'Eat, Pray, Love' bumps off 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'

Another week has come and gone in the world of books, and according to this week’s Publishers Weekly Best-Seller List, we’ve got one new book at the top of one of the four major best-seller lists.

“Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert, pictured at right, replaced “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson as the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks list.

Larsson’s book, “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” retained the No. 1 spots on the hardcover fiction list. The mass market paperback edition of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” also retained the top spot on the mass market paperback list.

"Sh*t My Dad Says" by Justin Halpern remained the No. 1 book on the hardcover nonfiction list.
Below you’ll find all four of this week’s best-seller lists. As a reminder, I’m posting these lists each Sunday because they, as a whole, represent a great, contemporary recommended reading list. They are initially released each week on Thursday, and if you’re interested in reading them then, visit Publishers Weekly’s Web site at www.publishersweekly.com.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)
2. "The Red Queen: A Novel" by Phillipa Gregory (Touchstone)
3. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam/Amy Einhorn)
4. "Star Island" by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf)
5. "The Rembrandt Affair" by Daniel Silva (Putnam Adult)
6. "Fly Away Home: A Novel" by Jennifer Weiner (Atria)
7. "Private" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)
8. "Sizzling Sixteen" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's)
9. "The Search" by Nora Roberts (Putnam)
10. "Death's Excellent Vacation" by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner (Ace)
11. "Hangman: A Decker/Lazarus Novel" by Faye Kellerman (Morrow)
12. "Queen of the Night: A Novel of Suspense" by J.A. Jance (Morrow)
13. "Dead in the Family" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
14. "Scarlet Nights: An Edilean Novel" by Jude Deveraux (Atria)
15. "Burn: An Anna Pegeon Novel" by Nevada Barr (Minotaur)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Sh t My Dad Says" by Justin Halpern (It Books)
2. "Women Food and God" by Geneen Roth (Scribner)
3. "Angelina: An Unathorized Biography" by Andrew Morton (St. Martin's Press)
4. "The Obama Diaries" by Laura Ingraham (Threshold Editions)
5. "Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang" by Chelsea Handler (Grand Central Publishing)
6. "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis (Norton)
7. "The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Bu78ilding People & Teams That Win Consistently" by Tony Dungy (Tyndale House)
8. "Sliding Into Home" by Kendra Wilkinson (Gallery)
9. "Medium Raw" by Anthony Bourdain (Ecco)
10. "Empire of the Summer Moon" by S.C. Gwynne (Scribner)
11. "Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void" by Mary Roach (Norton)
12. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
13. "War" by Sebastian Junger (Twelve)
14. "Coming Back Stronger" by Drew Brees with Chris Fabry (Tyndale)
15. "Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's and the Dawn of Modern Woman" by Sam Wasson (Harper)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)
2. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)
3. "Charlie St. Cloud" by Ben Sherwood (Bantam)
4. "Water Bound" by Christine Feehan (Jove)
5. "Nine Dragons" by Michael Connelly (Vision)
6. "The 8th Confession" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Grand Central Publishing)
7. "Smash Cut: A Novel" by Sandra Brown (Pocket)
8. "Days of Gold: A Novel" by Jude Deveraux (Pocket Star)
9. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks (Vision)
10. "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett (Signet)
11. "World Without End" by Ken Follett (Signet)
12. "The Paris Vendetta: A Novel" by Steve Berry (Ballantine)
13. "Eternal Kiss of Darkness" by Jeaniene Frost (Avon)
14. "Infamous" by Suzanne Brockmann (Ballantine)
15. "Chapter and Hearse" by Lorna Barrett (Berkley)

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)
2. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)
3. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)
4. "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster)
5. "One Day" by David Nicholls (Vintage)
6. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King (Pocket)
7. "Best Friends Forever" by Jennifer Weiner (Washington Square Press)
8. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein (Harper)
9. "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin (Penguin)
10. "The Lacuna: A Novel" by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial)
11. "Nauti and Wild" by Lora Leigh and Jaci Burton (Berkley)
12. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese (Vintage)
13. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (Harper)
14. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin's Griffin)
15. "My Horizontal Life" by Chelsea Handler (Vintage)

In the end, let me know if you’ve had a chance to read any of these books. What did you think about them? Which would you recommend?