Top ten bestsellers

1. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

2. Bleachers by John Grisham

3. Sons of Fortune by Jeffrey Archer

4. The Third World War by Humphrey Hawksley

5. Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle

6. For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani

7. Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton

8. Dynasties of India and Beyond by Inder Malhotra

9. Karachi by Wilson John

10. Guinness Book of World Records 2004

(Courtesy: Modern Book Depot Guwahati/Shillong)

Top ten Hindi solo albums

1. Tere Bina — Abhijeet

2. Mere Naseeb (remix) — Baby H

3. Babuji Top 10

4. Umi 10 Vol 4

5. Pretty Lady Mix (remix)

6. Tera Chehra — Adnan Sami and Amitabh Bachchan

7. Indian Mantra — A Musical Tribute

8. Sajda — Jagjit Singh and Lata Mangeskar

9. Best of Bombay Vikings

10. Tera Meraa Dil

Top ten Hindi film albums

1. Kal Ho Naa Ho

2. Baghban

3. Boom

4. Mumbai Matinee

5. Mein Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon

6. Kuch Na Kaho

7. Zameen

8. Tahzeeb

9. Tere Naam

10. Pinjar

Top ten Assamese albums

1. Brahma... Prarthana — Zubeen Garg

2. Dirsti — pop album

3. Aami — pop album

4. Indradhanu — Zubeen Garg

5. Shyam — Krishnamoni Nath, Anuradha Paudwal and Kavita Krishnamutri

6. Barala Sansar (film)

7. Dee J Boys — Khichodi (pop album)

8. Saaya — Zubeen, Jitul and Kumar Bhavesh

9. Priya Milon (film)

10. Snigdha Jonak — modern songs

Top ten English albums

1. American Life — Madonna

2. Enigma Vogue

3. Busted

4. Colour Blind — Darius

5. Nellyville — Special edition

6. Dangerously in Love — Beyonce’

7. Outlandish

8. Stacie Orrico

9. Metallica — St Anger

10. The Black Eyed Peas

(Courtesy: Music Galaxi, Ulubari, Guwahati)

Compiled by Pranab Kumar Nath

Pictures of Assamese albums by Pranab Kumar Nath and bestsellers by Rashbehari Das