The book quickly ascended to the No. 1 Fiction Bestseller on Nielsen India BookScan, and won the Amazon India Popular Choice Debut Book 2025 award.
Prajakta Koli’s debut novel, Too Good To Be True, has become a publishing sensation, selling 150,000 copies within a month of its release.
That’s according to publisher HarperCollins India, which timed a press release to coincide with Valentine’s Day, which should give you a clear clue as to the book’s genre.
The book quickly ascended to the No. 1 Fiction Bestseller on Nielsen India BookScan, and won the Amazon India Popular Choice Debut Book 2025 award.
Author’s Perspective
Prajakta Koli said, “Writing Too Good To Be True has been an incredible journey of self-discovery. What started as a personal challenge transformed into this beautiful connection with readers across India. The response has been overwhelming. This book is more than just a romance novel; it’s a celebration of modern Indian love stories, told in our voice, with our experiences.”
Publisher’s Remarks
Poulomi Chatterjee, Executive Publisher at HarperCollins India, added, “It has been incredible to see how much love Too Good To Be True is getting from every corner of the country, and especially heartening to witness young people thronging to bookstores to get hold of a copy.”
CEO’s Viewpoint
Ananth Padmanabhan, CEO of HarperCollins India, called Koli “a proper rockstar! She’s owned every creative impulse – as content creator, actor, and now as a bestselling writer! Too Good To Be True is the fastest-selling novel of the season with 150,000 copies sold, and has been chosen by fans as the most popular debut of the year on the Amazon bookstore. This is sensational!”
Actor Author
Prajakta Koli’s debut book launch rides on her national reputation as an actor (lead role in Netflix India’s ‘Mismatched’) and 17 million followers on social media, where she goes under the name “Mostly Sane.”
Read the full press release here.
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