Sunday, May 26, 2013

Dan Brown's 'Inferno' takes No. 1 spot on best-sellers list this week

Today is Sunday, so that means that it’s time for my weekly breakdown of this week’s Publishers Weekly Best-Sellers Lists. According to those lists, there is one new book at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"Inferno" by Dan Brown replaced "Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel" by Charlaine Harris as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander" by Phil Robertson and Mark Schlabach retained the top spot on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the second straight week.

"Stolen Prey" by John Sandford retained the No. 1 spot on the mass market paperback best-sellers list for the second straight week.

"Control" by Glenn Beck was the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the third straight week.

There were two books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on that list lat week. They (and their places on the list) included "Inferno" by Dan Brown (1) and "Vader's Little Princess" by Jeffrey Brown (15).

There were five books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "The Guns at Last Light" by Rick Atkinson (2), "My Beef with Meat" by Rip Esselstyn (11), "My Greek Drama" by Gianna Angelopoulos (12), "The Outsider" by Jimmy Connors (14) and "The Fast Metabolism Diet" by Haylie Pomroy (15).

There were two books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "The Lost Years" by Mary Higgins Clark (13) and "Calico Joe" by John Grisham (14).

There were three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Zoo" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (4), "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" by Guy Fieri (10) and "A Dog's Journey" by W. Bruce Cameron (14).

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. "Inferno" by Dan Brown
2. "12th of Never" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
3. "Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel" by Charlaine Harris
4. "Silken Prey" by John Sandford
5. "The Hit" by David Baldacci
6. "Whiskey Beach" by Nora Roberts
7. "Daddy's Gone a Hunting" by Mary Higgins Clark
8. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
9. "A Delicate Truth: A Novel" by John le Carre
10. "A Step of Faith: A Novel (Walk)" by Richard Paul Evans
11. "Best Kept Secret" by Jeffrey Archer
12. "Paris" by Edward Rutherford
13. "Fly Away" by Kristin Hannah
14. "Robert B. Parker's Wonderland (Spenser) by Ace Atkins
15. "Vader's Little Princess" by Jeffrey Brown

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Happy, Happy, Happy" by Phil Robertson
2. "The Guns at Last Light" by Rick Atkinson
3. "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg
4. "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls" by David Sedaris
5. "The Duck Commander Family" by Willie Robertson, Korie Robertson and Mark Schlabach
6. "Keep it Pithy: Useful Observations in a Tough World" by Bill O'Reilly
7. "Waiting to Be Heard" by Amanda Knox
8. "Life Code" by Phil McGraw
9. "It's All Good" by Gwyneth Paltro
10. "Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation" by Michael Pollan
11. "My Beef with Meat" by Rip Esselstyn
12. "My Greek Drama" by Gianna Angelopoulos
13. "Bunker Hill" by Nathaniel Philbrick
14. "The Outsider" by Jimmy Connors
15. "The Fast Metabolism Diet" by Haylie Pomroy

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Stolen Prey" by John Sandford
2. "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson and David Ellis
3. "Odd Apocalypse" by Dean Koontz
4. "Wind Chime Point" by Sherryl Woods
5. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
6. "Informed Risk" by Robyn Carr
7. "Cheyenne Amber" by Catherine Anderson
8. "Judgment Call" by J.A. Jance
9. "Change of Heart" by Nora Roberts
10. "Hard Ride to Hell" by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
11. "Courageous" by Diana Palmer
12. "Gypped: A Regan Reilly Mystery by Carol Higgins
13. "The Lost Years" by Mary Higgins Clark
14. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham
15. "Haven" by Kay Hooper

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Control" by Glenn Beck
2. "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander
4. "Zoo" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
5. "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter
6. "The Witness" by Nora Roberts
7. "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayed
8. "The Forgotten" by David Baldacci
9. "Sea Swept: Book One of the Chesapeake Bay Saga" by Nora Roberts
10. "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" by Guy Fieri
11. "The Next Best Thing: A Novel" by Jennifer Weiner
12. "Waking Up in Heaven" by Crystal McVea
13. "Obamacare Survival Guide" by Nick J. Tate
14. "A Dog's Journey" by W. Bruce Cameron
15. "The Black Box" by Michael Connelly

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.

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