review (February 2020)

The Observer review (February 2020)

Children Hunt Kidnappers in Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line: Paste magazine (February 2020)

No Country for Children of a Lesser God: The Tribune (February 2020)

“Lost Stories of India’s street children”: The Irish Times (January 2020)

“Capital Saga”: Open magazine (January 2020)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line reviewed in the Asian Review of Books (January 2020)

Publishers Weekly calls Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line a ‘witty, resonant debut’ (November 2019)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line receives a Starred Review from Kirkus Reviews (October 2019)

NEWS  

The Telegraph India, Mint Lounge and The Wire pick Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line as one of the best books of 2020

Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Award for Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line (December 2020)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is featured in NPR’s Book Concierge (December 2020)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line wins the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award for Fiction (November 2020)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is one of The New York Times’ Notable Books of 2020 (November 2020)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is one of The Washington Post’s Best Thriller and Mystery Books of 2020 (November 2020)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is one of Time magazine’s Must-Read Books of 2020 (November 2020)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature (September 2020)

Critics’ picks in Financial Times: Diana Evans on Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line (June 2020)

Summer books of 2020: Financial Times (June 2020)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is one of Val McDermid’s New Blood picks (June 2020)

The Great Escape: 50 brilliant books to transport you this summer, The Guardian (June 2020)

Best Books of 2020 (So Far): CrimeReads (June 2020)

Kenyon Review Summer Reading Recommendations (June 2020)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction (March 2020)

‘10 New Books We Recommend This Week’: Djinn Patrol is a NYTBR ‘Editors’ Choice’ (February 2020)

‘Writing about poverty in India is a risky enterprise’: Interview, Mint (February 2020)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line in The National (February 2020)

Observer’s 10 best debut novelists of 2020 (January 2020)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line on BBC Radio 4 Open Book (January 2020)

The BBC Radio 2 Book Club discusses Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line (January 2020)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line will be discussed on the Radio 2 Book Club on January 13 (January 2020)

Paste magazine names Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line as one of the 25 most anticipated novels of 2020 (January 2020)

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line is one of the picks for BBC Radio 2’s Book Club with Jo Whiley (December 2019)

Woman’s Day includes Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line in its ‘Best Fiction Books of 2020’ list (December 2019)

Electric Literature includes Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line in its ‘most anticipated debuts of early 2020’ list (December 2019)

Stylist features Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line in its list of ‘Best New Books for 2020’ (December 2019)

Read it Forward features Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line in its ‘best new books of 2020’ list (November 2019)

Library Journal lists Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line in its Books to Anticipate list (October 2019)

Good Housekeeping features Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line as one of ‘the best books to read’ in 2020 (October 2019)

The 2018 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award announcement (May 2018) 

Deepa Anappara wins 2018 Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize (May 2018) 

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line wins the Bridport/Peggy-Chapman Award for a First Novel (October 2017)