Area 51 book makes nonfiction best-sellers 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.

"In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson replaced "Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me" by Chelsea's Family, Friends & Other Victims as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"Water for Elephants: A Novel" by Sara Gruen replaced "Worth Dying For" by Lee Child as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"Dead Reckoning" by Charlaine Harris retained its spot as the top book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent retained the No. 1 spot on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

There are three books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. Those books (and their place on the list) are "The Jefferson Key" by Steve Berry (4), "The Final Storm" by Jeff Shaara (6) and "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain (14).

There are four books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Where's the Birth Certificate?" by Jerome Corsi (9), "Area 51" by Annie Jacobsen (11), "The Psychopath Test" by Jon Ronson (14) and "On China" by Henry Kissinger (15).

There are two books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (11) and "Naked Heat" by Richard Castle (14).

There is only one book on this week’s trade paperbacks list that wasn’t on the list last week - "The Passage" by Justin Cronin, which was No. 11 on this week’s list.

As a reminder, I’m posting these lists each Sunday because they, as a whole, represent a great, contemporary recommended reading list. These lists 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. Below you’ll find all four of this week’s best-seller lists.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Dead Reckoning" by Charlaine Harris
2. "10th Anniversary" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
3. "Buried Prey" by John Sandford
4. "The Jefferson Key" by Steve Berry
5. "The Sixth Man" by David Baldacci
6. "The Final Storm" by Jeff Shaara
7. "The Land of Painted Caves: A Novel" by Jean M. Auel
8. "Sixkill" by Robert B. Parker
9. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
10. "Caleb's Crossing" by Geraldine Books
11. "The Fifth Witness" by Michael Connelly
12. "The Snowman" by Jo Nesbo
13. "2030" by Albert Brooks
14. "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain
15. "I'll Walk Alone" by Mary Higgins Clark

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson
2. "The Dukan Diet" by Pierre Dukan
3. "Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?" by Steven Tyler with David Dalton
4. "Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me" by Chelsea's Family, Friends & Other Victims
5. "The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor's Plan Design for Rapid Results" by Dr. Mike Moreno
6. "Seal Team Six" by Howard E. Wasdin & Stephen Templin
7. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
8. "Love Wins" by Rob Bell
9. "Where's the Birth Certificate?" by Jerome Corsi
10. "Place of Yes" by Bethenny Frankel with Eve Adamson
11. "Area 51" by Annie Jacobsen
12. "20 Years Younger" by Bob Greene
13. "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand
14. "The Psychopath Test" by Jon Ronson
15. "On China" by Henry Kissinger

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Water for Elephants: A Novel" by Sara Gruen
2. "Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
3. "Worth Dying For" by Lee Child
4. "Something Borrowed" by Emily Griffin
5. "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
6. "The Search" by Nora Roberts
7. "Storm Prey" by John Sandford
8. "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin
9. "Something Blue" by Emily Giffin
10. "Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Objective" by Eric Van Lustbader
11. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
12. "Hannah's List" by Debbie Macomber
13. "Dead in the Family" by Charlaine Harris
14. "Naked Heat" by Richard Castle
15. "A Feast for Crows" by George R.R. Martin

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
2. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
3. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
4. "Water for Elephants: A Novel" by Sara Gruen
5. "Room" by Emma Donoghue
6. "Life" by Keith Richards
7. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
8. "Something Borrowed" by Emily Griffin
9. "A Visit from the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan
10. "Empire of the Summer Moon" by S.C. Gwynne
11. "The Passage" by Justin Cronin
12. "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell
13. "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen" by Christopher McDougall
14. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein
15. "The 9th Judgment" by James Patterson

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.