New Grisham book takes top spot on best-seller list

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

“The Confession” by John Grisham replaced “Worth Dying For” by Lee Child as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction list.

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

“The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown retained the No. 1 spot this week on the mass market paperbacks list, and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” retained the top spot this week on the trade paperbacks list.

There are two 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 “The Confession” by John Grisham (1) and “Side Jobs” by Jim Butcher (5).

There are four books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best seller list that weren’t on that list last week. Those books are “Life” by Keith Richards (1), “Broke” by Glenn Beck (2), “Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?” by Ina Garten (3) and “Double Delicious!” by Jessica Seinfeld (7).

There are seven books on this week’s mass market paperbacks list that weren’t on the list last week. Those books are “The Reckless Bride” by Stephanie Laurens (4), “Christmas in Cedar Cove” by Debbie Macomber (6), “Deeper than the Dead” by Tami Hoag (9), “Crown of Crystal Flame” by C.L. Wilson (11), “Ecstasy in Darkness” by Gena Showalter (13), “The Christmas Brides” by Linda Lael Miller (14) and “Southern Lights” by Danielle Steel (15).

There are three books on this week’s trade paperbacks list that weren’t on that list last week. Those books are “Inside of a Dog” by Alexandra Horwitz (9), “For Colored Girls” by Ntozake Shange (12) and “Dewey” by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter (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. "The Confession" by John Grisham
2. "Worth Dying For" by Lee Child
3. "American Assassin" by Vince Flynn
4. "The Girl Who Kicked the Nornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
5. "Side Jobs" by Jim Butcher
6. "In the Company of Others" by Jan Karon
7. "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett
8. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks
9. "The Reversal" by Michael Connelly
10. "Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen
11. "Don't Blink" by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
12. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
13. "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary" by David Sedaris
14. "The Twelfth Imam" by Joel C. Rosenberg
15. "Our Kind of Traitor" by John le Carre

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Life" by Keith Richards
2. "Broke" by Glenn Beck
3. "Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?" by Ina Garten
4. "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race" by Jon Stewart
5. "The Last Boy" by Jane Leavy
6. "Autobiography of Mark Twain" by Ed. by Harriet Elinor Smith
7. "Double Delicious!" by Jessica Seinfeld
8. "Trickle Up Poverty" by Michael Savage
9. "Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama" by Bill O'Reilly
10. "At Home" by Bill Bryson
11. "Extraordinary, Ordinary People" by Condoleezza Rice
12. "A--holes Finish First" by Tucker Max
13. "Obama's Wars" by Bob Woodward
14. "Washington" by Ron Chernow
15. "The Grand Design" by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown
2. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
3. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
4. "The Reckless Bride" by Stephanie Laurens
5. "61 Hours: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child
6. "Christmas in Cedar Cove" by Debbie Macomber
7. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson
8. "Play Dead" by Harlen Coben
9. "Deeper than the Dead" by Tami Hoag
10. "Pirate Latitudes" by Michael Crichton
11. "Crown of Crystal Flame" by C.L. Wilson
12. "Rough Country" by John Sandford
13. "Ecstasy in Darkness" by Gena Showalter
14. "The Christmas Brides" by Linda Lael Miller
15. "Southern Lights" by Danielle Steel

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
2. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
3. "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave
4. "The Finkler Question" by Howard Jacobson
5. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
6. "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert
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. "Inside of a Dog" by Alexandra Horwitz
10. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
11. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
12. "For Colored Girls" by Ntozake Shange
13. "Unlocked" by Karen Kingsbury
14. "Worst Case" by James Patterson
15. "Dewey" by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter

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.