Among the many hawkers that line the crowded avenues of India's metros selling everything from t-shirts to plastic containers, are those displaying the juts-released books for a bargain. At 50% the listed price, books such as Arvind Adiga's The White Tiger or Rhonda Byrne's The Secret are hard to pass. One gets a glimpse of what's hot by looking at the neatly displayed few rows of books on the roadside. Very often, a hawker who can barely read English will recommend you what's selling like hotcakes and it's little wonder that these will match with the top five books at the large retail stores as well.
The current favorites in Mumbai according to Mumbai Mirror are:
1. WHITE TIGER / ARAVIND ADIGA
IMAGINING INDIA / NANDAN NILEKANI
2. SEA OF POPPIES / AMITAV GHOSH
THE SECRET / RHONDA BYRNE
3. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE SANCTION / ERIC
VAN LUSTBADER
THE SNOWBALL / ALICE SCHROEDER
4. THE FINAL RECKONING / SAM BOURNE
CORPORATE DISCLOSURES / SHANKAR JAGANATHAN
5. THE 3 MISTAKES OF MY LIFE / CHETAN BHAGAT
THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING/ RUSSELL ROBERTS
(Courtesy Bookzone)
It's a shame that Crossword doesn't update its best-seller lists frequently. The site still lists Brida by Paulo Coelho at the top.
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