Ramachandra Guha, Khushwant Singh top selling authors of week (IANS Books)
By IANSThursday, December 30, 2010
NEW DELHI - Historian Ramachandra Guha continued to dominate the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week with his “Makers of Modern India” being at the top for the ninth time. “The Sunset Club” by Khushwant Singh dominated the fiction category for the fifth time.
The top 10 in each category are:
Non-fiction
1. “Makers of Modern India”
Author: Ramachandra Guha
Publisher: Penguin/Viking
Price: Rs.799.00
2. “How Much Should A Person Consume”
Author: Ramachandra Guha
Publisher: Hachette
Price: Rs.350.00
3. “India-China Boundary Problem 1846-1947″
Author: A.G. Noorani
Publisher: Oxford Press
Price: Rs.795.00
4. “Obamas Wars: The Inside Story”
Author: Bob Woodward
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Price: $14.75 (Rs.665)
5. “Global Crisis Recession And Uneven Recovery”
Author: Y.V. Reddy
Publisher: Orient Black Swan
Price: Rs.595.00
6. “Jamies 30-Minute Meals”
Author: Jamie Oliver
Publisher: Penguin
Price: Rs 899.00
7. “Decision Points”
Author: George W. Bush
Publisher: Virgin Publishing
Price: Rs.999.00
8. “Arming Without Aiming”
Author: Stephen P. Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta
Publisher: Penguin Book
Price: Rs.499.00
9. “My Life With The Taliban”
Author: Abdul Salam Zaeef
Publisher: Hachette
Price: Rs.495.00
10. “The Delhi Walla Monuments”
Author: Mayank Austen Soofi
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: Rs.199.00
Fiction
1. “The Sunset Club”
Author: Khushwant Singh
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Price: Rs.399.00
2. “Freedom”
Author: Jonathan Franzen
Publisher: 4th Estate
Price: 8.99 pounds (Rs.630)
3. “The Finkler Question”
Author: Howard Jacobson
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Price: Rs.499.00
4. “The Forty Rules of Love”
Author: Elif Shafak
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Price: Rs.499.00
5. “Battle For Bittora”
Author: Anuja Chauhan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: Rs.299.00
6. “Shadow Princess”
Author: Indu Sundaresan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: Rs.399.00
7. “The Immortals of Meluha”
Author: Amish Tripathi
Publisher: Tara press
Price: Rs.295.00
8. “Serious Men”
Author: Manu Joseph
Publisher: 4th Estate
Price: Rs.499.00
9. “Room”
Author: Emma Donoghue
Publisher: Picador
Price: Rs.499.00
10. “The Confession”
Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Arrow Books
Price: Rs.299.00
(Source: Bahri Sons, New Delhi, www.booksatbahri.com. All the books listed above are available online)
