'Ripley's Believe It or Not! Strikingly True' appears on best-seller 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, this past week was one of those rare weeks when all four books atop the four major best-sellers lists remained unchanged.

"11/22/63" by Stephen King remained the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Steve Jobs: A Biography" by Walter Isaacson remained the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson remained the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett retained the No. 1 spot on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

There was only one book on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week - "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson, which appeared in the No. 11 spot on the list.

There are three books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They (along with their place on the list) include "Every Day a Friday" by Joel Osteen (8), "Heaven Is for Real" by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent (14) and "Ripley's Believe It or Not! Strikingly True" by Geoff Tibballs (15).

There are two books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "Gabriella & Alexander" by Nora Roberts (11) and "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin (14).

There was only one book on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week - "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer, which was No. 11 on the list.

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. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
3. "Kill Alex Cross" by James Patterson
4. "Death Comes to Pemberley" by P.D. James
5. "Locked On" by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney
6. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
7. "Red Mist" by Patricia Cornwell
8. "Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich
9. "V Is for Vengeance" by Sue Grafton
10. "The Drop" by Michael Connelly
11. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
12. "Micro: A Novel" by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston
13. "IQ84" by Haruki Murakami
14. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
15. "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach

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. "Guinness World Records 2012"
6. "Through My Eyes" by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker
7. "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero" by Chris Matthews
8. "Every Day a Friday" by Joel Osteen
9. "Nearing Home" by Billy Graham
10. "Being George Washington" by Glenn Beck
11. "Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible" by Paula Deen with Melissa Clark
12. "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman
13. "Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman" by Robert K. Massie
14. "Heaven Is for Real" by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
15. "Ripley's Believe It or Not! Strikingly True" by Geoff Tibballs

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
2. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
3. "Toys" by James Patterson and Neil McMahon
4. "The Land of Painted Caves" by Jean M. Auel
5. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
6. "Smokin' Seventeen" by Janet Evanovich
7. "A Feast for Crows" by George R.R. Martin
8. "The Shack" by William P. Young
9. "Crescent Dawn" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
10. "The Confession" by John Grisham
11. "Gabriella & Alexander" by Nora Roberts
12. "Don't Look Behind You: Ann Rule's Crime Files Number 15" by Ann Rule
13. "The Perfect Christmas" by Debbie Macomber
14. "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
15. "Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
2. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
3. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
4. "The Tiger's Wife: A Novel" by Tea Obreht
5. "The Zombie Survival Guide" by Max Brooks
6. "The Next Always" by Nora Roberts
7. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
8. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
9. "Unlikely Friendships" by Jennifer S. Holland
10. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein
11. "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
12. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
13. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
14. "Moneyball" by Michael Lewis
15. "Sing You Home" by Jodi Picoult

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.