Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’ No. 1 on Apple’s iBookstore

Author Dan Brown’s description of Manila as “the gates of hell” in the American novelist’s latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital. The book “Inferno,” which is being sold in the Philippines, includes a character who is visiting the city and taken aback by poverty, crime and the sex trade. It topped iBookstore’s official book charts for the week ending June 17, 2013. AP/JIM COLE

The iBookstore’s Official Book Charts for the week ending June 17, 2013:

 

1. “Inferno,” by Dan Brown (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

 

2. “Entwined with You,” by Sylvia Day (Penguin Group US)

 

3. “Forever Too Far,” by Abbi Glines (Abbi Glines)

 

4. “And the Mountains Echoed,” by Khaled Hosseini (Penguin Group US)

 

5. “Revenge Wears Prada,” by Lauren Weisberger (Simon & Schuster)

 

6. “World War Z,” by Max Brooks (Crown Publishing Group)

 

7. “Bad Monkey,” by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

 

8. “Forever You,” by Sandi Lynn (Sandi Lynn)

 

9. “Forever Black,” by Sandi Lynn (Sandi Lynn)

 

10. “The Hit,” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)

 

 

 

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