New R.A. Salvatore 'Neverwinter Saga' book cracks 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.

"Heart, Smarts, Guts and Luck" by Anthony K. Tjan, Richard J. Harrington, Tsun-Yan Hsieh replaced "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"Don't Blink" by James Patterson replaced "Happy Birthday" by Danielle Steel as the No. 1 book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn retained the No. 1 spot on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list for the second week in a row.

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

There are five 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 "Sweet Talk" by Julie Garwood (5), "The Spymasters" by W.E.B. Griffin (6), "Time Untime" by Sherrilyn Kenyon (9), "Charon's Claw: Neverwinter Saga, Book III" by R.A. Salvatore (11) and "You Don't Want to Know" by Lisa Jackson (13).

There are seven books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Heart, Smarts, Guts and Luck" by Anthony K. Tjan, Richard J. Harrington, Tsun-Yan Hsieh (1), "Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child" byBob Spitz (7), "The Corruption Chronicles" by Tom Fitton (8), "Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs" by Soren Kaplan (9), "Knitter's Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters" by Ann Budd (11), "Why Does the World Exist?" by Jim Holt (13) and "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg (15).

There are three books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Celebrity in Death" by J.D. Robb (4), "Stygian's Honor" by Lora Leigh (9) and "Wild Texas Rose" by Jodi Thomas (14).

There are four new books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks (5), "Breakthrough Entrepreneurship" by Jon Burgstone (8), "Dream Lake" by Lisa Kleypas (12) and "Switch" by Megan Hart (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. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
2. "Friends Forever" by Danielle Steel
3. "Odd Apocalypse" by Dean R. Koontz
4. "Where We Belong" by Emily Giffin
5. "Sweet Talk" by Julie Garwood
6. "The Spymasters" by W.E.B. Griffin
7. "Black List: A Thriller" by Brad Thor
8. "I, Michael Bennett" by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
9. "Time Untime" by Sherrilyn Kenyon
10. "The Fallen Angel" by Daniel Silva
11. "Charon's Claw: Neverwinter Saga, Book III" by S.A. Salvatore
12. "Shadow of Night" by Deborah E. Harkness
13. "You Don't Want to Know" by Lisa Jackson
14. "Backfire" by Catherine Coulter
15. "Broken Harbor" by Tana French

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Heart, Smarts, Guts and Luck" by Anthony K. Tjan, Richard J. Harrington and Tsun-Yan Hsieh
2. "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed
3. "The Amateur" by Edward Klein
4. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard
5. "Wheat Belly" by William Davis
6. "Double Cross" by Ben Macintyre
7. "Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child" byBob Spitz
8. "The Corruption Chronicles" by Tom Fitton
9. "Leapfrogging" by Soren Kaplan
10. "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson
11. "Knitter's Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters" by Ann Budd
12. "Cowards" by Glenn Beck
13. "Why Does the World Exist?" by Jim Holt
14. "The Skinny Rules" by Bob Harper with Greg Critser
15. "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Don't Blink" by James Patterson
2. "Happy Birthday" by Danielle Steel
3. "Big Sky Mountain" by Linda Lael Miller
4. "Celebrity in Death" by J.D. Robb
5. "Happy Ever After" by Nora Roberts
6. "Love in a Nutshell" by Janet Evanovich
7. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
8. "Catching Fireflies" by Sherryl Woods
9. "Stygian's Honor" by Lora Leigh
10. "All Summer Long" by Susan Mallery
11. "Lethal" by Sandra Brown
12. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks
13. "The Wedding Party" by Robyn Carr
14. "Wild Texas Rose" by Jodi Thomas
15. "Flash and Bones" by Kathy Reichs

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 Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks

6. "To Heaven And Back" by Mary C. Neal

7. "11/22/63" by Stephen King

8. "Breakthrough Entrepreneurship" by Jon Burgstone

9. "Forks Over Knives" by Del Sroufe

10. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Lawson

11. "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

12. "Dream Lake" by Lisa Kleypas

13. "Farenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

14. "The Litigators" by John Grisham

15. "Switch" by Megan Hart

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.