Sunday, December 19, 2010

New Tom Clancy book, 'Dead or Alive,' takes top best-seller spot

It’s Sunday, so that means that it’s time for my weekly review of this week’s Publishers Weekly Best-Seller List. According to the list, we’ve got two new books at the top of the four major best-seller lists this week.

“Dead or Alive” by Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood replaced “Port Mortuary” by Patricia Cornwell as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-seller list.

“Inside of a Dog” by Alexandra Horwitz replaced “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson as the top book on the trade paperbacks best-seller list.

“Decision Points” by George W. Bush retained the top spot on the hardcover nonfiction best-seller list, and “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown kept the No. 1 spot on the mass market paperback best-seller list.

There are two books on this week’s hardcover fiction bestseller list that weren’t on that list last week. Those books (and their positions on this week’s list) include “Dead or Alive” by Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood (1) and “Freedom: A Novel” by Jonathan Franzen (7).

There are two books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction bestseller list that weren’t on that list last week. Those books are "Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep and Understand a Man” by Steve Harvey (6) and “Suck on This Year: LYFAO at 140 Characters of Less” by Denis Leary (15).

There are two books on this week’s mass market paperbacks list that weren’t on the list last week. Those books are “Lucid Intervals: A Stone Barrington Novel” by Stuart Woods (9) and “No Place to Run” by Maya Banks (15).

There are four books on this week’s trade paperbacks list that weren’t on the list last week. Those books are “A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations: Two Novels” by Charles Dickens (10), “The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead” by Max Brooks (13), “Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life’s Adversities” by Elizabeth Edwards and “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho (15).

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. "Dead or Alive" by Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood
2. "The Confession" by John Grisham
3. "Cross Fire" by James Patterson
4. "Port Mortuary" by Patricia Cornwell
5. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
6. "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King
7. "Freedom: A Novel" by Jonathan Franzen
8. "Hell's Corner" by David Baldacci
9. "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett
10. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
11. "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary" by David Sedaris
12. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks
13. "An Object of Beauty" by Steve Martin
14. "Crescent Dawn" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
15. "Towers of Midnight" by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Decision Points" by George W. Bush
2. "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand
3. "Life" by Keith Richards
4. "Autobiography of Mark Twain" by Ed. by Harriet Elinor Smith
5. "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race" by Jon Stewart
6. "Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man" by Steve Harvey
7. "Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?" by Ina Garten
8. "Cleopatra: A Life" by Stacy Schiff
9. "Broke" by Glenn Beck
10. "America by Heart" by Sarah Palin
11. "Decoded" by Jay-Z
12. "I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections" by Nora Ephron
13. "Kardashian Konfidential" by Kourtney, Kim, Khloe Kardashian
14. "Sh t My Dad Says" by Justin Halpern
15. "Suck on This Year: LYFAO at 140 Characters or Less" by Denis Leary

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown
2. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
3. "U is for Undertow" by Sue Grafton
4. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
5. "Breathless" by Dean Koontz
6. "Alex Cross's Trial" by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
7. "Hungry For You: An Argeneau Novel" by Lynsay Sands
8. "The Other Side" by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Patricia Gaffney and Ruth Ryan Langan
9. "Lucid Intervals: A Stone Barrington Novel" by Stuart Woods
10. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson
11. "Lover Mine: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood" by J.R. Ward
12. "The Sooner the Better" by Debbie Macomber
13. "O'Hurley's Return" by Nora Roberts
14. "Rainwater" by Sandra Brown
15. "No Place to Run" by Maya Banks

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Inside of a Dog" by Alexandra Horwitz
2. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
3. "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert
4. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
5. "House Rules" by Jodi Picoult
6. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
7. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein
8. "Happy Ever After" by Nora Roberts
9. "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave
10. "A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations: Two Novels" by Charles Dickens
11. "Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel" by Jeannette Walls
12. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
13. "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead" by Max Brooks
14. "Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities" by Elizabeth Edwards
15. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

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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