Two months after launch, Bhutto’s book remains No.1 (IANS Books)
By IANSWednesday, June 2, 2010
NEW DELHI - Two months after it hit the bookstalls, Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto’s “Songs of Blood and Sword” continues to be the number one bestselling book in the non-fiction section while “The Immortals of Meluha” by Amish Tripathi dominates the fiction list.
The top 10 bestsellers in each category are:
Non-Fiction
1. “Songs Of Blood And Sword”
Author: Fatima Bhutto
Price: Rs.699.00
2. “Gandhi - Naked Ambition”
Author: Jad Adams
Price: Rs.699.00
3. “The Difficulty Of Being Good”
Author: Gurcharan Das
Price: Rs.699.00
4. “Jangalnama - Travels In A Maoist Guerilla Zone”
Author: Satnam
Price: Rs.25.00
5. “Becoming Indian”
Author: Pavan K. Varma
Price: Rs.499.00
6. “Birds & Butterflies Of Delhi”
Author: Mehran Zaidi
Price: Rs.350.00
7. “Inside The Kingdom”
Author: Robert Lacey
Price: Rs.550.00
8. “My Name Is Gauhar Jaan!”
Author: Vikram Sampath
Price: Rs.595.00
9. “Oprah - A Biography”
Author: Kitty Kelley
Price: $25.00 (Rs.1,179)
10. “The Big Short”
Author: Michael Lewis
Price: Rs.599.00
Fiction
1. “The Immortals Of Meluha”
Author: Amish Tripathi
Price: Rs.295.00
2. “Jeffrey Archer And Thereby Hangs A Tale”
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Price: 3.50 pounds (Rs.243)
3. “Theodore”
Author: John Grisham
Price: Rs.199.00
4. “Deliver Us From Evil”
Author: David Baldacci
Price: 5.99 pounds (Rs.406)
5. “One Amazing Thing”
Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Price: Rs.450.00
6. “Diary Of A Wimpy Kid”
Author: Jeff Kinney
Price: Rs.199.00
7. “Beatrice And Virgil”
Author: Yann Martel
Price: Rs.450.00
8. “The Temple Goers”
Author: Aatish Taseer
Price: Rs.495.00
9. “Empire Of The Moghul: Brothers At War”
Author: Alex Rutherford
Price: Rs.495.00
10. “61 Hours”
Author: Lee Child
Price: Rs.550.00
(Source: Bahri Sons, New Delhi, www.booksatbahri.com. All the books listed above are available online)
