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."Dead Reckoning" by Charlaine Harris replaced "The Sixth Man" by David Baldacci as the top book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.
"Worth Dying For" by Lee Child replaced "Water for Elephants: A Novel" by Sara Gruen as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.
"Bossypants" by Tina Fey retained the top spot on the hardcover nonfiction 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 five 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 "Dead Reckoning" by Charlaine Harris (1), "10th Anniversary" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (2), "Sixkill" by Robert B. Parker (4), "Caleb's Crossing" by Geraldine Books (10) and "If You Were Here" by Jen Lancaster (15).
There are nine books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?" by Steven Tyler with David Dalton (2), "If You Ask Me (and of Course You Won't)" by Betty White (3), "From This Moment On" by Shania Twain (6), "Guy Fieri Food" by Guy Fieri (9), "A Singular Woman" by Janny Scott (10), "The Heart and the Fist" by Eric Greitens (11), "My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business" by Dick Van Dyke (13), "Get Rich Click!" by Marc Ostrofsky (14) and "Play Like You Mean It" by Rex Ryan with Don Yaeger (15).
There are four books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin (10), "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin (12), "One Magic Moment" by Lynn Kurland (14) and "Something Blue" by Emily Giffin (15).
There are four books on this week’s trade paperbacks list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell (6), "Medium Raw" by Anthony Bourdain (12), "The Postmistress" by Sarah Blake (14) and "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford (15).
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. "The Sixth Man" by David Baldacci
4. "Sixkill" by Robert B. Parker
5. "The Land of Painted Caves: A Novel" by Jean M. Auel
6. "I'll Walk Alone" by Mary Higgins Clark
7. "The Fifth Witness" by Michael Connelly
8. "Chasing Fire" by Nora Roberts
9. "A Turn in the Road" by Debbie Macomber
10. "Caleb's Crossing" by Geraldine Books
11. "She Walks in Beauty" by Selected by Caroline Kennedy
12. "Bel Air Dead" by Stuart Woods
13. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
14. "Save Me" by Lisa Scottoline
15. "If You Were Here" by Jen Lancaster
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
2. "Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?" by Steven Tyler with David Dalton
3. "If You Ask Me (and of Course You Won't)" by Betty White
4. "The Dukan Diet" by Pierre Dukan
5. "Stories I Only Tell My Friends" by Rob Lowe
6. "From This Moment On" by Shania Twain
7. "The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor's Plan Design for Rapid Results" by Dr. Mike Moreno
8. "20 Years Younger" by Bob Greene
9. "Guy Fieri Food" by Guy Fieri
10. "A Singular Woman" by Janny Scott
11. "The Heart and the Fist" by Eric Greitens
12. "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand
13. "My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business" by Dick Van Dyke
14. "Get Rich Click!" by Marc Ostrofsky
15. "Play Like You Mean It" by Rex Ryan with Don Yaeger
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Worth Dying For" by Lee Child
2. "Water for Elephants: A Novel" by Sara Gruen
3. "Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
4. "The Search" by Nora Roberts
5. "Something Borrowed" by Emily Griffin
6. "Storm Prey" by John Sandford
7. "Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Objective" by Eric Van Lustbader
8. "Hannah's List" by Debbie Macomber
9. "Savage Nature" by Christine Feehan
10. "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
11. "Moonlight Cove" by Sheryl Woods
12. "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin
13. "Chasing The Night" by Iris Johansen
14. "One Magic Moment" by Lynn Kurland
15. "Something Blue" by Emily Giffin
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. "Water for Elephants: A Novel" by Sara Gruen
3. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
4. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
5. "A Visit from the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan
6. "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell
7. "Something Borrowed" by Emily Griffin
8. "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen" by Christopher McDougall
9. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
10. "The 9th Judgment" by James Patterson
11. "Inside of a Dog" by Alexandra Horowitz
12. "Medium Raw" by Anthony Bourdain
13. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein
14. "The Postmistress" by Sarah Blake
15. "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford
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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