'Unbroken' reclaims top spot on nonfiction best-seller list

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.

“Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand replaced “Known and Unknown” by Donald Rumsfield as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

“Dreams of a Dark Warrior” by Kresley Cole replaced “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson as the No. 1 book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

“Tick Tock” by James Patterson retained the No. 1 spot on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

“Water for Elephants: A Novel” remained the top book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

There are two books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. Those books (and their place on the list) are "A Heartbeat Away" by Michael Palmer (10) and "The Twelfth Insight" by James Redfield (15).

There are four books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "True You" by Janet Jackson with David Ritz (3), "How the West Was Lost" by Dambisa Moyo-Farrar (9), "Straight Talk, No Chaser" by Steve Harvey (14) and "Life" by Keith Richards (15).

There is only one book on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that wasn’t on that list last week - "Dreams of a Dark Warrior" by Kresley Cole, which was No. 1 on the list.

There are two books on this week’s trade paperbacks list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls (14) and "What the Dog Saw" by Malcolm Gladwell (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. "Tick Tock" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
2. "A Discovery of Witches" by Deborah Harkness
3. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
4. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
5. "The Confession" by John Grisham
6. "Dead or Alive" by Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood
7. "The Inner Circle" by Brad Meltzer
8. "The Secret Soldier" by Alex Berenson
9. "Room: A Novel" by Emma Donoghue
10. "A Heartbeat Away" by Michael Palmer
11. "What the Night Knows: A Novel" by Dean Koontz
12. "Strategic Moves" by Stuart Woods
13. "Swamplandia!" by Karen Russell
14. "The Weird Sisters" by Eleanor Brown
15. "The Twelfth Insight" by James Redfield

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand
2. "Known and Unknown" by Donald Rumsfield
3. "True You" by Janet Jackson with David Ritz
4. "I Beat the Odds" by Michael Oher with Don Yaeger
5. "Decision Points" by George W. Bush
6. "The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommom Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman" by Timothy Ferriss
7. "Cleopatra: A Life" by Stacy Schiff
8. "Veganist" by Kathy Freston
9. "How the West Was Lost" by Dambisa Moyo-Farrar
10. "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua
11. "The Investment Answer" by Daniel C. Goldie and Gordon S. Murray
12. "In the Blink of an Eye" by Michael Waltrip & Ellis Henican
13. "The Pioneer Woman" by Ree Drummond
14. "Straight Talk, No Chaser" by Steve Harvey
15. "Life" by Keith Richards

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Dreams of a Dark Warrior" by Kresley Cole
2. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
3. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
4. "Swimsuit" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
5. "Deliver Us From Evil" by David Baldacci
6. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown
7. "Tom Clancy's Endwar" by David Michaels
8. "The Lincoln Lawyer" by Michael Connelly
9. "Split Image" by Robert B. Parker
10. "This Body of Death" by Elizabeth George
11. "Marrying Daisy Bellamy" by Susan Wiggs
12. "Frankenstein: Lost Souls" by Dean Koontz
13. "Wild Man Creek" by Robyn Carr
14. "Broken" by Karin Slaughter
15. "Here to Stay" by Catherine Anderson

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Water for Elephants: A Novel" by Sara Gruen
2. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
3. "Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
4. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
5. "Inside of a Dog" by Alexandra Horowitz
6. The Postmistress" by Sarah Blake
7. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
8. "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave
9. "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
10. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein
11. "Committed" by Elizabeth Gilbert
12. "True Grit" by Charles Portis
13. "Winter Garden" by Kristin Hannah
14. "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
15. "What the Dog Saw" by Malcolm Gladwell

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.