Ramachandra Guha, Khushwant Singh on top again (IANS Books)
By IANSWednesday, January 12, 2011
NEW DELHI - For the 11th time in a row, historian Ramachandra Guha’s “Makers of Modern India” dominates the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week. “The Sunset Club” by Khushwant Singh continues to lead the fiction set for the seventh week.
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. “India-China Boundary Problem 1846-1947″
Author: A.G. Noorani
Publisher: Oxford Press
Price: Rs.795.00
3. “Ambani & Sons”
Author: Hamish McDonald
Publisher: Roli books
Price: Rs.395.00
4. “India After Gandhi”
Author: Ramachandra Guha
Publisher: Picador
Price: Rs.595.00
5. “Granta 112: Pakistan” (Magazine)
Editor: John Freeman
Publisher: Granta
Price: Rs.599.00
6. “Stranger to History”
Author: Aatish Taseer
Publisher: Picador
Price: Rs.495.00
7. “Life: Keith Richards”
Author: Keith Richards
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Price: Rs.995.00
8. “Women & The Weight Loss Tamasha”
Author: Rujuta Diwekar
Publisher: Westland
Price: Rs.200.00
9. “From XL To XS”
Author: Payal Gidwani Tiwari
Publisher: Random House
Price: Rs.199.00
10. “Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals”
Author: Jamie Oliver
Publisher: Penguin
Price: Rs.899.00
Fiction
1. “The Sunset Club”
Author: Khushwant Singh
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Price: Rs.399.00
2. “The Finkler Question”
Author: Howard Jacobson
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Price: Rs.499.00
3. “Freedom”
Author: Jonathan Franzen
Publisher: 4th Estate
Price: Rs.630
4. “Room”
Author: Emma Donoghue
Publisher: Picador
Price: Rs.499.00
5. “The Temple Goers”
Author: Aatish Taseer
Publisher: Picador
Price: Rs.495.00
6. “The Confession”
Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Arrow Books
Price: Rs.299.00
7. “Heroes of Olympus The Lost Hero”
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Puffin
Price: Rs.399.00
8. “Shadow Princess”
Author: Indu Sundaresan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: Rs.399.00
9. “The Immortals of Meluha”
Author: Amish
Publisher: Westland/Tranquebar
Price: Rs.295.00
10. “The Crimson Throne”
Author: Sudhir Kakar
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Price: Rs.450.00
(Source: Bahri Sons, New Delhi, www.booksatbahri.com. All the books listed above are available online)
