Art & Culture Thursday, June 18, 2009

'The Toss Of Lemon' tops bestseller list

From correspondents in Delhi, India, 09:00 AM IST

'The Toss Of Lemon' by a Canada-based Indian writer tops the fiction section this week while 'Prisoner Of The State' by late Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang dominates non-fiction in the bestselling list.

The top 10 in each section is as follows:

Fiction

1. 'The Toss Of Lemon'

Author: Padma Viswanathan

Publisher: Tranquebar Press

Price: Rs.499.00

2. 'Six Graves To Munich'

Author: Mario Puzo

Publisher: Maclehose Press

Price: Rs.399.00

3. '8th Confession'

Author: James Patterson

Publisher: Century

Price: Pound 5.99 (Rs.471)

4. 'The Thing Around Your Neck'

Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Publisher: Fourth Estate

Price: Rs.299.00

5. 'Solo'

Author: Rana Dasgupta

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: Rs.395.00

6. 'The Case Of The Missing Servant'

Author: Tarquin Hall

Publisher: Hutchinson

Price: Pound 5.50 (Rs.433)

7. 'First Family'

Author: David Baldacci

Publisher: McMillan

Price: Pound 5.99 (Rs.471)

8. 'The Winner Stands Alone'

Author: Paulo Coelho

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: Rs.325.00

9. 'In Other Rooms, Other Wonders'

Author: Daniyal Mueenuddin

Publisher: Random House

Price: Rs.395.00

10. 'The White Tiger'

Author: Aravind Adiga

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: Rs.395.00

Non-Fiction

1. 'Prisoner Of The State'

Author: Zhao Ziyang

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Price: $20.00 (Rs.958)

2. 'Stranger To History'

Author: Aatish Taseer

Publisher: Picador India

Price: Rs.495.00

3. 'Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth And Happiness'

Author: Thaler and Sunstein

Publisher: Penguin Books

Price: Rs.299.00

4. 'A Better India A Better World'

Author: N.R. Narayana Murthy

Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane

Price: Rs.499.00

5. 'From Fatwa To Jihad'

Author: Kenan Malik

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Price: Rs.399.00

6. 'India And The Financial Crisis'

Author: Y.V. Reddy

Publisher: Orient Black Swan

Price: Rs.595.00

7. 'The Caged Phoenix'

Author: Dipankar Gupta

Publisher: Penguin Viking

Price: Rs.550.00

8. 'Delhi: Adventures In a Megacity'

Author: Sam Miller

Publisher: Penguin Viking

Price: Rs.499.00

9. 'Branding India: An Incredible Story'

Author: Amitabh Kant

Publisher: Collins Books

Price: Rs.499.00

10. '80 Questions To Understand India'

Author: Murad Ali Baig

Publisher: Tara Press

Price: Rs.199.00

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

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