Sunday, July 29, 2012

2004 Patricia Cornwell novel, 'Trace,' reappears on best-sellers list

It’s Sunday, so that means that it’s time for my weekly breakdown of this week’s Publishers Weekly Best-Seller List. According to the list, there is new book at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"The Fallen Angel" by Daniel Silva replaced “Shadow of Night” by Deborah E. Harkness as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

“Wild by Cheryl Strayed remained the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the second week in a row.

“The Litigators” by John Grisham remained the No. 1 book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list for the fourth week in a row.

“Fifty Shades of Grey” by E.L. James retained its place atop the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the sixteenth week in a row.

There are four books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They (along with their place on the list) include "The Fallen Angel" by Daniel Silva (1), "Creole Belle" by James Lee Burke (6), "The Sandcastle Girls" by Chris Bohjalian (9) and "Close Your Eyes" by Iris Johansen (11).

There are six books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "A Year Up" by Gerald Chertavian (2), "The Mobile Wave" by Michael Saylor (5), "Eat More of What You Love" by Marlene Koch (6), "How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything...in Business (and in Life)" by Dov Seidman (7), "The Communist" by Paul Kengor (11) and "Out of the Blue" by Victor Cruz (12).

There are two books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Lethal" by Sandra Brown (3) and "Trace" by Patricia Cornwell (15).

There are two books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "On the Island" by Tracey Garvis Graves (14) and "Maine" by J. Courtney Sullivan (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. "The Fallen Angel" by Daniel Silva
2. "I, Michael Bennett" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
3. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
4. "Shadow of Night" by Deborah E. Harkness
5. "Backfire" by Catherine Coulter
6. "Creole Belle" by James Lee Burke
7. "The Next Best Thing: A Novel" by Jennifer Weiner
8. "Wicked Business" by Janet Evanovich
9. "The Sandcastle Girls" by Chris Bohjalian
10. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
11. "Close Your Eyes" by Iris Johansen
12. "15 Seconds" by Andrew Gross
13. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham
14. "Summerland" by Elin Hilderbrand
15. "Bloodline: A Sigma Force Novel" by James Rollins

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed
2. "A Year Up" by Gerald Chertavian
3. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard
4. "The Amateur" by Edward Klein
5. "The Mobile Wave" by Michael Saylor
6. "Eat More of What You Love" by Marlene Koch
7. "How" by Dov Seidman
8. "The Skinny Rules" by Bob Harper with Greg Critser
9. "Cowards" by Glenn Beck
10. "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson
11. "The Communist" by Paul Kengor
12. "Out of the Blue" by Victor Cruz
13. "Dream Team" by Jack McCallum
14. "The Great Destroyer" by David Limbaugh
15. "It Worked for Me" by Colin Powell

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
2. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks
3. "Lethal" by Sandra Brown
4. "Split Second" by Catherine Coulter
5. "Private Games" by James Patterson
6. "Savor the Moment" by Nora Roberts
7. "Family Affair" by Debbie Macomber
8. "The Silent Girl" by Tess Gerritsen
9. "Gun Games" by Faye Kellerman
10. "Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich
11. "Summer People" by Elin Hilderbrand
12. "Midnight Promises" by Sherryl Woods
13. "Summer Nights" by Susan Mallery
14. "Afraid to Die" Lisa Jackson
15. "Trace" by Patricia Cornwell

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James
2. "Fifty Shades Darker" by E.L. James
3. "Fifty Shades Freed" by E.L. James
4. "Bared to You" by Sylvia Day
5. "To Heaven And Back" by Mary C. Neal
6. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
7. "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
8. "Private Games" by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
9. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Lawson
10. "A Stolen Life: a Memoir" by Jaycee Lee Dugard
11. "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles
12. "A Discovery of Witches" by Deborah E. Harkness
13. "Farenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
14. "On the Island" by Tracey Garvis Graves
15. "Maine" by J. Courtney Sullivan

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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