HT-Nielsen top 10: Calling Sehmat continues to top bestselling fiction list

Here’s your weekly digest of the best-selling fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.

books Updated: Jun 02, 2018 11:02 IST
Here’s the HT-Nielsen Top 10 list for this week.(Shutterstock)

This week, Calling Sehmat by Harinder S Sikka continues to rule the top 10 fiction titles chart. It is followed by The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat.

Top - 10 Fiction Titles
  • Calling Sehmat, Harinder S. Sikka
  • The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
  • One Indian Girl, Chetan Bhagat
  • Will You Still Love Me?, Ravinder Singh
  • She Friend-Zoned My Love, Sudeep Nagarkar
  • Origin, Dan Brown
  • The Immortals of Meluha, Amish Tripathi
  • This is Not Your Story, Savi Sharma
  • Everyone Has a Story, Savi Sharma
  • Ram - Scion of Ikshvaku, Amish Tripathi
Top-10 Non-Fiction Trade Titles
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson
  • The Spy Chronicles
  • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
  • Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert T. Kiyosaki
  • The Heartfulness Way
  • The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing
  • Manorama Yearbook 2018, Mammen Matthew
  • Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s Guide to Joy
  • Exam Warriors, Narendra Modi
  • Wings of Fire: An Autobiography

In the non-fiction list, Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck too retains it number one position. Next are AS Sinha Dulat and Asad Durrani’s The Spy Chronicles and Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind.

Among the best-selling children’s books by international publishers, JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone occupies top slot. It’s followed by last week’s top Rick Riordan’s The Burning Maze, and Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway.

Top-5 Children, Young Adult & Educational Titles- International Publisher
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
  • The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo Book 3)
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway, Jeff Kinney
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Top-5 Children, Young Adult & Educational Titles- Indian Publisher
  • The Blue Umbrella, Ruskin Bond
  • Great Stories for Children, Ruskin Bond
  • The Best of Tenali Raman, Rungeen Singh
  • The Best of Panchatantra
  • 365 Pancharantra Stories

Ruskin Bond’s The Blue Umbrella is at the top of the charts for children’s books by Indian publishers this week too. It is followed by Bond’s Great Stories for Children and The Best of Tenali Raman by Rungeen Singh, just like last week.