By IANS,
New Delhi : Pakistan journalist Ahmed Rashid’s investigation on the impact of Al Qaeda on Pakistan and its surrounding areas tops the non-fiction list while Amitav Ghosh’s “Sea of Poppies” continues to rule the fiction chart.
The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are:
Non-Fiction
1. “Descent Into Chaos”
Author : Ahmed Rashid
Publisher : Allen Lane
Price : Rs.495.00
2. “The Post-American World”
Author : Fareed Zakaria
Publisher : Penguin Viking
Price : Rs.499.00
3. “The Secret”
Author : Rhonda Byrne
Publisher : Simon & Schustar
Price : Rs.550.00
4. “Italian Khana”
Author : Ritu Dalmia
Publisher : Random House
Price : Rs.750.00
5. “Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China”
Author : Pallavi Aiyar
Publisher : Fourth Estate
Price : Rs.395.00
6. “India The Emerging Giant”
Author : Arvind Panagariya
Publisher : Oxford
Price : Rs.695.00
7. “Behenji: A Political Biography of Mayawati”
Author : Ajoy Bose
Publisher : Penguin Viking
Price : Rs.499
8. “The Audacity of Hope”
Author : Barack Obama
Publisher : Canongate
Price : Rs.425.00
9. “Superstar India From Incredible to Unstoppable”
Author : Shobhaa De
Publisher : Penguin India
Price : Rs.350
10. “The Shape of The Beast”
Author : Arundhati Roy
Publisher : Penguin Viking
Price : Rs.499.00
Fiction
1. “Sea of Poppies”
Author : Amitav Ghosh
Publisher : Penguin Viking
Price : Rs.599.00
2. “Unaccustomed Earth”
Author : Jhumpa Lahiri
Publisher : Random House
Price : Rs.450.00
3. “A Case of Exploding Mangoes”
Author : Honnif Mohammad
Publisher : Random House India
Price : Rs.395.00
4. “The 3 Mistakes of My Life”
Author : Chetan Bhagat
Publisher : Rupa
Price : Rs.95.00
5. “The White Tiger”
Author : Aravind Adiga
Publisher : Harper Collins
Price : Rs.395.00
6. “Chasing Harry Winston”
Author : Lauren Weisberger
Publisher : Harper Collins
Price : Rs.195.00
7. “The Palace of Illusions: Panchaali’s Mahabharat”
Author : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Publisher : Picador India
Price : Rs.495.00
8. “The Zoya Factor”
Author : Anuja Chauhan
Publisher : Harper Collins
Price : Rs.295.00
9. “Almost Single”
Author : Advaita Kala
Publisher : Harper Collins
Price : Rs.195.00
10. “A Prisoner of Birth”
Author : Jeffrey Archer
Publisher : PAN Books
Price : £2.99 (Rs.251)
(Source: Bahri Sons, New Delhi, www.booksatbahri.com. All the books listed above are available online.)