Clive Cussler's 'The Storm' takes top spot on fiction 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 is only one new book at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"The Storm" by Clive Cussler replaced "11th Hour" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"It Worked for Me" by Colin Powell remained the No. 1 book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the second week in a row.

"Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich remained atop the mass market paperback best-sellers list for the third week in the row.

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

There are two 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 "The Storm" by Clive Cussler (1) and "A Blaze of Glory" by Jeff Shaara (7).

There are five books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "American Grown" by Michelle Obama (4), "You're So Invited" by Cheryl Najafi (5), "Perfect Pies" by Michele Stuart (6), "Cronkite" by Douglas Brinkley (10) and "Platform" by Michael Hyatt (15).

There are 10 books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "Big Sky Country" by Linda Lael Miller (2), "The Unexpected Husband" by Debbie Macomber (3), "The Kingdom" by Clive Cussler (4), "A Night Like This" by Julia Quinn (5), "Summer Days" by Susan Mallery (6), "Tick Tock" by James Patterson (7), "Bed of Roses" by Nora Roberts (8), "Eyes Wide Open" by Andrew Gross (12), "Rescue Me" by Rachel Gibson (13) and "Heartwishes" by Jude Deveraux (14).

There are three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Maine" by J. Courtney Sullivan (9), "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes (10) and "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith (13).

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. "The Storm" by Clive Cussler
2. "11th Hour" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
3. "Stolen Prey" by John Sandford
4. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham
5. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci
6. "Deadlocked" by Charlaine Harris
7. "A Blaze of Glory" by Jeff Shaara
8. "Bring Up the Bodies" by Hilary Mantel
9. "The Wind Through the Keyhole" by Stephen King
10. "In One Person" by John Irving
11. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
12. "The Columbus Affair" by Steve Berry
13. "Home" by Toni Morrison
14. "Canada" by Richard Ford
15. "The Witness" by Nora Roberts

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "It Worked for Me" by Colin Powell
2. "The Amateur" by Edward Klein
3. "The Skinny Rules" by Bob Harper with Greg Critser
4. "American Grown" by Michelle Obama
5. "You're So Invited" by Cheryl Najafi
6. "Perfect Pies" by Michele Stuart
7. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
8. "The Charge" by Brendon Burchard
9. "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson" by Robert A. Caro
10. "Cronkite" by Douglas Brinkley
11. "Fearless" by Eric Blehm
12. "My Cross to Bear" by Gregg Allman
13. "The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier" by Ree Drummond
14. "Service" by Marcus Luttrell with James D. Hornfischer
15. "Platform" by Michael Hyatt

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich
2. "Big Sky Country" by Linda Lael Miller
3. "The Unexpected Husband" by Debbie Macomber
4. "The Kingdom" by Clive Cussler
5. "A Night Like This" by Julia Quinn
6. "Summer Days" by Susan Mallery
7. "Tick Tock" by James Patterson
8. "Bed of Roses" by Nora Roberts
9. "Full Black" by Brad Thor
10. "Buried Prey" by John Sandford
11. "The Bourne Dominion" by Robert Ludlum
12. "Eyes Wide Open" by Andrew Gross
13. "Rescue Me" by Rachel Gibson
14. "Heartwishes" by Jude Deveraux
15. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks

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. "The Last Boyfriend: Book Two of the InnsBoro Trilogy" by Nora Roberts
5. "Kill Alex Cross" by James Patterson
6. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Lawson
7. "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett
8. "The Art of Fielding: A Novel" by Chad Harbach
9. "Maine" by J. Courtney Sullivan
10. "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes
11. "Then Came You" by Jennifer Weiner
12. "Summer Rental" by Mary Kay Andrews
13. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith
14. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
15. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks

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.