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Seth and Salman top bestseller lists this week
Indo-Asian News Service

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Vikram Seth's "Two Lives" predictably finds favour with Indian readers as it tops the non-fiction bestseller list this week, while Salman Rushdie's "Shalimar The Crown" continues to rule the fiction category.


The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction categories are:

Non-Fiction

1. "Two Lives" 
Author : Vikram Seth
Publisher : Penguin Viking
Price : Rs.695.00

2. "Raj Orators: Speeches of Eminent Indians during the Raj"
Author : Dr. B.G. Tandon
Publisher : Ane Books India
Price : Rs.695.00

3. "City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore"
Author : Bapsi Sidhwa
Publisher : Penguin Books
Price : Rs.395.00

4. "Almond Eyes Lotus Feet"
Authors : Sharada Dwivedi & Shalini Devi Holkar
Publisher : Eminence Design Pvt. Ltd.
Price : Rs.1,200.00

5. "Children of the Raj"
Author : Vyvyen Brendon
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
Price : £20.00 (Rs.1,584)

6. "The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity"
Author : Amartya Sen
Publisher : Penguin Allen Lane
Price : Rs.650.00

7. "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari"
Author : Robin S. Sharma
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
Price : Rs.175.00

8. "Memories of My Melancholy Whores"
Author : Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Publisher : Jonathan Cape, London
Price : Rs.425.00

9. "Reforms in The Arab World: External Influences and Regional Debates"
Author : Talmiz Ahmad
Publisher : India Research Press
Price : Rs.595.00

10. "India As A New Global Power"
Author : Ashley J. Tellis
Publisher : India Research Press
Price : Rs.350.00

Fiction

1. "Shalimar The Clown"
Author : Salman Rushdie
Publisher : Jonathan Cape, London
Price : Rs.595.00

2. "On Beauty"
Author : Zadie Smith
Publisher : Hamish Hamilton
Price : £6.00 (Rs.475)

3. "Just Rewards"
Author : Barbara Taylor Bradford
Publisher : Harper Collins
Price : £5.99 (Rs.475)

4. "The Moscow Vector"
Authors : Robert Ludlum & Patrick Larkin
Publisher : Orion
Price : £3.00 (Rs.238)

5. "The Black Angel"
Author : John Connolly
Publisher : Hodder
Price : £3.00 (Rs.238)

6. "Lipstick Jungle"
Author : Candace Bushnell
Publisher : Hyperion
Price : $4.75 (Rs.377)

7. "The Saratchandra Omnibus - Volume one"
Author : Aruna Chakravarti
Publisher : Penguin Books
Price : Rs.595.00

8. "The Accidental"
Author : Ali Smith
Publisher : Hamish Hamilton
Price : £4.50 (Rs.357)

9. "Shantaram"
Author : Gregory David Roberts
Publisher : ABACUS
Price : £4.99 (Rs.396)

10. "Anansi Boys"
Author : Neil Gaiman
Publisher : Review
Price : £5.75 (Rs.456)

(Source: Bahri Sons, New Delhi, www.booksatbahri.com. All the books listed above are available online)