New Guillermo Del Toro book makes 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 one new book at the top of the four major best-seller lists.

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race" by Jon Stewart replaced "The Grand Design" by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow as the No. 1 book on the hardcover nonfiction list.

“Safe Haven” by Nicholas Sparks retained the top spot on the hardcover fiction list. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson remained in the No. 1 spots on the mass market paperback and trade paperback lists.

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 "Bad Blood: A Virgil Flowers Novel" by John Sandford (4), "Mini Shopaholic: A Novel" by Sophie Kinsella (6), "The Fall: Book Two of the Strain Trilogy" by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan (8) and "Santa Fe Edge" by Stuart Woods (12).

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 Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race" by Jon Stewart (1), "The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization" by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton (5), "White House Diary" by Jimmy Carter (6), "Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Columbian Jungle" by Ingrid Betancourt (7) and "The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption" by Jim Gorant (15).

There are four books on this week’s mass market paperbacks list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "A Hellion in Her Bed" by Sabrina Jeffries (7), "I, Sniper" by Stephen Homer (10), "Eight Days to Live: An Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller" by Iris Johansen (12) and "Sins of the Flesh" by Fern Michaels (14).

There are three books on this week’s trade paperbacks list that weren’t on the list last week. They are "Worst Case" by James Patterson (8), "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (13) and "Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother and Daughter Journey to the Sacred Places of Greece, Turkey and France" by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor (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 www.publishersweekly.com.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks
2. "Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen
3. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
4. "Bad Blood: A Virgil Flowers Novel" by John Sandford
5. "Wicked Appetite" by Janet Evanovich
6. "Mini Shopaholic: A Novel" by Sophie Kinsella
7. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
8. "The Fall: Book Two of the Strain Trilogy" by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
9. "Getting to Happy" by Terry McMillan
10. "Room: A Novel" by Emma Donoghue
11. "The Postcard Killers" by James Patterson and Liza Marklund
12. "Santa Fe Edge" by Stuart Woods
13. "Warlord: An Alex Hawke Novel" by Ted Bell
14. "Lost Empire" by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood
15. "No Mercy" by Sherrilyn Kenyon

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race" by Jon Stewart
2. "The Grand Design" by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
3. "Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama" by Bill O'Reilly
4. "Sh t My Dad Says" by Justin Halpern
5. "The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization" by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton
6. "White House Diary" by Jimmy Carter
7. "Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Columbian Jungle" by Ingrid Betancourt
8. "The Power" by Rhonda Byrne
9. "Crimes Against Liberty" by David Limbaugh
10. "The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean" by Susan Casey
11. "A Journey: My Political Life" by Tony Blair
12. "Power Thoughts: 12 Strategies to Win the Battle of the Mind" by Joyce Meyer
13. "Guinness World Records 2011" by Guinness World Records
14. "Women Food and God" by Geneen Roth
15. "The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption" by Jim Gorant

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
2. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
3. "True Blue" by David Baldacci
4. "The Scarpetta Factor" by Patricia Cornwell
5. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham
6. "1022 Evergreen Place" by Debbie Macomber
7. "A Hellion in Her Bed" by Sabrina Jeffries
8. "Spartan Gold" by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood
9. "Pursuit of Honor" by Vince Flynn
10. "I, Sniper" by Stephen Homer
11. "The Professional" by Robert B. Parker
12. "Eight Days to Live: An Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller" by Iris Johansen
13. "Kisser" by Stuart Woods
14. "Sins of the Flesh" by Fern Michaels
15. "Dead and Gone: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel" by Charlaine Harris

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. "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave
5. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
6. "Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel" by Jeannette Walls
7. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein
8. "Worst Case" by James Patterson
9. "The Corrections: A Novel:" by Jonathan Franzen
10. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
11. "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
12. "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
13. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
14. "A Reliable Wife" by Robert Goolrick
15. "Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother and Daughter Journey to the Sacred Places of Greece, Turkey and France" by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor

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?