Sunday, September 18, 2011

Clive Cussler's 'The Race,' 'Lost Empire' appear on best-sellers lists

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 one new book at the top of the four major best-seller lists this week.

"Port Mortuary" by Patricia Cornwell replaced "The Reversal" by Michael Connelly as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"Kill Me If You Can" by James Patterson and Marshall Karp retained the No. 1 spot on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir" by Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney remains the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett retained the top spot on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

There are six books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They (along with their place on the list) include "The Race" by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott (2), "Dark Predator" by Christine Feehan (3), "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach (5), "Prey" by Linda Howard (6), "Pirate King" by Laurie R. King (7) and "The Tears of the Sun" by S.M. Stirling (13).

There are six books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Start Something That Matters" by Blake Mycoskie (2), "That Used to Be Us" by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum (3), "The Two-Second Advantage" by Vivek Ranadive and Kevin Maney (4), "Willpower" by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney (12), "Living Beyond Your Feelings" by Joyce Meyer (13) and "Just My Type" by Simon Garfield (14).

There are six books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "Envy" by J.R. Ward (4), "Lost Empire" by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood (6), "The Emperor's Tomb" by Steve Berry (10), "Strategic Moves" by Stuart Woods (12), "Canyons of Night" by Jayne Castle (14) and "Archangel's Blade" by Nalini Singh (15).

There are two books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Mercy" by Beverly Lewis (3) and "Cleopatra" by Stacy Schiff (7).

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. "Kill Me If You Can" by James Patterson and Marshall Karp
2. "The Race" by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
3. "Dark Predator" by Christine Feehan
4. "A Dance With Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
5. "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach
6. "Prey" by Linda Howard
7. "Pirate King" by Laurie R. King
8. "Flash and Bones: A Novel" by Kathy Reichs
9. "The Leftovers" by Tom Perrotta
10. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larrson
11. "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain
12. "The Sookie Stackhouse Companion" by Charlaine Harris
13. "The Tears of the Sun" by S.M. Stirling
14. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
15. "A Trick of the Light: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel" by Louise Perry

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir" by Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney
2. "Start Something That Matters" by Blake Mycoskie
3. "That Used to Be Us" by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
4. "The Two-Second Advantage" by Vivek Ranadive and Kevin Maney
5. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
6. "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard
7. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson
8. "The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor's Plan Design for Rapid Results" by Dr. Mike Moreno
9. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
10. "1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created" by Charles C. Mann
11. "Go the F--k to Sleep" by Adam Mansbach and Illustrations by Ricardo Cortes
12. "Willpower" by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney
13. "Living Beyond Your Feelings" by Joyce Meyer
14. "Just My Type" by Simon Garfield
15. "The Dukan Diet" by Pierre Dukan

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Port Mortuary" by Patricia Cornwell
2. "American Assassin: A Thriller" by Vince Flynn
3. "1105 Yakima Street by Debbie Macomber
4. "Envy" by J.R. Ward
5. "The Confession: A Novel" by John Grisham
6. "Lost Empire" by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood
7. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
8. "The Reversal" by Michael Connelly
9. "Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue: A Cynster Novel" by Stephanie Laurens
10. "The Emperor's Tomb" by Steve Berry
11. "Canyons of Night: Book Three of the Looking Glass Trilogy" by Jayne Castle
12. "Strategic Moves" by Stuart Woods
13. "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
14. "Canyons of Night" by Jayne Castle
15. "Archangel's Blade" by Nalini Singh

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
2. "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
3. "The Mercy" by Beverly Lewis
4. "Room" by Emma Donoghue
5. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
6. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
7. "Cleopatra" by Stacy Schiff
8. "One Day" by David Nicholls
9. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks
10. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell
11. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
12. "Fall of Giants: Book One of the Century Trilogy" by Ken Follett
13. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls
14. "Unlikely Friendships" by Jennifer S. Holland
15. "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein

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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