Sunday, October 28, 2012

New 'Walking Dead' novel debuts on best-sellers list this week

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 are two new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"The Panther" by Nelson DeMille replaced "The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"The Drop" by Michael Connelly replaced "Shock Wave" by John Sandford as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"Killing Kennedy" by Bill O'Reilly remained the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the third week in a row.

“Fifty Shades of Grey” by E.L. James retained its place atop the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the 29th 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 "The Panther" by Nelson DeMille (1), "The Bone Bed" by Patricia Cornwell (3), "The Twelve: Book Two of the Passage Trilogy" by Justin Cronin (4), "The Secret Keeper" by Kate Morton (9), "Sleep No More" by Iris Johansen (12), "The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury" by Robert Kirkman (13) and "An Irish Country Wedding" by Patrick Taylor (14).

There are six books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Lidia's Favorite Recipes" by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich (4), "True Food" by Andrew Weil (9), "The Finish" by Mark Bowden (11), "Jerusalem: A Cookbook" by Yotam Ottolenghi (12), "The Digest Diet" by Liz Vaccariello (13) and "In the Pleasure Groove" by John Taylor (14).

There are two books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Drop" by Michael Connelly (1) and "Alex Cross" by James Patterson (15).

There are three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. The include "Hungry Girl to the Max!" by Lisa Lillien (4), "The Weekly Coaching Conversation" by Brian Souza (8) and "Alex Cross" by James Patterson (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. "The Panther" by Nelson DeMille
2. "The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling
3. "The Bone Bed" by Patricia Cornwell
4. "The Twelve: Book Two of the Passage Trilogy" by Justin Cronin
5. "NYPD Red" by James Patterson, Marshall Karp
6. "Winter of the World" by Ken Follett
7. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
8. "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom
9. "The Secret Keeper" by Kate Morton
10. "Mad River" by John Sandford
11. "A Wanted Man" by Lee Child
12. "Sleep No More" by Iris Johansen
13. "The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury" by Robert Kirkman
14. "An Irish Country Wedding" by Patrick Taylor
15. "Live by Night" by Dennis Lehane

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Killing Kennedy" by Bill O'Reilly
2. "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen
3. "America Again" by Stephen Colbert
4. "Lidia's Favorite Recipes" by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
5. "Guinness World Records 2013" by Guinness World Records
6. "Who I Am" by Peter Townshend
7. "God Loves You" by David Jeremiah
8. "I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak" by Joel Osteen
9. "True Food" by Andrew Weil
10. "Waging Heavy Peace" by Neil Young
11. "The Finish" by Mark Bowden
12. "Jerusalem: A Cookbook" by Yotam Ottolenghi
13. "The Digest Diet" by Liz Vaccariello
14. "In the Pleasure Groove" by John Taylor
15. "Mugged" by Ann Coulter

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Drop" by Michael Connelly
2. "Shock Wave" by John Sandford
3. "Dead or Alive" by Tom Clancy
4. "Micro" by Michael Crichton
5. "Victims" by Jonathan Kellerman
6. "D.C. Dead" by Stuart Woods
7. "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett
8. "What Doesn't Kill You" by Iris Johansen
9. "A Day Away" by Nora Roberts
10. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Fern Michaels
11. "Thanksgiving Prayer" by Debbie Macomber
12. "Red Mist" by Patricia Cornwell
13. "Zero Day" by David Baldacci
14. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
15. "Alex Cross" by James Patterson

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James
2. "Fifty Shades Freed" by E.L. James
3. "Fifty Shades Darker" by E.L. James
4. "Hungry Girl to the Max!" by Lisa Lillien
5. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci
6. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
7. "Bared to You" by Sylvia Day
8. "The Weekly Coaching Conversation" by Brian Souza
9. "To Heaven and Back" by Mary C. Neal
10. "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson, David Ellis
11. "How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You" by The Oatmeal and Matthew Inman
12. "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell
13. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
14. "Alex Cross" by James Patterson
15. "40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life" by Tommy Newberry

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.

No comments:

Post a Comment