Sunday, February 5, 2012

Martin's 'A Dance with Dragons' reappears on hardcover best-sellers 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, there are three new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"Taken" by Robert Crais replaced "Private: Number 1 Suspect" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Bonnie" by Iris Johansen replaced "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett replaced "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer as the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

"Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America" by Mark R. Levin retained the top spot on the hardcover nonfiction 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 "Taken" by Robert Crais (1), "Darker After Midnight" by Lara Adrian (10), "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin (11) and "Pineapple Grenade" by Tim Dorsey (12).

There are four books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Quiet" by Susan Cain (6), "Fairy Tale Interrupted" by RoseMarie Terenzio (11), "Strategic Vision" by Zbigniew Brzezinski (14) and "Strategy for You" by Rich Horwath (15).

There are five books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "Bonnie" by Iris Johansen (1), "A Lady Never Surrenders" by Sabrina Jeffries (4), "One for the Money" by Janet Evanovich (7), "Toys" by James Patterson & Neil McMahon (13) and "Mr. and Miss Anonymous" by Fern Michaels (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 Harbinger" by Jonathan Cahn (11), "Unlikely Friendships" by Jennifer S. Holland (13), "Lethal" by Sandra Brown (14) and "Blood, Bones & Butter" by Gabrielle Hamilton (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. "Taken" by Robert Crais
2. "Private: Number 1 Suspect" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
3. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
4. "Believing the Lie" by Elizabeth George
5. "Death Comes to Pemberley" by P.D. James
6. "11/22/63" by Stephen King
7. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
8. "Raylan: A Novel" by Elmore Leaonard
9. "Death of Kings: A Novel" by Bernard Cornwell
10. "Darker After Midnight" by Lara Adrian
11. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
12. "Pineapple Grenade" by Tim Dorsey
13. "Locked On" by Tom Clancy and Mark Greany
14. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
15. "The Rope: An Anna Pigeon Novel" by Nevada Barr

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America" by Mark R. Levin
2. "The End of Illness' by David Agus
3. "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice and Scott McEwen
4. "Steve Jobs: A Biography" by Walter Isaacson
5. "Taking People with You" by David Novak
6. "Quiet" by Susan Cain
7. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
8. "Deliciously G-Free" by Elisabeth Hasselbeck
9. "The Psychology of Wealth" by Charles L. Richards
10. "Through My Eyes" by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker
11. "Fairy Tale Interrupted" by RoseMarie Terenzio
12. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
13. "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman
14. "Strategic Vision" by Zbigniew Brzezinski
15. "Strategy for You" by Rich Horwath

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Bonnie" by Iris Johansen
2. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
3. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
4. "A Lady Never Surrenders" by Sabrina Jeffries
5. "The Jefferson Key" by Steve Berry
6. "Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor" by Dick Couch and George Galdorisi
7. "One for the Money" by Janet Evanovich
8. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
9. "Skeleton Coast" by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul
10. "You...Again" by Debbie Macomber
11. "Smokin' Seventeen" by Janet Evanovich
12. "The Sentry" by Robert Crais
13. "Toys" by James Patterson & Neil McMahon
14. "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin
15. "Mr. and Miss Anonymous" by Fern Michaels

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
2. "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
3. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
4. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
5. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
6. "The Tiger's Wife: A Novel" by Tea Obreht
7. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
8. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
9. "10th Anniversary" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
10. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
11. "The Harbinger" by Jonathan Cahn
12. "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander and Cornel West
13. "Unlikely Friendships" by Jennifer S. Holland
14. "Lethal" by Sandra Brown
15. "Blood, Bones & Butter" by Gabrielle Hamilton

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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