Sunday, December 29, 2013

J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' returns to best-sellers lists 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 only one new book at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.


"Killing Jesus" by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard replaced "Things That Matter" by Charles Krauthammer as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

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

"Notorious Nineteen" by Janet Evanovich remained the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list for the fifth week in a row.

"Miss Kay's Duck Commander Kitchen" by Kay Robertson remained the top book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the third straight week.

There were no new books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list. It was the same 15 books, just in a slightly different order.

There was only one new book on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that wasn’t on the list last week - "Break Out!" by Joel Osteen, which was No. 15 on the list.

There were four new books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. Those books (and their places on the list) included "Zoo" by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (2), "A Bend in the Road" by Nicholas Sparks (7), "The Fifth Assassin" by Brad Meltzer (10) and "The Sins of the Mother" by Danielle Steel (13).

There were four books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien (8), "The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling (11), "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter (13) and "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?" by Maria Semple (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. "Command Authority" by Tom Clancy
4. "Doctor Sleep" by Stephen King
5. "Cross My Heart" by James Patterson
6. "Takedown Twenty" by Janet Evanovich
7. "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt
8. "The Longest Ride" by Nicholas Sparks
9. "Innocence" by Dean Koontz
10. "King and Maxwell" by David Baldacci
11. "The Gods of Guilt" by Michael Connelly
12. "Inferno" by Dan Brown
13. "And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini
14. "Dust" by Patricia Cornwell
15. "S'' by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Killing Jesus" by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
2. "Things That Matter" by Charles Krauthammer
3. "Guinness World Records 2014" by Guinness World Records
4. "George Washington's Secret Six" by Brian Kilmeade
5. "David and Goliath" by Malcolm Gladwell
6. "The Pioneer Woman Cooks" by Ree Drummond
7. "Miracles and Massacres" by Glenn Beck
8. "Si-Cology 1" by Si Robertson
9. "The Bully Pulpit" by Doris Kearns Goodwin
10. "I Am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai
11. "Let Me Off at the Top!" by Ron Burgandy
12. "The Duck Commander Devotional" by Alan Robertson
13. "Happy, Happy, Happy" by Phil Robertson
14. "Humans of New York" by Brandon Stanton
15. "Break Out!" by Joel Osteen

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Notorious Nineteen" by Janet Evanovich
2. "Zoo" by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
3. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
4. "Threat Vector" by Tom Clancy
5. "The Racketeer" by John Grisham
6. "Poseidon's Arrow" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
7. "A Bend in the Road" by Nicholas Sparks
8. "Private: Number 1 Suspect" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
9. "Sinister" by Lisa Jackson
10. "The Fifth Assassin" by Brad Meltzer
11. "The Gift of Christmas" by Debbie Macomber
12. "Unintended Consequences" by Stuart Woods
13. "The Sins of the Mother" by Danielle Steel
14. "The Mackade Brothers" by Nora Roberts
15. "Hunting Eve" by Iris Johansen

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Miss Kay's Duck Commander Kitchen" by Kay Robertson
2. "Hyperbole and a Half" by Allie Brosh
3. "Dark Witch" by Nora Roberts
4. "World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014" by Sarah Janssen
5. "The Storyteller" by Jodi Picoult
6. "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell
7. "Dear Life" by Alice Munroe
8. "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien
9. "The Chew" by Mario Batali
10. "Dog Shaming" by Pascale Lemire
11. "The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling
12. "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
13. "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter
14. "Unlikely Loves" by Jennifer S. Holland
15. "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?" by Maria Semple


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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