Chetan Bhagat best-selling Indian author on Flipkart

Chetan Bhagat emerged as India's best- selling author of 2015 and Amish Tripathi's Scion of Ikshvaku has emerged the top-selling work of fiction, according to #FlipTrends, a year ender report released by e-commerce major Flipkart.

Written by FE Bureau

Bangalore

December 30, 2015 00:28 IST

Chetan Bhagat emerged as India’s best- selling author of 2015 and Amish Tripathi’s Scion of Ikshvaku has emerged the top-selling work of fiction, according to #FlipTrends, a year ender report released by e-commerce major Flipkart.

FlipTrends analysed consumer buying preferences on the Flipkart e-commerce platform between January and December 2015 based on data from 50 million registered customers. In terms of cities which read books, Bengaluru emerged as India’s book capital with the highest number of book lovers in India. It is followed by Delhi-NCR and Kolkata.

Fiction has thrown up some interesting insights. Book-lovers have voted for Indian authors with a resounding majority. All five best-selling books of 2015 feature Indian authors, while the four of the top five of India’s favorite writers are from India. A Scion of Ikshvaku leads the pack, with Chetan Bhagat’s 2014 book Half Girlfriend closely following in second place. A surprising part of the best-selling books list is Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie, an author usually regarded as a ‘heavier read’.

India’s favourite writers list, according to FlipTrends, is based on total sales in 2015 of all the books written by an author. Books by the late former President APJ Abdul Kalam found wide readership. Kalam’s Reignited – Scientific Pathways to a Better Future, written for young readers, also features among the top five children’s books.

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