New John Grisham novel takes No. 1 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 are three new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"The Racketeer" by John Grisham replaced "The Panther" by Nelson DeMille as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"My Kind of Christmas" by Robyn Carr replaced "The Drop" by Michael Connelly as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"Reflected in You" by Sylvia Day replaced “Fifty Shades of Grey” by E.L. James as the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

"Killing Kennedy" by Bill O'Reilly remained the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the fourth 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 Racketeer" by John Grisham (1), "Back to Blood" by Tom Wolfe (6), "Angels at the Table" by Debbie Macomber (8) and "The Bridge" by Karen Kingsbury (10).

There are seven books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Rod: The Autobiography" by Rod Stewart (4), "Clients First" by Joseph Callaway (5), "Bouchon Bakery" by Thomas Keller (6), "Eat More of What You Love" by Marlene Koch (12), "Makeup to Breakup" by Peter Criss (13), "The Science of Good Cooking" by America's Test Kitchen (14) and "How Children Succeed" by Paul Tough (15).

There are two books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "My Kind of Christmas" by Robyn Carr (1), "1225 Christmas Tree Lane" by Debbie Macomber (3), "Wyoming Fierce" by Diana Palmer (4), "A Lawman's Christmas" by Linda Lael Miller (7), "First Impressions" by Nora Roberts (10) and "A Christmas Bride" by Susan Mallery (11).

There are four books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. The include "Reflected in You" by Sylvia Day (1), "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander (3), "Lone Wolf" by Jodi Picoult (8) and "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel (13).

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 Racketeer" by John Grisham
2. "The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling
3. "The Panther" by Nelson DeMille
4. "The Bone Bed" by Patricia Cornwell
5. "NYPD Red" by James Patterson and Marshall Karp
6. "Back to Blood" by Tom Wolfe
7. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
8. "Angels at the Table" by Debbie Macomber
9. "Winter of the World" by Ken Follett
10. "The Bridge" by Karen Kingsbury
11. "The Twelve: Book Two of the Passage Trilogy" by Justin Cronin
12. "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom
13. "Mad River" by John Sandford
14. "A Wanted Man" by Lee Child
15. "The Secret Keeper" by Kate Morton

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Killing Kennedy" by Bill O'Reilly
2. "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen
3. "Guinness World Records 2013" by Guinness World Records
4. "Rod: The Autobiography" by Rod Stewart
5. "Clients First" by Joseph Callaway
6. "Bouchon Bakery" by Thomas Keller
7. "America Again" by Stephen Colbert
8. "God Loves You" by David Jeremiah
9. "I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak" by Joel Osteen
10. "Who I Am" by Peter Townshend
11. "Waging Heavy Peace" by Neil Young
12. "Eat More of What You Love" by Marlene Koch
13. "Makeup to Breakup" by Peter Criss
14. "The Science of Good Cooking" by America's Test Kitchen
15. "How Children Succeed" by Paul Tough

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "My Kind of Christmas" by Robyn Carr
2. "The Drop" by Michael Connelly
3. "1225 Christmas Tree Lane" by Debbie Macomber
4. "Wyoming Fierce" by Diana Palmer
5. "Shock Wave" by John Sandford
6. "Dead or Alive" by Tom Clancy
7. "A Lawman's Christmas" by Linda Lael Miller
8. "Micro" by Michael Crichton
9. "Victims" by Jonathan Kellerman
10. "First Impressions" by Nora Roberts
11. "A Christmas Bride" by Susan Mallery
12. "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett
13. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
14. "D.C. Dead" by Stuart Woods
15. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Fern Michaels

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Reflected in You" by Sylvia Day
2. "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James
3. "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander
4. "Fifty Shades Darker" by E.L. James
5. "Fifty Shades Freed" by E.L. James
6. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci
7. "Bared to You" by Sylvia Day
8. "Lone Wolf" by Jodi Picoult
9. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
10. "Hungry Girl to the Max!" by Lisa Lillien
11. "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell
12. "To Heaven and Back" by Mary C. Neal
13. "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
14. "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson and David Ellis
15. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks

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.