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 three new books at the top of the four major best-seller lists this week."The Affair: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child replaced "Heat Rises" by Richard Castle 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 replaced "Jacqueline Kennedy," foreword by Caroline Kennedy, as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.
"Cross Fire" by James Patterson replaced "1105 Yakima Street by Debbie Macomber as the top 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 Affair: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child (1), "1225 Christmas Tree Lane" by Debbie Macomber (2), "Feast Day of Fools: A Novel" by James Lee Burke (3), "Aleph" by Paulo Coelho (6) and "Nightwoods: A Novel" by Charles Frazier (12).
There are four books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard (1), "10 Mindful Minutes: Giving Our Children--and Ourselves--the Social and Emotional Skills to Reduce Stress and Anxiety for Healthier, Happy Lives" by Goldie Hawn and Daniel J. Siegel (10), "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend" by Susan Orlean (12) and "Go the F--k to Sleep" by Adam Mansbach (14).
There are 10 books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "Cross Fire" by James Patterson (1), "Miracle Cure" by Harlan Coben (2), "The Darkest Surrender" by Gena Showalter (4), "Bad Blood: A Virgil Flowers Novel" by John Sandford (6), "Only His" by Susan Mallery (7), "In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster: A Cynster Novel" by Stephanie Laurens (8), "The Unquiet" by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Patricia Gaffney, Ruth Ryan Langan and Mary Kay McComas (9), "Sexiest Vampire Alive" by Kerrelyn Sparks (10), "Christmas at Timberwoods" by Fern Michaels (12) and "Legacy: A Novel" by Danielle Steel (13).
There are three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Freedom: A Novel" by Jonathan Franzen (13), "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead" by Max Brooks (14) and "Dead or Alive" by Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood (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. "The Affair: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child
2. "1225 Christmas Tree Lane" by Debbie Macomber
3. "Feast Day of Fools: A Novel" by James Lee Burke
4. "Lethal" by Sandra Brown
5. "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
6. "Aleph" by Paulo Coelho
7. "New York to Dallas" by J.D. Robb
8. "A Dance With Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
9. "Son of Stone" by Stuart Woods
10. "Heat Rises" by Richard Castle
11. "Reamde: A Novel" by Neal Stephenson
12. "Nightwoods: A Novel" by Charles Frazier
13. "Kill Me If You Can" by James Patterson and Marshall Karp
14. "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach
15. "Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues" by Michael Brandman
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
2. "Jacqueline Kennedy" foreword by Caroline Kennedy
3. "Every Day a Friday" by Joel Osteen
4. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
5. "Confidence Men" by Ron Suskind
6. "EntreLeadership" by Dave Ramsey
7. "Destiny of the Republic" by Candice Millard
8. "That Used to Be Us" by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
9. "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard
10. "10 Mindful Minutes" by Goldie Hawn and Daniel J. Siegel
11. "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir" by Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney
12. "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend" by Susan Orlean
13. "The Quest" by Daniel Yergin
14. "Go the F--k to Sleep" by Adam Mansbach
15. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Cross Fire" by James Patterson
2. "Miracle Cure" by Harlan Coben
3. "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King
4. "The Darkest Surrender" by Gena Showalter
5. "Eve" by Iris Johansen
6. "Bad Blood: A Virgil Flowers Novel" by John Sandford
7. "Only His" by Susan Mallery
8. "In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster: A Cynster Novel" by Stephanie Laurens
9. "The Unquiet" by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Patricia Gaffney, Ruth Ryan Langan and Mary Kay McComas
10. "Sexiest Vampire Alive" by Kerrelyn Sparks
11. "1105 Yakima Street by Debbie Macomber
12. "Christmas at Timberwoods" by Fern Michaels
13. "Legacy: A Novel" by Danielle Steel
14. "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin
15. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
2. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
3. "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" by Michael Lewis
4. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
5. "The Sixth Man" by David Baldacci
6. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
7. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
8. "Don't Blink" by James Patterson
9. "Cleopatra" by Stacy Schiff
10. "Room" by Emma Donoghue
11. "One Day" by David Nicholls
12. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell
13. "Freedom: A Novel" by Jonathan Franzen
14. "The Zombie Survival Guide" by Max Brooks
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.
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