Sunday, November 24, 2013

Patricia Cornwell's new novel, 'Dust,' debuts 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 are two new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"Touch & Go" by Lisa Gardner replaced "The Gift of Christmas" by Debbie Macomber as the No. 1 book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"Miss Kay's Duck Commander Kitchen" by Kay Robertson replaced "Dark Witch" by Nora Roberts as the top book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

"Sycamore Row" by John Grisham remained the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list for the fourth week in a row.

"Killing Jesus" by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard remained the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the second straight week.

There were four books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They (and their places on the list) included "The First Phone Call from Heaven" by Mitch Albom (2), "Dust" by Patricia Cornwell (3), "White Fire" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (4) and "Merry Christmas, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (12).

There were three books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Soul Healing Miracles" by Zhi Gang Sha (6), "Good Tidings and Great Joy" by Sarah Palin (9) and "Grain Brain" by David Perlmutter and Kristen Loberg (11)

There were no new books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list. This week’s new list consisted of the same 15 books as last week. They were just in a slightly different order. This doesn’t happen often, but it does happen, maybe two or three times a year.

There were three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter (12), "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple (14) and "The Light Between Oceans" by M.L. Stedman (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. "Sycamore Row" by John Grisham
2. "The First Phone Call from Heaven" by Mitch Albom
3. "Dust" by Patricia Cornwell
4. "White Fire" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
5. "The Longest Ride" by Nicholas Sparks
6. "Doctor Sleep" by Stephen King
7. "Mirage" by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul
8. "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt
9. "Winners" by Danielle Steel
10. "The Valley of Amazement" by Amy Tan
11. "The All Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion" by Fannie Flagg
12. "Merry Christmas, Alex Cross" by James Patterson
13. "We Are Water" by Wally Lamb
14. "Identical" by Scott Turow
15. "The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon" by Alexander McCall Smith

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Killing Jesus" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
2. "Things That Matter" by Charles Krauthammer
3. "The Pioneer Woman Cooks" by Ree Drummond
4. "Si-Cology 1" by Si Robertson
5. "The Bully Pulpit" by Doris Kearns Goodwin
6. "Soul Healing Miracles" by Zhi Gang Sha
7. "Guinness World Records 2014" by Guinness World Records
8. "David and Goliath" by Malcolm Gladwell
9. "Good Tidings and Great Joy" by Sarah Palin
10. "I Am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai
11. "Grain Brain" by David Perlmutter and Kristen Loberg
12. "Double Down" by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann
13. "George Washington's Secret Six" by Brian Kilmeade
14. "Giada's Feel Good Food" by Giada De Laurentiis
15. "The Duck Commander Devotional" by Alan Robertson

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Touch & Go" by Lisa Gardner
2. "Poseidon's Arrow" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
3. "The Gift of Christmas" by Debbie Macomber
4. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
5. "Private: Number 1 Suspect" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
6. "Angels at the Table" by Debbie Macomber
7. "An Outlaw's Christmas" by Linda Lael Miller
8. "Wyoming Bold" by Diana Palmer
9. "The Racketeer" by John Grisham
10. "Not Without You" by Nora Roberts
11. "Secret Santa" by Fern Michaels
12. "A Virgin River Christmas" Robyn Carr
13. "A Big Sky Christmas" by William W. Johnstone
14. "The Sins of the Mother" by Danielle Steel
15. "The Sum of All Kisses" by Julia Quinn

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Miss Kay's Duck Commander Kitchen" by Kay Robertson
2. "Dark Witch" by Nora Roberts
3. "The Storyteller" by Jodi Picoult
4. "Hyperbole and a Half" by Allie Brosh
5. "Dear Life" by Alice Munroe
6. "Quiet" by Susan Cain
7. "Unlikely Loves" by Jennifer S. Holland
8. "When Will the Heaven Begin?" by Ally Breedlove
9. "The Hit" by David Baldacci
10. "Brain on Fire" by Susannah Cahalan
11. "Four Blood Moons" by John Hagee
12. "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter
13. "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
14. "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple
15. "The Light Between Oceans" by M.L. Stedman

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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