Grisham's 'The Litigators' tops mass market paperbacks 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 two new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn replaced "Wicked Business" by Janet Evanovich as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"The Litigators" by John Grisham replaced "Afraid to Die" by Lisa Jackson as the No. 1 book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"Cowards" by Glenn Beck remained the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the third week in a row.

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

There are three books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They (along with their place on the list) include "Bloodline: A Sigma Force Novel" by James Rollins (3), "Summerland" by Elin Hilderbrand (4) and "The Age of Miracles" by Karen Thompson (6).

There are four books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations" by Daniel Denison (8), "What Really Happened: John Edwards, Our Daughter, and Me" by Rielle Hunter (9), "Becoming Sister Wives" by Kody Brown (11) and "I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me" by Joan Rivers (14).

There are 11 books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "The Litigators" by John Grisham (1), "Split Second" by Catherine Coulter (2), "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks (3), "Family Affair" by Debbie Macomber (4), "Private Games" by James Patterson (5), "Summer Nights" by Susan Mallery (6), "Midnight Promises" by Sherryl Woods (7), "The Silent Girl" by Tess Gerritsen (8), "Once Burned" Jeaniene Frost (11), "Gun Games" by Faye Kellerman (13) and "Summer People" by Elin Hilderbrand (15).

There are five books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Litigators" by John Grisham (5), "The Coming Home" by Karen Kingsbury (6), "Vision: Your Pathway to Victory" by Gordon D'Angelo (7), "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles (12) and "Home Again" by Kristin Hannah (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. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
2. "Wicked Business" by Janet Evanovich
3. "Bloodline: A Sigma Force Novel" by James Rollins
4. "Summerland" by Elin Hilderbrand
5. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham
6. "The Age of Miracles" by Karen Thompson
7. "The Storm" by Clive Cussler
8. "Mission to Paris" by Alan Furst
9. "Porch Lights" by Dorothea Benton Frank
10. "11th Hour" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
11. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
12. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci
13. "The Third Gate" by Lincoln Child
14. "Canada" by Richard Ford
15. "Stolen Prey" by John Sandford

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Cowards" by Glenn Beck
2. "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed
3. "The Amateur" by Edward Klein
4. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
5. "The Skinny Rules" by Bob Harper with Greg Critser
6. "An American Son" by Marco Rubion
7. "It Worked for Me" by Colin Powell
8. "Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations" by Daniel Denison
9. "What Really Happened: John Edwards, Our Daughter, and Me" by Rielle Hunter
10. "The Great Destroyer" by David Limbaugh
11. "Becoming Sister Wives" by Kody Brown
12. "Barack Obama" by David Maraniss
13. "Unintended Consequences" by Ed Conard
14. "I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me" by Joan Rivers
15. "What the (Bleep) Just Happened" by Monica Crowley

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
2. "Split Second" by Catherine Coulter
3. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks
4. "Family Affair" by Debbie Macomber
5. "Private Games" by James Patterson
6. "Summer Nights" by Susan Mallery
7. "Midnight Promises" by Sherryl Woods
8. "The Silent Girl" by Tess Gerritsen
9. "Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich
10. "Afraid to Die" Lisa Jackson
11. "Once Burned" Jeaniene Frost
12. "The Unexpected Husband" by Debbie Macomber
13. "Gun Games" by Faye Kellerman
14. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith
15. "Summer People" by Elin Hilderbrand

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. "Bared to You" by Sylvia Day
5. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
6. "The Coming Home" by Karen Kingsbury
7. "Vision: Your Pathway to Victory" by Gordon D'Angelo
8. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Lawson
9. "To Heaven And Back" by Mary C. Neal
10. "Kill Alex Cross" by James Patterson
11. "The Drop" by Michael Connelly
12. "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles
13. "The Last Boyfriend: Book Two of the InnsBoro Trilogy" by Nora Roberts
14. "Home Again" by Kristin Hannah
15. "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett

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.