***UPDATED REVIEW OF CURRENT LOCATION*** I wrote my original review based on a visit three years ago, at their old venue. Today, I found myself at their new location in Jawahar Nagar, a quiet neighborhood where my parents live (and my grandparents lived for decades). The new venue is definitely an upgrade, with more room and more rooms, including separate kids and adult libraries. They seem to have a lot of events (from readings to story time to Hindi classes), as you can see from the pix and a book sale section. The number of books is modest, but you find the greatest hits of modern Indian English writing: Rushdie, Roy, Ghosh, Divakaruni, Bhagat, et al. Also economics books ranging from Freakonomics to those by Nobel Laureates Joe Stiglitz and Amartya Sen. I left with one book I’d already read, but wanted my kids to get now: “Midnight’s Children” by Salman Rushdie and one I’ve not read before: “Greatest Russian Short Stories” (bet it doesn’t have the greatest Russian short story ever, which is just three words long: “We elected Trump.”). I was hoping for a whole rack of Amar Chitra Katha comics, but I have no idea if it’s a thing the kids of India read anymore! They did have a AKC Mahabharata box set, but it was much too big for me to carry back to NYC. ***ORIGINAL REVIEW, ABOUT AUGUST 2016*** I visited this bookstore and library for the first time three years ago and was blown away by the quality of books, display and the staff. More importantly, I was excited to know that such a venue existed in this city. I wished it had existed when I’d visit my grandparents countless times over the decades! A great idea, well-executed is priceless. And to do this in the midst of the digital age is brilliant as so many parents, wisely, want their kids to disconnect, even if the parents can’t themselves. All good wishes.

The city, in fact the world needs a place like this. Good ambience with good collection of books, early 2000's English comics. Nice place to send ur kids to get educated in general about stories, books and English. They run a class for that. Good place to hangout and get together. Also for studying/ exam preparation. They also have an ambient reading room. Run by credible people, a young retired international journalist and his wife.

This is a must visit places for everyone. Awesome ambience. Every cities needs such spaces Very well organized and calm surroundings. I have taken our kids there several times and those went there with my recommendation are also very impressed and happy with the experience.

Went for a session on "Let's talk SEO by Joby John" good ambience and a must visit place for those who love reading.

Poor collection of books. They have more books for sale than they have to lend. Husband/ wife team are very money minded. I like Eloor better. Reply to owner: going by your logic, you'd probably walk into an Apple store and wonder where the fruits are 😄 If you're going to provide a service, don't half-cook it. Good luck anyways 😊

An beautiful and amazing place for book readers, a fun place for kids and a social place for adults to conduct events. This place is more than words can describe.

My safe space, surrounded by books, stories, conversations and warm welcome.

Had an amazing experience here

Lovely plc

Excellent

Best place in Trivandrum for any book lover !

Wonderful place. Books, talks and more. ❤️

The best place to learn in Trivandrum!!!

Great place

Fabulous ideas,incredible people,amazing fun!!!

It's an amazing place to meet very interesting people. I have been here for a few meetups and have enjoyed them each time. Recommened if you're a book lover or enjoy meeting people.

My happy place ❤

Reading room organized an hour session for children which I think is one of it's kind in the city, which contributes towards their personality development along with their reading habits. It's a welcome change from gadgets to books. My son, who is a lazy reader used to read through 2 to 4 books a week while he was attending the session. Kudos to the team and we are eagerly waiting for it to open, post pandemic.

We need more spaces like this! It's soo mind soothing space to be!

Awesome place to chill out

Beautiful place to unwind !

Great collection of books and graphic novels.

If u are an avid reader, this is the place where u belong.

Absolutely incredible community of loving people. Archana and the team absolutely love. They host multiple events which are great to socialise and wind down in the busy life we have. The place quite beautiful as well. Would highly recommend if it fits your needs.

Excellent space to take a break and spend some time amidst books.

If you have kids, bring them here. This is such a great initiative which provides a space for individuals to express themselves. I have seen their online live session and Im really impressed with what they are doing here. This is exactly what our society needs now. Kudos to the entire team! Really proud to have TRR here.