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 are two new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.
"A Wanted Man" by Lee Child replaced "Black List" by Brad Thor as the No. 1 book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.
"DSM-5" by American Psychiatric Association replaced "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander as the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.
"Inferno" by Dan Brown remained the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list for the third straight week.
"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 fourth straight week.
There were three 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 "Zero Hour" by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown (3), "Deeply Odd" by Dean Koontz (4) and "The Son" by Philipp Meyer (11).
There were two books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "The Fast Metabolism Diet" by Haylie Pomroy (12) and "The Unwinding" by George Packer (13).
There were 12 books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "A Wanted Man" by Lee Child (1), "Sea Glass Island" by Sherryl Woods (2), "Big Sky Summer" by Linda Lael Miller (3), "Leopard's Prey" by Christine Feehan (4), "One Summer" by David Baldacci (5), "Just One Kiss" by Susan Mallery (6), "The Storm" by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown (7), "Something Wicked" by Lisa Jackson (8), "Sweet Talk" by Julie Garwood (9), "Happy Endings" by Nora Roberts (11), "Once upon a Tower" by Eloisa James (14) and "The Night Is Watching" by Heather Graham (15).
There were three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Desk Reference to the DSM-5" by American Psychiatric Associaiton (9), "America the Beautiful" by Ben Carson (10), "Weber's New Real Grilling" by Jamie Purviance (12) and "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple (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. "Inferno" by Dan Brown
2. "And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini
3. "Zero Hour" by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown
4. "Deeply Odd" by Dean Koontz
5. "12th of Never" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
6. "Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel" by Charlaine Harris
7. "The Hit" by David Baldacci
8. "Silken Prey" by John Sandford
9. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
10. "Whiskey Beach" by Nora Roberts
11. "The Son" by Philipp Meyer
12. "Vader's Little Princess" by Jeffrey Brown
13. "A Chain of Thunder" by Jeff Shaara
14. "A Delicate Truth: A Novel" by John le Carre
15. "Best Kept Secret" by Jeffrey Archer
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Happy, Happy, Happy" by Phil Robertson
2. "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg
3. "Eleven Rings" by Phil Jackson
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. "The Guns at Last Light" by Rick Atkinson
8. "The 100" by Jorge Cruise
9. "Life Code" by Phil McGraw
10. "My Greek Drama" by Gianna Angelopoulos
11. "It's All Good" by Gwyneth Paltro
12. "The Fast Metabolism Diet" by Haylie Pomroy
13. "The Unwinding" by George Packer
14. "Shred: The Revolutionary Diet" by Ian K. Smith
15. "Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation" by Michael Pollan
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "A Wanted Man" by Lee Child
2. "Sea Glass Island" by Sherryl Woods
3. "Big Sky Summer" by Linda Lael Miller
4. "Leopard's Prey" by Christine Feehan
5. "One Summer" by David Baldacci
6. "Just One Kiss" by Susan Mallery
7. "The Storm" by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown
8. "Something Wicked" by Lisa Jackson
9. "Sweet Talk" by Julie Garwood
10. "Black List" by Brad Thor
11. "Happy Endings" by Nora Roberts
12. "Stolen Prey" by John Sandford
13. "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson, David Ellis
14. "Once upon a Tower" by Eloisa James
15. "The Night Is Watching" by Heather Graham
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "DSM-5" by American Psychiatric Association
2. "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander
3. "Zoo" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
4. "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. "World War Z" by Max Brooks
6. "Control" by Glenn Beck
7. "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter
8. "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayed
9. "Desk Reference to the DSM-5" by American Psychiatric Associaiton
10. "America the Beautiful" by Ben Carson
11. "The Witness" by Nora Roberts
12. "Weber's New Real Grilling" by Jamie Purviance
13. "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple
14. "Quiet" by Susan Cain
15. "Sea Swept" by Nora Roberts
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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