The books are good, but can we talk for a minute or thirty about these prizes, please. Does a culture of book prizes keep modern literature youthful and well-funded? Is patronage culture good at separating great books from trendy ones?  You can find Supriya Nair at @supriyanair (https://www.instagram.com/supriyanair/) and Deepanjana Pal at @dpanjana (https://www.instagram.com/dpanjana/) . This is a Maed In India Production; check us out at www.maedinindia.in (https://www.maedinindia.in/) . If you have any books, reading or literature-related questions, please email us at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) . For a list of all the books mentioned in the season so far, check out: http://bit.ly/thelitpickersbooks.