The similarity between Bhagat and Dickens is only that their characters reflect the people and dilemma's of the day. The similarity ends there. A friend of mine who has read all of Bhagat's books gave her reason as that the books are low priced and easy to read. Does it provoke her thought...mmmm, not really. Again, since preference is subjective, let's not get into ranking. Nielsen's survey only indicates that Bhagat's books are more read....not exactly why.
i wrote a really big article/comment here. rediff is not posting it! There was no crude words only that I believed more than young india we shd think of the youngest india and what they watch and read (comics) etc...i wonder y they dont publish my comment? so diffident...
if u have kids u will know its not what yound india wants it "what youngest india orders" that rules. Bheem's comics have sold in millions! just verify