Sunday, October 24, 2010

'American Assassin' takes No. 1 spot on best-seller 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 three new books at the top of the four major best-seller lists this week.

“American Assassin” by Vince Flynn replaced “The Reversal” by Michael Connelly as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction list.

“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth: A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race” by Jon Stewart replaced “Obama’s Wars” by Bob Woodward as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction list.

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson replaced “Crave” by J.R. Ward on the mass market paperbacks list.

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” retained the top spot this week on the trade paperbacks list.

There are three 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 “American Assassin” by Vince Flynn (1), “Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carre (7) and “Naked Heat” by Richard Castle (15).

There are five books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best seller list that weren’t on that list last week. Those books are “The Last Boy” by Jane Leavy (4), “You Already Know How to Be Great” by Alan Fine with Rebecca R. Merrill (8), “Extraordinary, Ordinary People” by Condoleezza Rice (9), “Conversations with Myself” by Nelson Mandela (13) and “Late, Late at Night” by Rick Springfield (14).

There is one book on this week’s mass market paperbacks list that wasn’t on the list last week – “I, Sniper” by Stephen Hunter, which was No. 13 on the list.

There are two books on this week’s trade paperbacks list that weren’t on that list last week. They are “Unlocked” by Karen Kingsbury (4) and “Inside of a Dog” by Alexandra Horwitz (15).

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 http://www.publishersweekly.com/.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "American Assassin" by Vince Flynn
2. "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett
3. "The Girl Who Kicked the Nornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
4. "The Reversal" by Michael Connelly
5. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks
6. "Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen
7. "Our Kind of Traitor" by John le Carre
8. "Don't Blink" by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
9. "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary" by David Sedaris
10. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
11. "Painted Ladies" by Robert B. Parker
12. "Bad Blood: A Virgil Flowers Novel" by John Sandford
13. "Room: A Novel" by Emma Donoghue
14. "Getting to Happy" by Terry McMillan
15. "Naked Heat" by Richard Castle

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race" by Jon Stewart
2. "Trickle Up Poverty" by Michael Savage
3. "Obama's Wars" by Bob Woodward
4. "The Last Boy" by Jane Leavy
5. "At Home" by Bill Bryson
6. "A--holes Finish First" by Tucker Max
7. "Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama" by Bill O'Reilly
8. "You Already Know How to Be Great" by Alan Fine with Rebecca R. Merrill
9. "Extraordinary, Ordinary People" by Condoleezza Rice
10. "Washington" by Ron Chernow
11. "The Grand Design" by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
12. "The Roots of Obama's Rage" by Dinesh D'Souza
13. "Conversations with Myself" by Nelson Mandela
14. "Late, Late at Night" by Rick Springfield
15. "Is It Just Me?" by Whoopi Goldberg

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
2. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
3. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson
4. "61 Hours: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child
5. "Play Dead" by Harlen Coben
6. "Pirate Latitudes" by Michael Crichton
7. "Crave" by J.R. Ward
8. "Rough Country" by John Sandford
9. "Styx's Storm" by Lora Leigh
10. "Gathering Storm" by Robert Jordan and B randon Sanderson
11. "Cross Roads" by Fern Michaels
12. "True Blue" by David Baldacci
13. "I, Sniper" by Stephen Hunter
14. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham
15. "Taken by Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novel" by Lara Adrian

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
2. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
3. "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert
4. "Unlocked" by Karen Kingsbury
5. "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave
6. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
7. "Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel" by Jeannette Walls
8. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein
9. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
10. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
11. "Worst Case" by James Patterson
12. "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
13. "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
14. "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
15. "Inside of a Dog" by Alexandra Horwitz

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? Let us know in the comments section below.

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