Dalrymple`s book stays atop bestseller chart

William Dalrymple`s book continues to be at the number one position.

New Delhi: William Dalrymple`s "Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India" continued at the number one position in the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while "Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel bounced back to dominate the fiction category.The top 10 in each section are:

Non-fiction 1. "Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India" Author: William Dalrymple Publisher: Bloomsbury Price: Rs.499.00 2. The Hindus: An Alternative History Author: Wendy Doniger Publisher: Penguin Viking Price: Rs.999.00 3. "Seeds of Terror: The Taliban, The ISI and The New Opium Wars" Author: Gretchen Peters Publisher: Hachette India Price: Rs.495.00 4. "The Alqaeda Connection" Author: Imtiaz Gul Publisher: Penguin Books Price: Rs.499.00 5. "Making India Work" Author: William Nanda Bissell Publisher: Penguin Viking Price: Rs.499.00 6. "Making Sense of Pakistan" Author: Farzana Shaikh Publisher: Foundation Books Price: Rs.499.00 7. "The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History in the White House" Author: Taylor Branch Publisher: Simon and Schuster Price: $29.75 (Rs.1,402) 8. "Shah Jahan: The Rise and Fall of The Mughal Emperor" Author: Fergus Nicoll Publisher: Penguin Viking Price: Rs.899.00 9. "Keynes: The Return of The Master" Author: Robert Skidelsky Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane Price: Rs.550.00 10. "When China Rules The World" Author: Martin Jacques Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane Price: Rs.699.00 Fiction 1. "Wolf Hall" Author: Hilary Mantel Publisher: Fourth Estate, London Price: Rs.399.00 2. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Author: Stieg Larsson Publisher: Quercus Price: Rs.299.00 3. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" Author: Stieg Larsson Publisher: Quercus Price: Rs.299.00 4. "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet`s Nest" Author: Stieg Larsson Publisher: Maclehose Press Price: Rs.495.00 5. "2 States: The Story of My Marriage" Author: Chetan Bhagat Publisher: Rupa Price: Rs.95.00 6. "The Lost Symbol" Author: Dan Brown Publisher: Bantam Press Price: Rs.699.00 7. "The Englishman`s Cameo: A Mughal Murder Mystery" Author: Madhulika Liddle Publisher: Hachette Price: Rs.295.00 8. "The Glass Room" Author: Simon Mawer Publisher: Little Brown Price: Rs.595.00 9. "Summertime" Author: J.M. Coetzee Publisher: Harvill Secker, London Price: 8.75 pounds (Rs.673) 10. "The Children`s Book" Author: A.S. Byatt Publisher: Chatto and Windows Price: 6.25 pounds (Rs.498) IANS