Your choice: Recent best sellers

Dxbuzz gives you a quick lowdown of some of the recent best sellers.

The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine

Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith, best known for his The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, is back with a gem. In the latest instalment of the beloved series, Mma Ramotswe must contend with her greatest challenges that will affect everyone at the legendary agency. Exploring emotions and explaining how ordinary human failings should be treated with a large helping of charity and compassion, The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine makes a compelling read. Smith, a prolific writer with more than 50 books to his credit, continues to be a bestseller all these years later.
 
 
 
The Crossing
Michael Connelly

In a season of detective books, award-winning American writer Michael Connelly gives us another of his thrillers. The Crossing tells the story of a retired detective Harry Bosch who reluctantly agrees to help his half brother, a defense attorney, and his investigations lead him inside the L.A.P.D. Clearly Connelly excels at weaving stories around L.A.P.D. and skilfully draws his fans into kinky murders and courtroom scenes that are brilliantly rendered. The Crossing is a tour de force of criminal detection in which careful investigation turns to intense action, gripping the reader well to the end. This is another reason why Connelly is a master at police procedural.
 
 
Don't Let Him Know
Sandip Roy

Sandip Roy's debut novel, Don't Let Him Know, has been described as a complicated bond, strengthened by tradition and a strong sense of duty. Rich, evocative and brilliantly told, it explores themes of loyalties and love. The book is an unforgettable story about family and the sacrifices that members make for each other. Roy, a senior editor, has been a long-time commentator on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, has previously contributed to various anthologies including Storywallah. With Don't Let Him Know the author has finally announced his entry into the world of fiction with a tender and funny prose that is at once resonant and yet bold.
 
 
The Martian
Andy Weir
The Martian is a captivating novel by Andy Weir that follows the remarkable journey of an American astronaut, Mark Watney, as he gets stranded on Mars and must improvise in order to survive. On the bestseller list for months (till mid-November 2015), the book has a lot of thrills - epic journey to Mars and the red planet's unforgiving environment - and Mark's engineering skills that help him tide over one insurmountable obstacle after the next. Briskly paced fiction, it makes for a great winter read.
She Will Build Him a City
Raj Kamal Jha

Raj Kamal Jha, an Indian author and newspaper editor, has come out with his fourth novel She Will Build Him a City. Exploring the condition of contemporary India with all its contradictions, the book is both beguiling and audacious in its description of Delhi. Very enticingly it touches upon the travails of love, horror, belonging and forgiveness that its protagonists endure. Descriptions of a mother narrating stories to her sleeping child overlap with a young man who dreams of a murder on the last metro at Rajiv Chowk Station. All along the pace of the novel is never allowed to dip. The Guardian, London, notes that Jha's mode of conveying his stories is consistently tantalising.
 
 
Compiled by Sadiq Shaban