Sunday, January 29, 2012

'Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor' book appears on best-sellers 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, there are three new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"Private: Number 1 Suspect" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro replaced "Believing the Lie" by Elizabeth George as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America" by Mark R. Levin replaced "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History" by Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice and Scott McEwen as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer replaced "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson as the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson remained the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

There are four 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 "Death of Kings: A Novel" by Bernard Cornwell (2), "Raylan: A Novel" by Elmore Leaonard (7), "The Rope: An Anna Pigeon Novel" by Nevada Barr (9) and "Shadows in Flight" by Orson Scott Card (10).

There are three books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America" by Mark R. Levin (1), "The End of Illness' by David Agus (3) and "The Psychology of Wealth: Understand Your Relationship with Money and Achieve Prosperity" by Charles L. Richards (5).

There are three books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor" by Dick Couch and George Galdorisi (10), "On Lavender Lane: A Shelter Bay Novel" by JoAnn Ross (12) and "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin (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 New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander and Cornel West (12) and "Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--Turned Its Back on the Middle Class" by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson (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. "Private: Number 1 Suspect" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
2. "Death of Kings: A Novel" by Bernard Cornwell
3. "Believing the Lie" by Elizabeth George
4. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
5. "Death Comes to Pemberley" by P.D. James
6. "11/22/63" by Stephen King
7. "Raylan: A Novel" by Elmore Leaonard
8. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
9. "The Rope: An Anna Pigeon Novel" by Nevada Barr
10. "Shadows in Flight" by Orson Scott Card
11. "Gideon's Corpse" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
12. "Star Wars: Darth Plagueis" by James Luceno
13. "Locked On" by Tom Clancy and Mark Greany
14. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
15. "Love in a Nutshell" by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America" by Mark R. Levin
2. "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice and Scott McEwen
3. "The End of Illness' by David Agus
4. "Steve Jobs: A Biography" by Walter Isaacson
5. "The Psychology of Wealth" by Charles L. Richards
6. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
7. "Through My Eyes" by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker
8. "Taking People with You" by David Novak
9. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
10. "Deliciously G-Free" by Elisabeth Hasselbeck
11. "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman
12. "The Obamas" by Jodi Kantor
13. "The 17 Day Diet" by Dr. Mike Moreno
14. "Sexperiment" by Ed Young and Lisa Young
15. "Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch" by Sally Bedell Smith

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
2. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
3. "The Jefferson Key" by Steve Berry
4. "The Sentry" by Robert Crais
5. "Hidden Summit" by Robyn Carr
6. "You...Again" by Debbie Macomber
7. "Trader of Secrets: A Paul Madriani Novel" by Steve Martini
8. "A Game of Thrones' by George R.R. Martin
9. "Minding Frankie" by Maeve Binchy
10. "Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor" by Dick Couch and George Galdorisi
11. "Smokin' Seventeen" by Janet Evanovich
12. "On Lavender lane: A shelter Bay Novel" by JoAnn Ross
13. "Skeleton Coast" by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul
14. "Spirit Bound" by Christine Feehan
15. "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
2. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
3. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
4. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
5. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
6. "The Tiger's Wife: A Novel" by Tea Obreht
7. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
8. "Assholes Finish First" by Tucker Max
9. "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: A George Smiley Novel" by John LeCarre
10. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
11. "10th Anniversary" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
12. "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander and Cornel West
13. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
14. "Night Road" Kristin Hannah
15. "Winner-Take-AllPolitics" by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson

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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