By IANS,
New Delhi : Indian journalist M.J. Akbar’s “Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan” leads the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while
“Tender Hooks” by Moni Mohsin dominates the fiction set.
The top 10 in each category are:
Non-Fiction
1. “Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan”
Author: M.J. Akbar
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: Rs.499.00
2. “India: A Portrait”
Author: Patrick French
Publisher: Penguin Books
Price: Rs.699.00
3. “Makers of Modern India”
Author: Ramachandra Guha
Publisher: Penguin/Viking
Price: Rs.799.00
4. “Mumbai Fables”
Author: Gyan Prakash
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: Rs.599.00
5. “Life”
Author: Keith Richards
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Price: Rs.995.00
6. “Civil Disobedience”
Author: L.C. Jain
Publisher: The Book Review Literary Trust
Price: Rs.395.00
7. “India-China Boundary Problem 1846-1947”
Author: A.G. Noorani
Publisher: Oxford Press
Price: Rs.795.00
8. “India and The United States in the 21st Century”
Author: Teresita C. Schaffer
Publisher: India Research Press
Price: Rs.595.00
9. “Women & The Weight Loss Tamasha”
Author: Rujuta Diwekar
Publisher: Westland
Price: Rs.200.00
10. “India Cookbook”
Author: Pushpesh Pant
Publisher: Phaidon
Price: Rs.1,995.00
Fiction
1. “Tender Hooks”
Author: Moni Mohsin
Publisher: Random House
Price: Rs.199.00
2. “The Silent Monument”
Author: Shobha Nihalani
Publisher: Tara Press
Price: Rs.250.00
3. “The Garden of Solitude”
Author: Siddhartha Gigoo
Publisher: Rupa & Co
Price: Rs.195.00
4. “The Diary of a Social Butterfly”
Author: Moni Mohsin
Publisher: Random House
Price: Rs.199.00
5. “The Palace of Illusions”
Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Publisher: Picador India
Price: Rs.395.00
6. “The Sunset Club”
Author: Khushwant Singh
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Price: Rs.399.00
7. “The Finkler Question”
Author: Howard Jacobson
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Price: Rs.499.00
8. “Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero”
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Puffin
Price: Rs.399.00
9. “The Immortals of Meluha”
Author: Amish Tripathi
Publisher: Westland
Price: Rs.295.00
10. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth”
Author: Jeff Kinney
Publisher: Puffin Books
Price: Rs.250.00
(Source: Bahri Sons, New Delhi, www.booksatbahri.com. All the books listed above are available online)