Sunday, September 23, 2012

New Guinness Book of World Records appears 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 only one new book at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"A Wanted Man" by Lee Child replaced "Zoo" by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"No Easy Day" by Mark Owen remained the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the second straight week.

"Red Mist" by Patricia Cornwell remained the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list for the second week in a row.

“Fifty Shades of Grey” by E.L. James retained its place atop the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the 24th week in a row.

There are seven 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 "A Wanted Man" by Lee Child (1), "Delusion in Death" by J.D. Robb (3), "Telegraph Avenue" by Michael Chabon (7), "Frozen Heat" by Richard Castle (8), "This Is How You Lose Her" by Junoit Diaz (9), "Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice" by Michael Brandman (10) and "The Blinding Knife" by Brent Weeks (12).

There are seven books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Price of Politics" by Bob Woodward (2), "Divine Healing Hands" by Zhi Gang Sha, M.D. (3), "Guinness World Records 2013" by Guinness World Records (4), "Darling Greatly" by Brene Brown (6), "Change Your Words, Change Your Life" by Joyce Meyer (12), "Savoring the Seasons with Our Best Bites" by Sara Wells (13) and "A Father First" by Dwyane Wade (15).

There are two books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Angel of the Dark" by Sidney Sheldon and Tilly Bagshawe (14) and "The Litigators" by John Grisham (15).

There are three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. The include "Admired: 21 Ways to Double Your Value" by Mark C. Thompson (6), "The Bridesmaid" by Beverly Lewis (8) and "The Barbinger" by Jonathan Cahn (14).

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. "A Wanted Man" by Lee Child
2. "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom
3. "Delusion in Death" by J.D. Robb
4. "Zoo" by Petterson and Ledwidge
5. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
6. "The Tombs" by Clive Cussler
7. "Telegraph Avenue" by Michael Chabon
8. "Frozen Heat" by Richard Castle
9. "This Is How You Lose Her" by Junoit Diaz
10. "Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice" by Michael Brandman
11. "The Inn at Rose Harbor: A Novel" by Debbie Macomber
12. "The Blinding Knife" by Brent Weeks
13. "Last to Die" by Tess Gerritsen
14. "The Light Between Oceans" by M.L. Stedman
15. "NW" by Zadie Smith

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen
2. "The Price of Politics" by Bob Woodward
3. "Divine Healing Hands" by Zhi Gang Sha, M.D.
4. "Guinness World Records 2013" by Guinness World Records
5. "Obama's America: Unmaking the American Dream" by Dinesh D'Souza
6. "Darling Greatly" by Brene Brown
7. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
8. "The Amateur" by Edward Klein
9. "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed
10. "Mortality" by Christopher Hitchens
11. "The Power of the Prophetic Blessing" by John Hagee
12. "Change Your Words, Change Your Life" by Joyce Meyer
13. "Savoring the Seasons with Our Best Bites" by Sara Wells
14. "How Children Succeed" by Paul Tough
15. "A Father First" by Dwyane Wade

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Red Mist" by Patricia Cornwell
2. "Zero Day" by David Baldacci
3. "The Race" by Clive Cussler
4. "Kill Shot" by Vince Flynn
5. "I Left My Heart" by Debbie Macomber
6. "77 Shadow Street" by Dean R. Koontz
7. "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett
8. "Where Azaleas Bloom" by Sherryl Woods
9. "Stranger in the Moonlight" by Jude Deveraux
10. "Blue Skies" by Robyn Carr
11. "Don't Blink" by James Patterson
12. "Mysterious" by Nora Roberts
13. "Alex Cross" by James Patterson
14. "Angel of the Dark" by Sidney Sheldon and Tilly Bagshawe
15. "The Litigators" by John Grisham

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. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
6. "Admired: 21 Ways to Double Your Value" by Mark C. Thompson
7. "Beautiful Disaster: A Novel" by Jamie McGuire
8. "The Bridesmaid" by Beverly Lewis
9. "The Shoemaker's Wife" by Adriana Trigiani
10. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
11. "To Heaven And Back" by Mary C. Neal
12. "11/22/63" by Stephen King
13. "The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides
14. "The Barbinger" by Jonathan Cahn
15. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

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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