Books on and by US President Barack Obama dominated the bestseller list in the non-fiction category here this week, while Solo by Rana Dasgupta went straight to the top of the charts in the fiction category. Here are the top 10 in each group:
Non-Fiction:1. The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American...Author: David E SangerPublisher: Harmony BooksPrice: $20.00 (Rs 1,036.00)
2. Delhi: Adventures in A MegacityAuthor: Sam MillerPublisher: Penguin VikingPrice: Rs 499
3. Dreams From My FatherAuthor: Barack ObamaPublisher: CanongatePrice: Rs 395
4. The Audacity of HopeAuthor: Barack ObamaPublisher: CanongatePrice: Rs.250.00
5. Bankruptcy to Billions: How the Indian Railways TransformedAuthor: S Kumar & S MehrotraPublisher: OxfordPrice: Rs 495
6. A Time of Transition: Rajiv Gandhi to The 21st CenturyAuthor: Mani Shankar AiyarPublisher: Penguin VikingPrice: Rs 599
7. Imagining India : Ideas for the new centuryAuthor: Nandan NilekaniPublisher: Penguin Allen LanePrice: Rs 699
8. Tehelka As Metaphor: Prism Me a Lie Tell Me a TruthAuthor: Madhu TrehanPublisher: Lotus RoliPrice: Rs 595
9. Empires of the Indus: The Story of a RiverAuthor: Alice AlbiniaPublisher: John MurrayPrice: Rs 550
{{/usCountry}}9. Empires of the Indus: The Story of a RiverAuthor: Alice AlbiniaPublisher: John MurrayPrice: Rs 550
{{/usCountry}}10. The Nuclear Express : A Political History of the Bomb and its ProliferationAuthor: Thomas C Reed and Danny B StillmanPublisher: Zenith PressPrice: $35.00 (Rs.1,814.00)
Fiction:
1. SoloAuthor: Rana DasguptaPublisher: Harper CollinsPrice: Rs 395
2. In Other Rooms, Other WondersAuthor: Daniyal MueenuddinPublisher: Random HousePrice: Rs 395
3. Paths of GloryAuthor: Jeffrey ArcherPublisher: MacmillanPrice: £2.99 (Rs.220.00)
4. The AssociateAuthor: John GrishamPublisher: Arrow BooksPrice: £2.99 (Rs.220.00)
5. 2 6 6 6 A NovelAuthor: Roberto BolanoPublisher: PicadorPrice: Rs.750
6. The Girl Who Played with FireAuthor: Stieg LarssonPublisher: Maclehose PressPrice: Rs 4957. The White TigerAuthor: Aravind AdigaPublisher: Harper CollinsPrice: Rs 395
8. The Story of My AssassinsAuthor: Tarun J TejpalPublisher: Harper CollinsPrice: Rs 4959 Life is PerfectAuthor: Himani DalmiaPublisher: RupaPrice: Rs 195
10 ScarpettaAuthor: Patricia CornwellPublisher: Little BrownPrice: Rs 595
(Source: Bahri Sons, New Delhi, www.booksatbahri.com. All the books listed above are available online)