Arundhati Roy’s new book tops bestseller list
July 30th, 2009 - 10:17 am ICT by IANSNew Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Arundhati Roy’s new book “Listening To Grass Hoppers: Field Notes on Democracy” topped the non-fiction category of the bestseller list this week while “The Wish Maker: A Novel” by Ali Sethi dominated the fiction list.
The top 10 in each section are:
Non-fiction
1. “Listening To Grass Hoppers: Field Notes on Democracy”
Author: Arundhati Roy
Publisher: Penguin Books
Price: Rs.499.00
2. “Branding India: An Incredible Story”
Author: Amitabh Kant
Publisher: Collins Business
Price: Rs.499.00
3. “The Caged Phoenix: Can India Fly?”
Author: Dipankar Gupta
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Price: Rs.550.00
4. “Stranger to History”
Author: Aatish Taseer
Publisher: Picador India
Price: Rs.495.00
5. “Descent into Chaos: How the War against Islamic Extremism is being lost in Pak…”
Author: Ahmed Rashid
Publisher: Allen Lane
Price: Rs.495.00
6. “The Great Divide: India and Pakistan”
Author: Ira Pande
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: Rs.495.00
7. “GovernMint in India - An Inside View”
Author: T.S.R. Subramanian
Publisher: Rupa
Price: Rs.395.00
8. “D-Day: The Battle for Normandy”
Author: Antony Beevor
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Price: Rs.499.00.
9. “A Better India A Better World”
Author: N.R. Narayana Murthy
Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane
Price: Rs.499.00
10. “Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century”
Author: Nandan Nilekani
Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane
Price: Rs.699
Fiction
1. “The Wish Maker: A Novel”
Author: Ali Sethi
Publisher: Penguin Books
Price: Rs.499.00
2. “Family Planning”
Author: Karan Mahajan
Publisher: Rupa
Price: Rs.395.00
3. “Swimsuit”
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Century
Price: £5.99 (Rs.475)
4. “Gone Tomorrow”
Author: Lee Child
Publisher: Bantam Press
Price: £5.99 (Rs.475)
5. “First Family”
Author: David Baldacci
Publisher: Macmillan
Price: £5.99 (Rs.475)
6. “The Winner Stands Alone”
Author: Paulo Coelho
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: Rs.325.00
7. “Paths of Glory”
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Publisher: Macmillan
Price: £3.50 (Rs.275)
8. “Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress of The Game”
Author: Tilly Bagshawe
Publisher: Harper
Price: Rs.250.00
9. “The Girl Who Played with Fire”
Author: Stieg Larsson
Publisher: Quercus
Price: Rs.299.00
10. “The Genesis Secret”
Author: Tom Knox
Publisher: Harper
Price: Rs.325.00
(Source: Bahri Sons, New Delhi, www.booksatbahri.com. All the books listed above are available online)
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