Sunday, May 27, 2012

John Sandford's 'Stolen Prey' takes top spot on best-sellers list

It’s Sunday, so that means that it’s time for my weekly breakdown 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.

"Stolen Prey" by John Sandford replaced "11th Hour" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"The Amateur" by Edward Klein replaced "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson" by Robert A. Caro as the No. 1 book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich replaced "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James retained its place atop the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the seventh week in a row.

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 "Stolen Prey" by John Sandford (1), "The Columbus Affair" by Steve Berry (3) and "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin (14).

There are seven books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Amateur" by Edward Klein (1), "The Skinny Rules" by Bob Harper with Greg Critser (2), "The Art of Intelligence" by Henry A. Crumpton (4), "The Charge" by Brendon Burchard (5), "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen et al. (9), "Imagine" by Jonah Lehrer (14) and "Wheat Belly" by William Davis (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 "Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich (1) and "Southern Comfort" by Fern Michaels (15).

There are two books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Greater Journey" by David McCullough (11) and "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell (14).

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. "Stolen Prey" by John Sandford
2. "11th Hour" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
3. "The Columbus Affair" by Steve Berry
4. "Deadlocked" by Charlaine Harris
5. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham
6. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci
7. "In One Person" by John Irving
8. "The Wind Through the Keyhole" by Stephen King
9. "Bring Up the Bodies" by Hilary Mantel
10. "The Road to Grace" by Richard Paul Evans
11. "Home" by Toni Morrison
12. "The Witness" by Nora Roberts
13. "The Sins of the Father" by Jeffrey Archer
14. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
15. "The Family Corleone" by Ed Falco

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "The Amateur" by Edward Klein
2. "The Skinny Rules" by Bob Harper with Greg Critser
3. "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson" by Robert A. Caro
4. "The Art of Intelligence" by Henry A. Crumpton
5. "The Charge" by Brendon Burchard
6. "My Cross to Bear" by Gregg Allman
7. "Most Talkative" by Andy Cohen
8. "I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" by Stephen Colbert
9. "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen, et al.
10 "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard
11. "Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake" by Anna Quindlen
12. "The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier" by Ree Drummond
13. "Service" by Marcus Luttrell with James D. Hornfischer
14. "Imagine" by Jonah Lehrer
15. "Wheat Belly" by William Davis

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich
2. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks
3. "The Fifth Witness" by Michael Connelly
4. "Vision in White" by Nora Roberts
5. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith
6. "Buried Prey" by John Sandford
7. "Mystery" by Jonathan Kellerman
8. "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
9. "Sunrise Point" by Robyn Carr
10. "The Affair" by Lee Child
11. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
12. "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin
13. "Chasing Fire" by Nora Roberts
14. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
15. "Southern Comfort" by Fern Michaels

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James
2. "Fifty Shades Darker" by E.L. James
3. "Fifty Shades Freed" by E.L. James
4. "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett
5. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Lawson
6. "The Last Boyfriend: Book Two of the InnsBoro Trilogy" by Nora Roberts
7. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
8. "The Art of Fielding: A Novel" by Chad Harbach
9. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
10. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
11. "The Greater Journey" by David McCullough
12. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks
13. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith
14. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
15. "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man" by Steve Harvey

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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