Lots of books have been released since January this year. Out of those we have picked 10 best-selling books which have been selling havoc both offline & online.
According to the latest sales reports, here’s the highlight of best-selling books of 2013 in India:
1. ‘The Oath of the Vayuputras’ by Amish Tripathi
Publisher: Westland
ISBN: 9789382618348
MRP: Rs. 350
Lowest Online offer: Rs. 228 (35% off) from Flipkart & Infibeam
Publication Year: 2013
Summary: The Oath of the Vayuputras is the final book of the Shiva Trilogy. This book will have answers to ‘the Neelkanth’s’ questions about his fate, the choices he made previously and karma. In the earlier books of the trilogy, Shiva finds out that the Nagas are not his enemies and joins hands with them to reach the root of all evil. Shiva reaches Panchavati, the capital of Naga where he will come face to face with his greatest enemy. Shiva seeks help from the Vayuputras in the quest to conquer all evil. Thus follows several brutal battles in the series that leave a wound on India and in Shiva’s life. Read this fascinating story of Shiva’s transition from a human being to God.
2. ‘Manuscript Found in Accra’ by Paulo Coelho
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780007520503
MRP: Rs. 299
Lowest Online Offer: Rs. 170 (43% off) from Flipkart
Publication Year: 2013
Summary: Manuscript Found in Accra takes the readers back in 1099, where the people of Jerusalem are eagerly waiting for the crusader to invade as they have blocked the city. All the men, women and children have gathered to listen to a mysterious man in the city with the ancient walls. This one man had taught these people many ways to live without worrying about the future. He just said one thing that live today better to make your future the best. His extraordinary insights on courage, solitude, loyalty and loss were transcribed and passed on.
3. ‘The Test of My Life’ by Yuvraj Singh
Publisher: Ebury Press (Random House)
ISBN: 9788184002980
MRP: Rs. 399
Lowest Online offer: Rs. 271 (32% Off) from Flipkart
Publication Year: 2013
Summary: The Test of My Life is a personal account of Yuvraj Singh’s journey through cancer with the 2011 World Cup victory in the background. For the first time Yuvraj Singh tells the real story behind the 2011 World Cup when on-the-field triumph hid his increasingly puzzling health problems and worrying illnesses. In his debut book ‘The test of my life’, he reveals how—plagued with insomnia, coughing fits that left him vomiting blood, and an inability to eat—he made a deal with God.
4. ‘Follow Every Rainbow’ by Rashmi Bansal
Publisher: Westland
ISBN: 9789382618423
MRP: Rs. 175
Publication Year: 2013
Lowest Online offer: 126 (28% off) from Infibeam
Summary: Follow Every Rainbow is the story of entrepreneurship journey of 25 women who took up a challenge. Along with their company they raised a family, with love, laugher and patience. They faces many challenges but never giving in or giving up. These twenty-five stories say clearly that although women think and act differently than men, but they can be just as successful as men.
5. ‘Can Love Happen Twice?’ by Ravinder Singh
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143418672
MRP: Rs. 125
Lowest Online offer: 100 (20% off) from Infibeam
Publication Year: 2011
Summary: On Valentine’s Day, a radio station is going to broadcast an interview with Ravin, and his three friends, Happy, MP and Ramji. It promises to be a beautiful evening of romance that lovers everywhere are looking forward to. Ravin is going to answer questions from his adoring fans – on his love, life, and life after his lost love. However just before going LIVE there was no sign of Ravin. Ravin’s friends discover his handwritten notes. They proceed to read them on live radio, in the hope of finding some answers.
6. ‘Life Is What You Make…’ by Preeti Shenoy
Publisher: Srishti Publisher
ISBN: 9789380349305
MRP: Rs. 100
Lowest Online offer: Rs. 65 (35% Off) from Flipkart
Publication Year: 2011
Summary: ‘Life is what you make It’ is a story about a girl Ankita Sharma. Ankita is the most happening person in her college and she knows her way around. She is good looking, young, smart and has a number of boys who swoon over her. Life in college is a dream that every youngster sees and Ankita manages to gain admission to a reputed management school. All is well. But then destiny shook her entire world. Six months down the lane, she is admitted to a mental health hospital as a patient. Life has cruelly snatched the most from her and she must now fight to get it all back. It is a deeply moving and inspiring account of growing up, of the power of faith and how determination and an indomitable spirit can overcome even what destiny throws at you.
7. ‘2 States’ by Chetan Bhagat
Publisher: Rupa & Co
ISBN: 9788129115300
MRP: Rs. 140
Lowest Online offer: Rs. 92 (34% Off) from Flipkart
Publication Year: 2009
Summary: 2 States is Chetan Bhagat’s personal account of the challenges that he and his wife faced in convincing their parents to agree to their love marriage. Narrated in first person, 2 States is a story about Punjabi boy Krish and Tamil girl Ananya who are from two different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. Of course, their parents don t agree. To convert their love story into a love marriage, the couple have a though battle in front of them. The novel is a hilarious take on the complications that arise within Indian families, especially when youngsters from diverse backgrounds fall in love and decide to tie the knot. As Bhagat aptly portrays, not only should the couple be willing to wed, but their families have to accept the union too!
8. ‘What Young India Wants’ by Chetan Bhagat
Publisher: Rupa Publications
ISBN: 9788129120212
MRP: Rs. 140
Publication Year: 2012
Lowest Online offer: Rs. 92 (34% off) from Flipkart
Summary: In his latest book, What Young India Wants, Chetan Bhagat asks hard questions, demands answers and presents solutions for a better, more prosperous India.
- Why do our students regularly commit suicide?
- Why is there so much corruption in India?
- Cant our political parties ever work together?
- Does our vote make any difference at all?
- We love our India, but shouldnt some things be different?
9. ‘The Accidental Apprentice’ by Vikas Swarup
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781471128240
MRP: Rs. 350
Lowest Online offer: Rs. 224 (36% off) from Flipkart
Publication Year: 2013
Summary: Life pivots on a few key moments. This is one of them. Sapna Sinha works in an electronics store in downtown Delhi. She hates her job, but she is ambitious and determined to succeed, and she knows without the money she brings in, her family won’t be able to survive. Little does she know it but her life is about to change forever. As she leaves the shop on her lunchbreak one day, she is approached by a man who claims to be CEO of one of India’s biggest companies. He tells her he is looking for an heir for his business empire. And that he has decided it should be her.
10. ‘The Krishna Key’ by Ashwin Sanghi
Publisher: Westland
ISBN: 9789381626689
MRP: Rs. Rs. 250
Lowest Online offer: Rs. 135 (46% Off) from Flipkart
Publication Year: 2012
Summary: Five thousand years ago, there came to earth a magical being called Krishna, who brought about innumerable miracles for the good of mankind. Humanity despaired of its fate if the Blue God were to die but was reassured that he would return in a fresh avatar when needed in the eventual Dark Age—the Kaliyug. In modern times, a poor little rich boy grows up believing that he is that final avatar. Only, he is a serial killer. In this heart-stopping tale, the arrival of a murderer who executes his gruesome and brilliantly thought-out schemes in the name of God is the first clue to a sinister conspiracy to expose an ancient secret—Krishna’s priceless legacy to mankind.
There are lots of good and new books which did not made into the top 10 list, however selling very well across the country. Some of these are:
Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer- The Homing Pigeons by Sid Bahri
- F? @ K Knows by Shailendra Singh
- How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid
- Asura : Tale Of The… by Anand Neelakantan
- Someone Like You by Durjoy Datta & Nikita Singh
- Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades… by S. Hussain Zaidi
- The Bankster by Ravi Subramanian
- The Magic by Rhonda Byrne
