Sunday, April 21, 2013

New Mary Higgins Clark book takes top spot on best-sellers list

Today is Sunday, so that means that it’s time for my weekly breakdown of this week’s Publishers Weekly Best-Sellers Lists. According to those lists, there is only one new book at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"Daddy's Gone a Hunting" by Mary Higgins Clark replaced "Starting Now" by Debbie Macomber as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg remained the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the fifth week in a row.

"The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks remained the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list for the second straight week.

"The Witness" by Nora Roberts remained the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the second consecutive week.

There were five books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on that list lat week. They (and their places on the list) included "Daddy's Gone a Hunting" by Mary Higgins Clark (1), "Don't Go" by Lisa Scottoline (2), "Unintended Consequences" by Stuart Woods (4), "The Interestings" by Meg Wolitzer (13) and "Tapestry of Fortunes" by Elizabeth Berg (15).

There were seven books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "The Fast Metabolism Diet" by Haylie Pomroy (2), "Give and Take" by Adam Grant (7), "I Declare" by Joel Osteen (9), "Nature's Fortune" by Mark Tercek, Jonathan Adams (12), "The One Thing" by Gary Keller (13), "A Higher Call" by Adam Makos (14) and "Unsinkable" by Debbie Reynolds (15).

There was only one book on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that wasn’t on the list last week - "You Don't Want to Know" by Lisa Jackson, which was No. 14 on the list.

There were two books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Waking Up in Heaven" by Crystal McVea (12) and "Quiet" by Susan Cain (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. "Daddy's Gone a Hunting" by Mary Higgins Clark
2. "Don't Go" by Lisa Scottoline
3. "Starting Now" by Debbie Macomber
4. "Unintended Consequences" by Stuart Woods
5. "Six Years" by Harlan Coben
6. "Life After Life" by Kate Atkinson
7. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
8. "The Storyteller" by Jodi Picoult
9. "The Burgess Boys: A Novel" by Elizabeth Strout
10. "Manuscript Found in Accra" by Paulo Coelho
11. "Alex Cross, Run" by James Patterson
12. "A Week in Winter" by Maeve Binchy
13. "The Interestings" by Meg Wolitzer
14. "Lover at Last: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood" by J.R. Ward
15. "Tapestry of Fortunes" by Elizabeth Berg

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg
2. "The Fast Metabolism Diet" by Haylie Pomroy
3. "It's All Good" by Gwyneth Paltro
4. "The Duck Commander Family" by Willie Robertson
5. "Life Code" by Phil McGraw
6. "The FastDiet" by Michael Mosley
7. "Give and Take" by Adam Grant
8. "Making Good Habits, Breaking Bad Habits" by Joyce Meyer
9. "I Declare" by Joel Osteen
10. "Gulp" by Mary Roach
11. "Shred" by Ian K. Smith
12. "Nature's Fortune" by Mark Tercek, Jonathan Adams
13. "The One Thing" by Gary Keller
14. "A Higher Call" by Adam Makos
15. "Unsinkable" by Debbie Reynolds

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
2. "The Lost Years" by Mary Higgins Clark
3. "Delusion in Death" by J.D. Robb
4. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham
5. "Now You See Her" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
6. "The Wanderer" by Robyn Carr
7. "Severe Clear" by Stuart Woods
8. "Sand Castle Bay" by Sherryl Woods
9. "Sleep No More" by Iris Johansen
10. "Balancing Act" by Fern Michaels
11. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci
12. "Dry Gulch Ambush" by William W. Johnstone
13. "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
14. "You Don't Want to Know" by Lisa Jackson
15. "And Then She Fell" by Stephanie Laurens

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Witness" by Nora Roberts
2. "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander
3. "The Forgotten" by David Baldacci
4. "I, Michael Bennett" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
5. "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayed
6. "Walking Disaster" by Jamie McGuire
7. "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter
8. "Obamacare Survival Guide" by Nick J. Tate
9. "America the Beautiful" by Ben Carson M.D. and Candy Carson
10. "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James
11. "The Guardian" by Beverly Lewis
12. "Waking Up in Heaven" by Crystal McVea
13. "Fever" by Maya Banks
14. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham
15. "Quiet" by Susan Cain

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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