'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest' returns to top of HC fiction list

It’s Sunday, so that mean’s that it’s time for my weekly review of this week’s Publishers Weekly Best-Seller List. According to the list, we’ve got one new book at the top of the four major best-seller lists.

"The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson replaced "The Postcard Killers” by James Patterson and Liza Marklund as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction list.

"The Power" by Rhonda Byrne retained the top spot on the hardcover nonfiction list. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" also kept the No. 1 spot on the mass market paperback list, and "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert retained the No. 1 spot on the trade paperbacks best seller list.

There are four books on this week’s hardcover fiction best seller list that weren’t on that list last week. Those books (and their positions on this week’s list) include "Spider Bones: A Novel" by Kathy Reichs (3), "Bearers of the Black Staff: Legends of Shannara" by Terry Brooks (5, pictured at right), "I'd Know You Anywhere: A Novel" by Laura Lippman (12) and "Juliet" by Anne fortner (14).

There are four books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best seller list that weren’t on that list last week. Those books are "Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama" by David Limbaugh (2), "Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship" by Gail Caldwell (11), "Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose" by Tony Hsieh (12) and "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot (14).

There are three books on this week’s mass market paperbacks list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "True Blue" by David Baldacci (4), "Demon from the Dark" by Kresley Cole (5) and "Sin Undone" by Larissa Ione (6).

"The Death of the Adversary: A Novel" by Hans Keilson and Ivo Jarosy is No. 15 on this week’s new trade paperbacks list, and it’s the only book that wasn’t on that list last week.

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 Postcard Killers" by James Patterson and Liza Marklund (Little, Brown)
3. "Spider Bones: A Novel" by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)
4. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam/Amy Einhorn)
5. "Bearers of the Black Staff: Legends of Shannara" by Terry Brooks (Del Rey)
6. "Star Island" by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf)
7. "Tough Customer: A Novel: by Sandra Brown (Simon & Schuster)
8. "The Red Queen: A Novel" by Phillipa Gregory (Touchstone)
9. "The Cobra" by Frederick Forsyth (Putnam Adult)
10. "Three Stations: An Arkady Renko Novel" by Martin Cruz Smith (Simon & Schuster)
11. "The Rembrandt Affair" by Daniel Silva (Putnam Adult)
12. "I'd Know You Anywhere: A Novel" by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
13. "Last Night at Chateau Moarmont: A Novel" by Lauren Weisberger (Atria)
14. "Juliet" by Anne fortner (Ballantine)
15. "The Vigilantes" by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV (Putnam)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "The Power" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria)
2. "Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama" by David Limbaugh (Ragnery Publishing)
3. "Sh t My Dad Says" by Justin Halpern (It Books)
4. "Women Food and God" by Geneen Roth (Scribner)
5. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
6. "Empire of the Summer Moon" by S.C. Gwynne (Scribner)
7. "The Obama Diaries" by Laura Ingraham (Threshold Editions)
8. "Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang" by Chelsea Handler (Grand Central Publishing)
9. "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis (Norton)
10. "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking)
11. "Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship" by Gail Caldwell (Random House)
12. "Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose" by Tony Hsieh (Business Plus)
13. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria/Beyond Words)
14. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot (Crown)
15. "Through a Dog's Eyes" by Jennifer Arnold (Spiegel & Grau)

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. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham (Dell)
4. "True Blue" by David Baldacci (Vision)
5. "Demon from the Dark" by Kresley Cole (Pocket)
6. "Sin Undone" by Larissa Ione (Grand Central Publishing)
7. "Charlie St. Cloud" by Ben Sherwood (Bantam)
8. "The 8th Confession" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Grand Central Publishing)
9. "Running Scared" by Lisa Jackson (Zebra)
10. "Smash Cut: A Novel" by Sandra Brown (Pocket)
11. "Don't Cry" by Beverly Barton (Zebra)
12. "Nine Dragons" by Michael Connelly (Vision)
13. "World Without End" by Ken Follett (Signet)
14. "Dead and Gone: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
15. "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett (Signet)

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. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein (Harper)
6. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham (Dell)
7. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese (Vintage)
8. "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin (Penguin)
9. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (Harper)
10. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin's Griffin)
11. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King (Pocket)
12. "The Lacuna: A Novel" by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial)
13. "Best Friends Forever" by Jennifer Weiner (Washington Square Press)
14. "Are You Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea" by Chelsea Handler (Gallery)
15. "The Death of the Adversary: A Novel" by Hans Keilson and Ivo Jarosy (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

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?