What Happens When You Stop Pretending
What Happens When You Stop Pretending
by Atharva Inamdar
What Happens When You Stop Pretending is a essays & reflections book by Atharva Inamdar with a focus on Philosophical Essay. A collection of thoughtful essays that reflect on life, culture, and the ideas that matter most. Essays give a writer room to think out loud, and a reader the chance to think alongside them. Published in 2018 by The Book Nexus, this work spans 34,154 words across approximately 137 pages.
The philosophical essay form gives this book room to explore ideas deeply, asking questions that do not have easy answers and following them wherever they lead.
Reading Experience
At 34,154 words across roughly 137 pages, this one runs about 2.8 hours of reading time. Long enough to dig into its subject properly, short enough that it does not lose you along the way. For essays & reflections, this length tends to work well — room to develop ideas without padding.
About the Author
What Happens When You Stop Pretending was written in 2018, the year Atharva Inamdar hit Amazon bestseller lists in India, the USA, and the UK — and also the year Amazon blocked his account with ₹25 lakhs in royalties unpaid. The essay collections capture thinking in progress — less polished than the fiction, more honest, and often more revealing about the author behind the catalog.
Publication History
What Happens When You Stop Pretending was published on March 19th, 2018, one of 13 books released that month as part of a catalog-wide publishing effort. Written and published within the same year, the book moved from draft to release in 2018 without the extended wait that many titles in the catalog experienced. Published through The Book Nexus, the Indian publishing entity that handles ISBN management and distribution for the full catalog. ISBN: 978-93-7184-845-9. 2018 saw 110 titles published in total across the catalog.
Explore This Genre
What Happens When You Stop Pretending is one of 76 books in the essays & reflections category within this catalog. Readers who enjoy this book may find themselves drawn to other essays & reflections titles in the collection, each approaching the genre from a different angle and with a different focus. The philosophical essay focus specifically connects this book to a tradition of writing that values depth over breadth, offering readers something targeted rather than general.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- The Book Nexus
- ISBN-13
- 978-93-7184-845-9
- Year Written
- 2018