Sunday, August 22, 2010

'Women, Food and God' takes top spot on nonfiction bestseller list

It’s Sunday all over again, and according to this week’s Publishers Weekly Best-Seller List, we’ve got one new book at the top of one of the four major best seller lists.

“Women, Food and God” by Geneen Roth, pictured at right, replaced "Sh*t My Dad Says" by Justin Halpern as the No. 1 book on the hardcover nonfiction list.
“The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg Larsson retained the No. 1 spot on the hardcover fiction list. His book, “The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo,” also retained the top spot on the mass market paperback list. "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert also retained the No. 1 spot on the trade paperbacks best seller list.

There are five books on this week’s hardcover fiction best seller list that weren’t on that list last week. Those books (and their positions on this week’s list) include "Tough Customer: A Novel: by Sandra Brown (2), "Veil of Night: A Novel" by Linda Howard (5), "The Vigilantes" by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV (7), "Cure" by Robin Cook (13), "Death on the D-List" by Nancy Grace (14) and "The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel" by James Lee Burke (15).

There are four books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best seller list that weren’t on that list last week. Those books include "Bury My Heart at Conference Room B: The Unbeatable Impact of Truly Committed Managers" by Stan Slap (3), "It's Not Just Who You Know: Transform Your Life by Turning Colleagues and Contacts in Lasting, Genuine Relationships" by Tommy Spaulding (4), "The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases" by Mike Capuzzo (14) and "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage" by Elizabeth Gilbert (15).

There are three books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best seller list that weren’t on that list last week. Those books are "Fantasy in Death" by J.D. Robb (9), "Running Scared" by Lisa Jackson (11) and "Orchard Valley Brides" by Debbie Macomber (13).

“The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini is No. 15 on this week’s trade paperback best seller list, and it’s the only book that wasn’t on that list last week.
Below you’ll find all four of this week’s best-seller lists. As a reminder, I’m posting these lists each Sunday because they, as a whole, represent a great, contemporary recommended reading list. They 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.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
2. "Tough Customer: A Novel: by Sandra Brown
3. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
4. "Star Island" by Carl Hiaasen
5. "Veil of Night: A Novel" by Linda Howard
6. "The Red Queen: A Novel" by Phillipa Gregory
7. "The Vigilantes" by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV
8. "The Rembrandt Affair" by Daniel Silva
9. "Private" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
10. "Fly Away Home: A Novel" by Jennifer Weiner
11. "The Search" by Nora Roberts
12. "Sizzling Sixteen" by Janet Evanovich
13. "Cure" by Robin Cook
14. "Death on the D-List" by Nancy Grace
15. "The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel" by James Lee Burke

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Women, Food and God" by Geneen Roth
2. "Sh t My Dad Says" by Justin Halpern
3. "Bury My Heart at Conference Room B: The Unbeatable Impact of Truly Committed Managers" by Stan Slap
4. "It's Not Just Who You Know: Transform Your Life by Turning Colleagues and Contacts in Lasting, Genuine Relationships" by Tommy Spaulding
5. "The Obama Diaries" by Laura Ingraham
6. "Empire of the Summer Moon" by S.C. Gwynne
7. "Chelsea, Chelsea, Bang, Bang" by Chelsea Handler
8. "The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Bu78ilding People & Teams That Win Consistently" by Tony Dungy
9. "Angelina: An Unathorized Biography" by Andrew Morton
10. "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
11. "Sliding Into Home" by Kendra Wilkinson
12. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
13. "Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void" by Mary Roach
14. "The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases" by Mike Capuzzo
15. "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage" by Elizabeth Gilbert

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
2. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
3. "Charlie St. Cloud" by Ben Sherwood
4. "Water Bound" by Christine Feehan
5. "Smash Cut: A Novel" by Sandra Brown
6. "The 8th Confession" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
7. "Nine Dragons" by Michael Connelly
8. "World Without End" by Ken Follett
9. "Fantasy in Death" by J.D. Robb
10. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks
11. "Running Scared" by Lisa Jackson
12. "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett
13. "Orchard Valley Brides" by Debbie Macomber
14. "Days of Gold: A Novel" by Jude Deveraux
15. "The Paris Vendetta: A Novel" by Steve Berry

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert
2. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
3. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
4. "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave
5. "Best Friends Forever" by Jennifer Weiner
6. "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
7. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein
8. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
9. "One Day" by David Nicholls
10. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King
11. "The Lacuna: A Novel" by Barbara Kingsolver
12. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
13. "My Horizontal Life" by Chelsea Handler
14. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
15. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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?

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