"Calico Joe" by John Grisham replaced "Kiss the Dead" by Laurell K. Hamilton as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.
"Cowards" by Glenn Beck replaced "The Amateur" by Edward Klein as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.
"Tick Tock" by James Patterson replaced "The Unexpected Husband" by Debbie Macomber as the No. 1s 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 eleventh week in a row.
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 "Mission to Paris" by Alan Furst (3), "The Third Gate" by Lincoln Child (5), "Porch Lights" by Dorothea Benton Frank (6) and "Canada" by Richard Ford (12).
There are seven books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Cowards" by Glenn Beck (1), "Unintended Consequences" by Ed Conard (6), "Not Taco Bell Material" by Adam Carolla (9), "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson (11), "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle (12), "Darth Vader and Son" by Jeffrey Brown (14) and "The Presidents Club" by Nancy Gibbs & Michael Duffy (15).
There was only one book on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that wasn’t on that list last week - "Afraid to Die" Lisa Jackson, which was No. 3 on that list.
There are three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Fifty Shades Trilogy" by E.L. James (4), "Bared to You" by Sylvia Day (5) and "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury (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. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham
2. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
3. "Mission to Paris" by Alan Furst
4. "The Storm" by Clive Cussler
5. "The Third Gate" by Lincoln Child
6. "Porch Lights" by Dorothea Benton Frank
7. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci
8. "11th Hour" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
9. "Stolen Prey" by John Sandford
10. "A Blaze of Glory" by Jeff Shaara
11. "The Bourne Imperative" by Eric Van Lustbader
12. "Canada" by Richard Ford
13. "The Wind Through the Keyhole" by Stephen King
14. "Spring Fever" by Mary Kay Andrews
15. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Cowards" by Glenn Beck
2. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard
3. "The Amateur" by Edward Klein
4. "It Worked for Me" by Colin Powell
5. "The Great Destroyer" by David Limbaugh
6. "Unintended Consequences" by Ed Conard
7. "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed
8. "Cronkite" by Douglas Brinkley
9. "Not Taco Bell Material" by Adam Carolla
10. "The Skinny Rules" by Bob Harper with Greg Critser
11. "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson
12. "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle
13. "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson" by Robert A. Caro
14. "Darth Vader and Son" by Jeffrey Brown
15. "The Presidents Club" by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Tick Tock" by James Patterson
2. "Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich
3. "Afraid to Die" Lisa Jackson
4. "The Unexpected Husband" by Debbie Macomber
5. "The Kingdom" by Clive Cussler
6. "Big Sky Country" by Linda Lael Miller
7. "Bed of Roses" by Nora Roberts
8. "Eyes Wide Open" by Andrew Gross
9. "The Ideal Man" by Julie Garwood
10. "The Bourne Dominion" by Robert Ludlum
11. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith
12. "Full Black" by Brad Thor
13. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks
14. "A Night Like This" by Julia Quinn
15. "Summer Days" by Susan Mallery
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. "Fifty Shades Trilogy" by E.L. James
5. "Bared to You" by Sylvia Day
6. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Lawson
7. "The Drop" by Michael Connelly
8. "To Heaven And Back" by Mary C. Neal
9. "Kill Alex Cross" by James Patterson
10. "The Last Boyfriend: Book Two of the InnsBoro Trilogy" by Nora Roberts
11. "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett
12. "The Book of Burger" by Rachel Ray
13. "Maine" by J. Courtney Sullivan
14. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
15. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith
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.
One of my favorites, I'll have to read it again.
ReplyDeleteAlso, we've had lots of comments about Fifty Shades of Grey, but they are wearing the covers off of it! :)
Yeah, I saw where the Mobile Public Library banned Fifty Shades earlier this week, classifying it as erotica.
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