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 two new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.
"11/22/63" by Stephen King replaced "The Drop" by Michael Connelly as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.
"Love's Justice" by Lara Leigh replaced "Smokin' Seventeen: A Stephanie Plum Novel" by Janet Evanovich as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.
"Steve Jobs: A Biography" by Walter Isaacson remained the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.
"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett retained the No. 1 spot on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.
There are three 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 "Red Mist" by Patricia Cornwell (2), "Death Comes to Pemberley" by P.D. James (4) and "The Snow Angel" by Glenn Beck (15).
There are three books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Through My Eyes" by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker (11), "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 (12) and "Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible" by Paula Deen with Melissa Clark (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 "Love's Justice" by Lara Leigh (1), "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin (9), "Bel Air Dead: A Stone Barrington Novel" by Stuart Woods (12) and "What the Night Knows: A Novel" by Dean Koontz (15).
There are three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Tiger's Wife: A Novel" by Tea Obreht (5), "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen" by Christopher McDougal (14) and "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (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. "11/22/63" by Stephen King
2. "Red Mist" by Patricia Cornwell
3. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
4. "Death Comes to Pemberley" by P.D. James
5. "Kill Alex Cross" by James Patterson
6. "The Drop" by Michael Connelly
7. "Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich
8. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
9. "V Is for Vengeance" by Sue Grafton
10. "Micro: A Novel" by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston
11. "Zero Day" by David Baldacci
12. "The Scottish Prisoner: A Novel" by Diana Gabaldon
13. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
14. "IQ84" by Haruki Murakami
15. "The Snow Angel" by Glenn Beck
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Steve Jobs: A Biography" by Walter Isaacson
2. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
3. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
4. "Go the F--k to Sleep" by Adam Mansbach
5. "Being George Washington" by Glenn Beck
6. "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero" by Chris Matthews
7. "Guinness World Records 2012"
8. "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman
9. "Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman" by Robert K. Massie
10. "Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmaking Journey" by Bob McCabe
11. "Through My Eyes" by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker
12. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
13. "Then Again" by Diane Keaton
14. "Nearing Home" by Billy Graham
15. "Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible" by Paula Deen with Melissa Clark
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Love's Justice" by Lara Leigh
2. "Toys" by James Patterson and Neil McMahon
3. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
4. "The Land of Painted Caves" by Jean M. Auel
5. "Smokin' Seventeen" by Janet Evanovich
6. "Learning to Love: Sugar/Love by Degree" by Debbie Macomber
7. "Don't Look Behind You: Ann Rule's Crime Files Number 15" by Ann Rule
8. "The Perfect Christmas" by Debbie Macomber
9. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
10. "Quinn" by Iris Johansen
11. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
12. "Bel Air Dead: A Stone Barrington Novel" by Stuart Woods
13. "Crescent Dawn" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
14. "Gabriella & Alexander" by Nora Roberts
15. "What the Night Knows: A Novel" by Dean Koontz
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
2. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
3. "The Next Always" by Nora Roberts
4. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
5. "The Tiger's Wife: A Novel" by Tea Obreht
6. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
7. "Unlikely Friendships" by Jennifer S. Holland
8. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein
9. "Sing You Home" by Jodi Picoult
10. "The Zombie Survival Guide" by Max Brooks
11. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
12. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
13. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
14. "Born to Run" by Christopher McDougal
15. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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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