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Tony Blair still on bestseller list

The autobiography Tony Blair: A Journey continues to be number one in the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella retains its top position in the fiction category.

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By HT Correspondent | IANS, New Delhi

UPDATED ON SEP 23, 2010 02:09 PM IST

The autobiography

Tony Blair: A Journey

continues to be number one in the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while

Mini Shopaholic

by Sophie Kinsella retains its top position in the fiction category.

The top 10 in each section are:

Non-fiction

Tony Blair: A Journey

Author: Tony Blair Publisher: Hutchinson Price: Rs.999.00

Super Power?

Author: Raghav Bahl Publisher: Penguin/Allen Lane Price: Rs.699.00

Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian

Author: Somnath Chatterjee Publisher: Harper Collins Price: R.499.00

The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief

Author: V.S. Naipaul Publisher: Picador Price: Rs.595.00

The Secret: The Power

Author: Rhonda Byrne Publisher: Simon and Schuster Price: Rs.729.00

Celebrating Delhi

Author: Mala Dayal Publisher: Penguin Viking Price: Rs.350.00

Churchill's Secret War

Author: Madhusree Mukerjee Publisher: Tranquebar Price: Rs.495.00

Ambani and Sons

Author: Hamish McDonald Publisher: Roli Books Price: Rs.395.00

Absolute Khushwant

Author: Khushwant Singh and Humra Quraishi Publisher: Penguin Books Price: Rs.250.00

10.

The Honest Always Stand Alone

Author: C.G. Somiah Publisher: Niyogi Books Price: Rs.395.00

Fiction

Mini Shopaholic

Author: Sophie Kinsella Publisher: Bantam Press Price: Rs.550.00

The Pleasure Seekers

Author: Tishani Doshi Publisher: Bloomsbury Price: Rs.499.00

The Immortals of Meluha

Author: Amish Tripthi Publisher: Tara Press Price: Rs.295.00

The Cobra

Author: Frederick Forsyth Publisher: Corgi Books Price: Rs.299.00

Revolution Highway

Author: Dilip Simeon Publisher: Penguin Books Price: Rs.299.00

After Taste

Author: Namita Devidayal Publisher: Random House Price: Rs.399.00

The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest: Millennium III

Author: Stieg Larsson Publisher: Quercus Price: Rs.350.00

Don't Blink

Author: James Patterson and Howard Roughan Publisher: Century Price: Rs.550.00

Postcard Killers

Author: James Patterson and Liza Marklund Publisher: Century Price: Rs.550.00

10.

The Rembrandt Affair

Author: Daniel Silva Publisher: Penguin Books Price: Rs.499.00

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