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 four new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.
"Home Front" by Kristin Hannah replaced "Taken" by Robert Crais as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.
"American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History" by Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice and Scott McEwen replaced "Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America" as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.
"The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae" by Stephanie Laurens replaced "Bonnie" by Iris Johansen as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.
"Night Road" by Kristin Hannah replaced "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett as the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.
There are five 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 "Home Front" by Kristin Hannah (1), "Defending Jacob" by William Landay (3), "The Fear Index" by Robert Harris (11), "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain (14) and "The Orphan Master's Son" by Adam Johnson (15).
There are four books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The 17 Day Diet" by Dr. Mike Moreno (5), "Coming Apart" by Charles Murray (12), "One Thousand Gifts" by Ann Voskamp (13) and "The World of Downtown Abbey" by Jessica Fellowes (14).
There are nine books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae" by Stephanie Laurens (1), "Against All Enemies" by Tom Clancy with Peter Telep (3), "Lucky Penny" by Catherine Anderson (4), "Cold Vengeance" by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (7), "The Summer Garden" by Sherryl Woods (8), "The 9th Judgement" by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (9), "Last Man Standing" by Cindy Gerard (11), "44 Charles Street" by Danielle Steel (12) and "File M for Murder" by Mirando James (15).
There are two books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Night Road" by Kristin Hannah (1) and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" by John le Carre (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. "Home Front" by Kristin Hannah
2. "Private: Number 1 Suspect" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
3. "Defending Jacob" by William Landay
4. "Taken" by Robert Crais
5. "Death Comes to Pemberley" by P.D. James
6. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
7. "11/22/63" by Stephen King
8. "Believing the Lie" by Elizabeth George
9. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
10. "Raylan: A Novel" by Elmore Leaonard
11. "The Fear Index" by Robert Harris
12. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
13. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
14. "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain
15. "The Orphan Master's Son" by Adam Johnson
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice and Scott McEwen
2. "Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America" by Mark R. Levin
3. "The End of Illness' by David Agus
4. "Steve Jobs: A Biography" by Walter Isaacson
5. "The 17 Day Diet" by Dr. Mike Moreno
6. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
7. "Deliciously G-Free" by Elisabeth Hasselbeck
8. "Quiet" by Susan Cain
9. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
10. "Through My Eyes" by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker
11. "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman
12. "Coming Apart" by Charles Murray
13. "One Thousand Gifts" by Ann Voskamp
14. "The World of Downtown Abbey" by Jessica Fellowes
15. "Fairy Tale Interrupted" by RoseMarie Terenzio
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae" by Stephanie Laurens
2. "Bonnie" by Iris Johansen
3. "Against All Enemies" by Tom Clancy with Peter Telep
4. "Lucky Penny" by Catherine Anderson
5. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
6. "Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor" by Dick Couch and George Galdorisi
7. "Cold Vengeance" by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
8. "The Summer Garden" by Sherryl Woods
9. "The 9th Judgement" by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
10. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
11. "Last Man Standing" by Cindy Gerard
12. "44 Charles Street" by Danielle Steel
13. "The Jefferson Key" by Steve Berry
14. "One for the Money" by Janet Evanovich
15. "File M for Murder" by Mirando James
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Night Road" by Kristin Hannah
2. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
3. "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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 with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
8. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
9. "Lethal" by Sandra Brown
10. "Unlikely Friendships" by Jennifer S. Holland
11. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
12. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
13. "10th Anniversary" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
14. "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander and Cornel West
15. "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" by John le Carre
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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