Sunday, May 19, 2013

Final 'Sookie Stackhouse' novel 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 are three new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel" by Charlaine Harris replaced "12th of Never" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander" by Phil Robertson and Mark Schlabach replaced "Waiting to Be Heard" by Amanda Knox as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"Stolen Prey" by John Sandford replaced "Wind Chime Point" by Sherryl Woods as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"Control" by Glenn Beck was the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the second straight week.

There were six 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 "Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel" by Charlaine Harris (1), "Silken Prey" by John Sandford (3), "A Step of Faith: A Novel (Walk)" by Richard Paul Evans (5), "A Delicate Truth: A Novel" by John le Carre (7), "Robert B. Parker's Wonderland (Spenser) by Ace Atkins (9) and "The Storyteller" by Jodi Picoult (15).

There were eight books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander" by Phil Robertson and Mark Schlabach (1), "The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family and Ducks Built a Dynasty" by Willie Robertson, Korie Robertson and Mark Schlabach (4), "Keep it Pithy: Useful Observations in a Tough World" by Bill O'Reilly (8), "Dad is Fat" by Jim Gaffigan (9), "The Unstoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial Power" by Bill Schley and Graham Weston (10), "Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World" by Phil McGraw (11), "The One Thing: The surprisingly SImple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results" by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan (12) and "Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis" by Robert M. Edsel (15).

There were three books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Cheyenne Amber" by Catherine Anderson (7), "Hard Ride to Hell: The Family Jensen" by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone (8) and "Gypped: A Regan Reilly Mystery by Carol Higgins Clark (13).

There were three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Hungry Girl 200 Under 200 Just Desserts: 200 Recipes under 200 Calories" by Lisa Lillien (5), "Sea Swept: Book One of the Chesapeake Bay Saga" by Nora Roberts (9) and "The Next Best Thing: A Novel" by Jennifer Weiner (13).

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. "Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel" by Charlaine Harris
2. "12th of Never" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
3. "Silken Prey" by John Sandford
4. "The Hit" by David Baldacci
5. "A Step of Faith: A Novel (Walk)" by Richard Paul Evans
6. "Whiskey Beach" by Nora Roberts
7. "A Delicate Truth: A Novel" by John le Carre
8. "Daddy's Gone a Hunting" by Mary Higgins Clark
9. "Robert B. Parker's Wonderland (Spenser) by Ace Atkins
10. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
11. "Fly Away" by Kristin Hannah
12. "Paris" by Edward Rutherford
13. "Best Kept Secret" by Jeffrey Archer
14. "Life After Life" by Kate Atkinson
15. "The Storyteller" by Jodi Picoult

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Happy, Happy, Happy" by Phil Robertson and Mark Schlabach
2. "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg
3. "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls" by David Sedaris
4. "The Duck Commander Family" by Willie Robertson, Korie Robertson and Mark Schlabach
5. "Waiting to Be Heard" by Amanda Knox
6. "Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation" by Michael Pollan
7. "It's All Good" by Gwyneth Paltro
4. "The Duck Commander Family" by Willie Robertson
7. "Life Code" by Phil McGraw
8. "Keep it Pithy: Useful Observations in a Tough World" by Bill O'Reilly
9. "Dad is Fat" by Jim Gaffigan
10. "The Unstoppables" by Bill Schley and Graham Weston
11. "Life Code" by Phil McGraw
12. "The One Thing" by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
13. "Weight Watchers 50th Anniversary Cookbook" by Weight Watchers
14. "Bunker Hill" by Nathaniel Philbrick
15. "Saving Italy" by Robert M. Edsel

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Stolen Prey" by John Sandford
2. "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson/David Ellis
3. "Wind Chime Point" by Sherryl Woods
4. "Odd Apocalypse" by Dean Koontz
5. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
6. "Informed Risk" by Robyn Carr
7. "Cheyenne Amber" by Catherine Anderson
8. "Hard Ride to Hell" by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
9. "Judgment Call" by J.A. Jance
10. "Change of Heart" by Nora Roberts
11. "Courageous" by Diana Palmer
12. "Bare It All" by Lori Foster
13. "Gypped: A Regan Reilly Mystery by Carol Higgins Clark
14. "Haven" by Kay Hooper
15. "Against the Edge" by Kat Martin

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Control" by Glenn Beck
2. "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander
4. "The Witness" by Nora Roberts
5. "Hungry Girl 200 Under 200 Just Desserts" by Lisa Lillien
6. "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayed
7. "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter
8. "The Forgotten" by David Baldacci
9. "Sea Swept: Book One of the Chesapeake Bay Saga" by Nora Roberts
10. "Waking Up in Heaven" by Crystal McVea
11. "The Black Box" by Michael Connelly
12. "America the Beautiful" by Ben Carson M.D. and Candy Carson
13. "The Next Best Thing: A Novel" by Jennifer Weiner
14. "Obamacare Survival Guide" by Nick J. Tate
15. "Where We Belong" by Emily Giffin

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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