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, there are three new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week."Zero Day" by David Baldacci replaced "The Litigators" by John Grisham as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.
"Crescent Dawn" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler replaced "Bring Me Home for Christmas" by Robyn Carr as the No. 1 book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.
"The Next Always" by Nora Roberts replaced "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett as the top book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.
"Steve Jobs: A Biography" by Walter Isaacson remained the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.
There are six 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 "Zero Day" by David Baldacci (1), "Hotel Vendome" by Danielle Steel (3), "Lost December" by Richard Paul Evans (6), "Out of Oz" by Gregory Maguire (9), "The Wedding Quilt" by Jennifer Chiaverini (11) and "I Am Half-Sick of Shadows" by Alan Bradley (15).
There are eight books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero" by Chris Matthews (3), "Blue Nights" by Joan Didion (5), "No Higher Honor" by Condoleezza Rice (6), "The Time of Our Lives" by Tom Brokaw (7), "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?" by Mindy Kaling (8), "Guinness World Records 2012" (11), "No Regrets" by Ace Frehley with Joe Layden & John Ostrosky (13) and "Great by Choice" by Jim Collins & Morton T. Hansen (14).
There are five books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "The Guardian" by Sherrilyn Kenyon (4), "Gideon's Sword" by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (12), "Makings Spirits Bright" by Fern Michaels, Elizabeth Bass, Rosalind Noonan & Nan Rossiter (13), "Highlander for the Holidays" by Janet Chapman (14) and "Lover Unleashed" by J.R. Ward (15).
There are four books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Next Always" by Nora Roberts (1), "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (9), "Cleopatra" by Stacy Schiff (11) and "The Tiger's Wife" by Tea Obreht (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. "Zero Day" by David Baldacci
2. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
3. "Hotel Vendome" by Danielle Steel
4. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
5. "IQ84" by Haruki Murakami
6. "Lost December" by Richard Paul Evans
7. "The Snow Angel" by Glenn Beck and Nicole Baart
8. "The Christmas Wedding" by James Patterson, Richard DiLallo
9. "Out of Oz" by Gregory Maguire
10. "The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides
11. "The Wedding Quilt" by Jennifer Chiaverini
12. "Shock Wave" by John Sandford
13. "The Affair: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child
14. "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes
15. "I Am Half-Sick of Shadows" by Alan Bradley
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Steve Jobs: A Biography" by Walter Isaacson
2. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
3. "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero" by Chris Matthews
4. "Nearing Home" by Billy Graham
5. "Blue Nights" by Joan Didion
6. "No Higher Honor" by Condoleezza Rice
7. "The Time of Our Lives" by Tom Brokaw
8. "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?" by Mindy Kaling
9. "Every Day a Friday" by Joel Osteen
10. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
11. "Guinness World Records 2012"
12. "Boomerang" by Michael Lewis
13. "No Regrets" by Ace Frehley with Joe Layden & John Ostrosky
14. "Great by Choice" by Jim Collins & Morton T. Hansen
15. "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Crescent Dawn" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
2. "What the Night Knows" by Dean Koontz
3. "The Perfect Christmas" by Debbie Macomber
4. "The Guardian" by Sherrilyn Kenyon
5. "Touched by Angels" by Debbie Macomber
6. "Bring Me Home for Christmas" by Robyn Carr
7. "Secrets to the Grave" by Tami Hoag
8. "Holiday in Stone Creek" by Linda Lael Miller
9. "Cross Fire" by James Patterson
10. "The Athena Project" by Brad Thor
11. "Wyoming Tough" by Diana Palmer
12. "Gideon's Sword" by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
13. "Makings Spirits Bright" by Fern Michaels, Elizabeth Bass, Rosalind Noonan & Nan Rossiter
14. "Highlander for the Holidays" by Janet Chapman
15. "Lover Unleashed" by J.R. Ward
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Next Always" by Nora Roberts
2. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
3. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
4. "Sing You Home" by Jodi Picoult
5. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
6. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
7. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
8. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
9. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
10. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein
11. "Cleopatra" by Stacy Schiff
12. "The Rum Diary: A Novel" by Hunter S. Thompson
13. "Assholes Finish first" by Tucker Max
14. "The Tiger's Wife" by Tea Obreht
15. "Room" by Emma Donoghue
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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