Hunter S. Thompson's 'The Rum Diary' reappears on PW 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 one new book at the top of the four major best-seller lists this week.

"The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks replaced "Shock Wave" by John Sandford as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard retained the top spot on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"Cross Fire" by James Patterson remained the No. 1 book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett retained the top 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. They (along with their place on the list) include "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks (1), "The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides (2), "Snuff" by Terry Pratchett (3), "Heat Rises" by Richard Castle (12) and "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain (13).

There are three books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible" by Paula Deen with Melissa Clark. (3), "Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy" by Ozzy Osbourne (4) and "Great by Choice" by Jim Collins & Morton T. Hansen (10).

There are two books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin (9) and "Eve" by Iris Johansen (13).

There are two books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk" by David Sedaris (13) and "The Rum Diary" by Hunter S. Thompson (14).

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. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
2. "The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides
3. "Snuff" by Terry Pratchett
4. "The Affair: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child
5. "Shock Wave" by John Sandford
6. "A Dance With Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
7. "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
8. "Lethal" by Sandra Brown
9. "The Dovekeepers" by Alice Hoffman
10. "1225 Christmas Tree Lane" by Debbie Macomber
11. "Survivors" by James Wesley, Rawles
12. "Heat Rises" by Richard Castle
13. "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain
14. "Neverwinter Saga, Book II" by R.A. Salvatore
15. "Nightwoods: A Novel" by Charles Frazier

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
2. "Boomerang" by Michael Lewis
3. "Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible" by Paula Deen with Melissa Clark
4. "Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy" by Ozzy Osbourne
5. "Seriously I'm Kidding" by Ellen DeGeneres
6. "I Never Thought I'd See the Day!" by David Jeremiah
7. "Jacqueline Kennedy" foreword by Caroline Kennedy
8. "That Used to Be Us" by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
9. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
10. "Great by Choice" by Jim Collins & Morton T. Hansen
11. "Every Day a Friday" by Joel Osteen
12. "This Is Herman Cain!" by Herman Cain
13. "EntreLeadership" by Dave Ramsey
14. "Confidence Men" by Ron Suskind
15. "Destiny of the Republic" by Candice Millard

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Cross Fire" by James Patterson
2. "Miracle Cure" by Harlan Coben
3. "Bad Blood: A Virgil Flowers Novel" by John Sandford
4. "Christmas at Timberwoods" by Fern Michaels
5. "The Confession" by John Grisham
6. "Legacy: A Novel" by Danielle Steel
7. "Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
8. "Western Skies" by Nora Roberts
9. "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin
10. "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King
11. "Only His" by Susan Mallery
12. "Towers of Midnight" by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
13. "Eve" by Iris Johansen
14. "The Unquiet" by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Patricia Gaffney, Ruth Ryan Langan and Mary Kay McComas
15. "Dark Peril" by Christine Feehan

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
2. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
3. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
4. "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" by Michael Lewis
5. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
6. "Room" by Emma Donoghue
7. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
8. "Cleopatra" by Stacy Schiff
9. "The Fifth Witness" by Michael Connelly
10. "The Sixth Man" by David Baldacci
11. "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson
12. "Freedom: A Novel" by Jonathan Franzen
13. "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk" by David Sedaris
14. "The Rum Diary" by Hunter S. Thompson
15. "Dead or Alive" by Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood

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.