J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' returns to best-sellers lists this week

Today is 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.

"Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel" by Janet Evanovich replaced "The Last Man: A Novel" as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

“Kill Alex Cross" by James Patterson replaced "Jack Reacher: One Shot: A Novel" by Lee Child 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 second week in a row.

"The Perfect Hope" by Nora Roberts remained the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the third straight week.

There are three 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 "Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel" by Janet Evanovich (1), "Agenda 21" by Glenn Beck and Harriet Parke (2) and "The Forgotten" by David Baldacci (3).

There are four books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life" by Timothy Ferriss (3), "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road" by Willie Nelson and Kinky Friedman (11), "Bruce" by Peter Ames Carlin (13) and "The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy" by David Nasaw (14).

There are five books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include “Kill Alex Cross" by James Patterson (1), "Wicked Business: A Lizzy and Diesel Novel" by Janet Evanovich (2), "Glad Tidings" by Debbie Macomber (8), "Golden Shores" by Nora Roberts (13) and "Already Home" by Susan Mallery (14).

There is only one book on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that wasn’t on the list last week - "The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again" by J.R.R. Tolkien, which was No. 15 on that list.

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. "Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel" by Janet Evanovich
2. "Agenda 21" by Glenn Beck and Harriet Parke
3. "The Forgotten" by David Baldacci
4. "Merry Christmas, Alex Cross" by James Patterson
5. "The Racketeer" by John Grisham
6. "The Last Man: A Novel" by Vince Flynn
7. "The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling
8. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
9. "Cross Roads" by Wm. Paul Young
10. "Poseidon's Arrow" by Clive Cussler
11. "Flight Behavior" by Barbara Kingsolver
12. "The Sins of the Mother" by Danielle Steel
13. "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom
14. "Winter of the World" by Ken Follett
15. "The Panther" by Nelson DeMille

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Killing Kennedy" by Bill O'Reilly
2. "Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust" by Ina Garten
3. "The 4-Hour Chef" by Timothy Ferriss
4. "Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" by Jon Meachum
5. "Guinness World Records 2013" by Guinness World Records
6. "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen
7. "The Signal and the Noise" by Nate Silver
8. "Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
9. "I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak" by Joel Osteen
10. "America Again" by Stephen Colbert
11. "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die" by Willie Nelson and Kinky Friedman
12. "The Last Lion" by William Manchester
13. "Bruce" by Peter Ames Carlin
14. "The Patriarch" by David Nasaw
15. "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" by Geoff Tibballs

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. Kill Alex Cross" by James Patterson
2. "Wicked Business: A Lizzy and Diesel Novel" by Janet Evanovich
3. "Jack Reacher: One Shot: A Novel" by Lee Child
4. "V Is for Vengeance" by Sue Grafton
5. "Hotel Vendome" by Danielle Steel
6. "Devil's Gate" by Clive Cussler
7. "1225 Christmas Tree Lane" by Debbie Macomber
8. "Glad Tidings" by Debbie Macomber
9. "Down the Darkest Road" by Tami Hoag
10. "My Kind of Christmas" by Robyn Carr
11. "A Winter Wonderland" by Fern Michaels
12. "The Drop" by Michael Connelly
13. "Golden Shores" by Nora Roberts
14. "Already Home" by Susan Mallery
15. "The Litigators" by John Grisham

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Perfect Hope" by Nora Roberts
2. "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James
3. "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander
4. "Reflected in You" by Sylvia Day
5. "Fifty Shades Freed" by E.L. James
6. "Fifty Shades Darker" by E.L. James
7. "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
8. "Bared to You" by Sylvia Day
9. "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
11. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci
12. "Lone Wolf" by Jodi Picoult
13. "The Harbinger" by Jonathan Cahn
14. "To Heaven and Back" by Mary C. Neal
15. "The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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.