Ken Follett's 'Winter of the World' takes top spot on 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.

"Winter of the World" by Ken Follett replaced "A Wanted Man" by Lee Child as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"No Easy Day" by Mark Owen remained the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the third straight week.

"Red Mist" by Patricia Cornwell remained the top book on the mass market paperback 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 25th week in a row.

There are four 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 "Winter of the World" by Ken Follett (1), "Low Pressure" by Sandra Brown (5), "Severe Clear" by Stuart Woods (7) and "Midst Toil and Tribulation" by David Weber (12).

There are four books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak" by Joel Osteen (2), "Joseph Anton: A Memoir" by Salman Rushdie (6), "The Oath: The Obama White House" by Jeffrey Toobin (8) and "Free Market Revolution" by Yaron Brook, Don Watkins (9).

There are two books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "What Doesn't Kill You" by Iris Johansen (2) and "Eat to Live" by Joel Fuhrman (8).

There are three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. The include "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson, David Ellis (4), "Unleash!" by Perry Noble (7) and "Seven Years to Sin" by Sylvia Day (11).

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. "Winter of the World" by Ken Follett
2. "A Wanted Man" by Lee Child
3. "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom
4. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
5. "Low Pressure" by Sandra Brown
6. "Zoo" by Petterson and Ledwidge
7. "Severe Clear" by Stuart Woods
8. "Delusion in Death" by J.D. Robb
9. "The Tombs" by Clive Cussler
10. "Telegraph Avenue" by Michael Chabon
11. "This Is How You Lose Her" by Junoit Diaz
12. "Midst Toil and Tribulation" by David Weber
13. "Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice" by Michael Brandman
14. "Frozen Heat" by Richard Castle
15. "The Light Between Oceans" by M.L. Stedman

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen
2. "I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak" by Joel Osteen
3. "The Price of Politics" by Bob Woodward
4. "Guinness World Records 2013" by Guinness World Records
5. "Divine Healing Hands" by Zhi Gang Sha, M.D.
6. "Joseph Anton: A Memoir" by Salman Rushdie
7. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
8. "The Oath: The Obama White House" by Jeffrey Toobin
9. "Free Market Revolution" by Yaron Brook and Don Watkins
10. "Obama's America: Unmaking the American Dream" by Dinesh D'Souza
11. "The Amateur" by Edward Klein
12. "The Power of the Prophetic Blessing" by John Hagee
13. "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed
14. "Darling Greatly" by Brene Brown
15. "How Children Succeed" by Paul Tough

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Red Mist" by Patricia Cornwell
2. "What Doesn't Kill You" by Iris Johansen
3. "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett
4. "The Race" by Clive Cussler
5. "Zero Day" by David Baldacci
6. "77 Shadow Street" by Dean R. Koontz
7. "I Left My Heart" by Debbie Macomber
8. "Eat to Live" by Joel Fuhrman
9. "Kill Shot" by Vince Flynn
10. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
11. "Stranger in the Moonlight" by Jude Deveraux
12. "Don't Blink" by James Patterson
13. "Where Azaleas Bloom" by Sherryl Woods
14. "Alex Cross" by James Patterson
15. "Angel of the Dark" by Sidney Sheldon and Tilly Bagshawe

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. "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson and David Ellis
5. "Bared to You" by Sylvia Day
6. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
7. "Unleash!" by Perry Noble
8. "Beautiful Disaster: A Novel" by Jamie McGuire
9. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
10. "Admired: 21 Ways to Double Your Value" by Mark C. Thompson
11. "Seven Years to Sin" by Sylvia Day
12. "The Shoemaker's Wife" by Adriana Trigiani
13. "The Harbinger" by Jonathan Cahn
14. "To Heaven And Back" by Mary C. Neal
15. "11/22/63" by Stephen King

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.