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INDORE: Mythology remained the top pick at the 10-day-long national level book fair being organized at Gandhi Hall.Displacing mystery genre from top spot, mythology is what has become the favourite of book lovers of Indore.According to the organizers, in the first two days of the fair, around 10 per cent of the books sold in the fair were of mythological genre, followed by mystery novels. "In my school, students of Classes 10, 11 and 12 have been borrowing these books increasingly. "Out of around 5000 books that have been sold in the first two days, around 600 are books based on mythology. "I feel that scientific approach towards issues related to mythology and religion is easily comprehensible to the youngsters who are more likely to read such a book than to study scriptures," Hasan Ghani, an avid reader of mythological books said. The non-fiction category came third, which mainly included biographies and autobiographies..