J.K. Rowling's 'The Casual Vacancy' tops 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.

"The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling replaced "Winter of the World" by Ken Follett as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Victims" by Jonathan Kellerman replaced "Red Mist" by Patricia Cornwell as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

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

“Fifty Shades of Grey” by E.L. James retained its place atop the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the 26th 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 "The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling (1), "Founders" by James Wesley Rawles (10), "Rapture" by J.R. Ward (14) and "A Fool's Gold Christmas" by Susan Mallery (15).

There are six books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Waging Heavy Peace" by Neil Young (2), "One Last Strike" by Tony La Russa (4), "The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure: Why Pure Capitalism is the World Economy's Only Hope" by John A. Allison (6), "Mugged" by Ann Coulter (7), "Into the Fire" by Dakota Meyer (13) and "Listening In" by Caroline Kennedy (14).

There are seven books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Victims" by Jonathan Kellerman (1), "Micro" by Michael Crichton (2), "D.C. Dead" by Stuart Woods (4), "The Lady Risks All" by Stephanie Laurens (6), "Thanksgiving Prayer" by Debbie Macomber (8), "A Day Away" by Nora Roberts (10) and "Run the Risk" by Lori Foster (12).

There are four books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. The include "The Chew" by The Chew (4), "Catherine the Great" by Robert K. Massie (12), "The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides (14) and "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?" by Mindy Kaling (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. "The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling
2. "Winter of the World" by Ken Follett
3. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
4. "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom
5. "A Wanted Man" by Lee Child
6. "Low Pressure" by Sandra Brown
7. "Zoo" by Petterson, Ledwidge
8. "Severe Clear" by Stuart Woods
9. "Delusion in Death" by J.D. Robb
10. "Founders" by James Wesley Rawles
11. "The Tombs" by Clive Cussler
12. "This Is How You Lose Her" by Junoit Diaz
13. "Telegraph Avenue" by Michael Chabon
14. "Rapture" by J.R. Ward
15. "A Fool's Gold Christmas" by Susan Mallery

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen
2. "Waging Heavy Peace" by Neil Young
3. "I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak" by Joel Osteen
4. "One Last Strike" by Tony La Russa
5. "Guinness World Records 2013" by Guinness World Records
6. "The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure" by John A. Allison
7. "Mugged" by Ann Coulter
8. "The Price of Politics" by Bob Woodward
9. "Joseph Anton: A Memoir" by Salman Rushdie
10. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard
11. "How Children Succeed" by Paul Tough
12. "Divine Healing Hands" by Zhi Gang Sha, M.D.
13. "Into the Fire" by Dakota Meyer
14. "Listening In" by Caroline Kennedy
15. "The Oath: The Obama White House" by Jeffrey Toobin

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Victims" by Jonathan Kellerman
2. "Micro" by Michael Crichton
3. "What Doesn't Kill You" by Iris Johansen
4. "D.C. Dead" by Stuart Woods
5. "Red Mist" by Patricia Cornwell
6. "The Lady Risks All" by Stephanie Laurens
7. "Eat to Live" by Joel Fuhrman
8. "Thanksgiving Prayer" by Debbie Macomber
9. "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett
10. "A Day Away" by Nora Roberts
11. "Zero Day" by David Baldacci
12. "Run the Risk" by Lori Foster
13. "Kill Shot" by Vince Flynn
14. "77 Shadow Street" by Dean R. Koontz
15. "The Race" by Clive Cussler

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. "The Chew" by The Chew
5. "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson, David Ellis
6. "Bared to You" by Sylvia Day
7. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
8. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
9. "Beautiful Disaster: A Novel" by Jamie McGuire
10. "Admired: 21 Ways to Double Your Value" by Mark C. Thompson
11. "The Harbinger" by Jonathan Cahn
12. "Catherine the Great" by Robert K. Massie
13. "To Heaven And Back" by Mary C. Neal
14. "The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides
15. "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?" by Mindy Kaling

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.