Two Batman books listed among best-sellers this week

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.

"Friends Forever" by Danielle Steel replaced "The Fallen Angel" by Daniel Silva as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"The Corruption Chronicles" by Tom Fitton replaced “Wild by Cheryl Strayed as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"Happy Birthday" by Danielle Steel replaced “The Litigators” by John Grisham as the No. 1 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 seventeenth 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 "Friends Forever" by Danielle Steel (1), "Where We Belong" by Emily Giffin (2), "Black List: A Thriller" by Brad Thor (4), "Broken Harbor" by Tana French (7) and "Judgment Call" by J.A. Jance (10).

There are five books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Corruption Chronicles" by Tom Fitton (1), "Wheat Belly" by William Davis (6), "Bailout" by Neil Barofsky (11), "The Art & Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy" by Jody Duncan Jesser (12) and "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt" by Chris Hedges (14).

There are four books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Happy Birthday" by Danielle Steel (1), "An Unsuitable Bride" by Jane Feather (8), "Sleepwalker" by Karen Robards (10) and "The Dark Knight Rises" by Greg Cox (14).

There was only one new book on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that wasn’t on the list last week - "11/22/63" by Stephen King, which was No. 6 on the list.

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. "Friends Forever" by Danielle Steel
2. "Where We Belong" by Emily Giffin
3. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
4. "Black List: A Thriller" by Brad Thor
5. "The Fallen Angel" by Daniel Silva
6. "I, Michael Bennett" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
7. "Broken Harbor" by Tana French
8. "Shadow of Night" by Deborah E. Harkness
9. "Backfire" by Catherine Coulter
10. "Judgment Call" by J.A. Jance
11. "Creole Belle" by James Lee Burke
12. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
13. "The Next Best Thing: A Novel" by Jennifer Weiner
14. "Wicked Business" by Janet Evanovich
15. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "The Corruption Chronicles" by Tom Fitton
2. "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed
3. "The Mobile Wave" by Michael Saylor
4. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
5. "The Amateur" by Edward Klein
6. "Wheat Belly" by William Davis
7. "How" by Dov Seidman
8. "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson
9. "Cowards" by Glenn Beck
10. "The Skinny Rules" by Bob Harper with Greg Critser
11. "Bailout" by Neil Barofsky
12. "The Art & Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy" by Jody Duncan Jesser
13. "Dream Team" by Jack McCallum
14. "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt" by Chris Hedges
15. "The Great Destroyer" by David Limbaugh

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Happy Birthday" by Danielle Steel
2. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
3. "Lethal" by Sandra Brown
4. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks
5. "Private Games" by James Patterson
6. "Split Second" by Catherine Coulter
7. "Savor the Moment" by Nora Roberts
8. "An Unsuitable Bride" by Jane Feather
9. "Family Affair" by Debbie Macomber
10. "Sleepwalker" by Karen Robards
11. "The Silent Girl" by Tess Gerritsen
12. "Gun Games" by Faye Kellerman
13. "Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich
14. "The Dark Knight Rises" by Greg Cox
15. "Trace" by Patricia Cornwell

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. "To Heaven And Back" by Mary C. Neal
6. "11/22/63" by Stephen King
7. "The Litigators" by John Grisham

8. "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

9. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Lawson
10. "Private Games" by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan

11. "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles

12. "A Stolen Life: a Memoir" by Jaycee Lee Dugard

13. "Maine" by J. Courtney Sullivan

14. "Farenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
15. "A Discovery of Witches" by Deborah E. Harkness

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.