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."The Litigators" by John Grisham replaced "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.
"Steve Jobs: A Biography" by Walter Isaacson replaced "Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.
"Bring Me Home for Christmas" by Robyn Carr replaced "Cross Fire" by James Patterson as 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 four 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 Litigators" by John Grisham (1), "IQ84" by Haruki Murakami (2), "The Snow Angel" by Glenn Beck and Nicole Baart (3) and "The Night Eternal" by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan (6).
There are five books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Steve Jobs: A Biography" by Walter Isaacson (1), "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman (4), "Three and Out: Rich Rodriquez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football" by John U. Bacon ( 7), "The End of Normal" by Stephanie Madoff Mack (9) and "Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World" by Laura Arrillage-Andreessen (13).
There are eight books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "Bring Me Home for Christmas" by Robyn Carr (1), "Crescent Dawn" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (2), "Secrets to the Grave" by Tami Hoag (5), "Holiday in Stone Creek: A Stone Creek Christma t Home in Stone Creek" by Linda Lael Miller (7), "Wyoming Tough" by Diana Palmer (8), "The Perfect Christmas" by Debbie Macomber (9), "Touched by Angels" by Debbie Macomber (14) and "Never Love a Highlander" by Maya Banks (15).
There are five books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "I Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words" by George Beahm (6), "The Rum Diary: A Novel" by Hunter S. Thompson (9), "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein (11), "Halo: Glasslands" by Karen Traviss (13) and "Assholes Finish first" by Tucker Max (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 Litigators" by John Grisham
2. "IQ84" by Haruki Murakami
3. "The Snow Angel" by Glenn Beck and Nicole Baart
4. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
5. "The Christmas Wedding" by James Patterson, Richard DiLallo
6. "The Night Eternal" by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
7. "The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides
8. "Damned" by Chuck Palahniuk
9. "The Affair: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child
10. "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes
11. "Bonnie" by Iris Johansen
12. "Shock Wave" by John Sandford
13. "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
14. "Double Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay
15. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Steve Jobs: A Biography" by Walter Isaacson
2. "Nearing Home" by Billy Graham
3. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
4. "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman
5. "Every Day a Friday" by Joel Osteen
6. "Boomerang" by Michael Lewis
7. "Three and Out" by John U. Bacon
8. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
9. "The End of Normal" by Stephanie Madoff Mack
10. "Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible" by Paula Deen with Melissa Clark
11. "Seriously I'm Kidding" by Ellen DeGeneres
12. "I Never Thought I'd See the Day!" by David Jeremiah
13. "Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World" by Laura Arrillage-Andreessen
14. "Suicide of a Superpower" by Patrick J. Buchanan
15. "Jacqueline Kennedy" foreword by Caroline Kennedy
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Bring Me Home for Christmas" by Robyn Carr
2. "Crescent Dawn" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
3. "Cross Fire" by James Patterson
4. "What the Night Knows" by Dean Koontz
5. "Secrets to the Grave" by Tami Hoag
6. "Miracle Cure" by Harlan Coben
7. "Holiday in Stone Creek: A Stone Creek Christma t Home in Stone Creek" by Linda Lael Miller
8. "Wyoming Tough" by Diana Palmer
9. "The Perfect Christmas" by Debbie Macomber
10. "Bad Blood: A Virgil Flowers Novel" by John Sandford
11. "The Athena Project" by Brad Thor
12. "The Confession" by John Grisham
13. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
14. "Touched by Angels" by Debbie Macomber
15. "Never Love a Highlander" by Maya Banks
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
2. "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
3. "Sing You Home" by Jodi Picoult
4. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
5. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
6. "I Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words" by George Beahm
7. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
8. "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" by Michael Lewis
9. "The Rum Diary: A Novel" by Hunter S. Thompson
10. "Room" by Emma Donoghue
11. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein
12. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
13. "Halo: Glasslands" by Karen Traviss
14. "The Sixth Man" by David Baldacci
15. "Assholes Finish first" by Tucker Max
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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