Sunday, January 26, 2014

Edsel's 'The Monuments Men' appears on best-sellers list this week

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


"The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd remained the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list for the second straight week.

"Big Sky Secrets" by Linda Lael Miller remained the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list for the third week in a row.

"Duty" by Robert M. Gates replaced "Super Shred" by Ian K. Smith as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell replaced "Eat It to Beat It!" by David Zinczenko as the top book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

There were three new books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. Those books (and their places on the list) included "First Love" by James Patterson and Emily Raymond (2), "The Dead in Their Vaulted Arch" by Alan Bradley (10) and "The Longest Ride" by Nicholas Sparks (14).

There were three new books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. Those books included "Duty" by Robert M. Gates (1), "Jim Cramer's Get Rich Carefully" by James J. Cramer (9) and "A Short Guide to a Long Life" by David B. Agus (11).

There were two new books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. Those books included "NYPD Red" by James Patterson and Marshall Karp (3) and "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell (13).

There were three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "The Monuments Men" by Robert M. Edsel (10), "Four Blood Moons" by John Hagee (11) and "My Beloved World" by Sonia Sotomayor (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. "The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd
2. "First Love" by James Patterson and Emily Raymond
3. "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt
4. "Sycamore Row" by John Grisham
5. "The First Phone Call from Heaven" by Mitch Albom
6. "Fear Nothing" by Lisa Gardner
7. "Standup Guy" by Stuart Woods
8. "Command Authority" by Tom Clancy
9. "Cross My Heart" by James Patterson
10. "The Dead in Their Vaulted Arch" by Alan Bradley
11. "Dark Wolf" by Christine Feehan
12. "Hazardous Duty" by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV
13. "The Gods of Guilt" by Michael Connelly
14. "The Longest Ride" by Nicholas Sparks
15. "King and Maxwell" by David Baldacci

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Duty" by Robert M. Gates
2. "Things That Matter" by Charles Krauthammer
3. "Super Shred" by Ian K. Smith
4. "Killing Jesus" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
5. "The Pound a Day Diet" by Rocco DiSpirito
6. "The Daniel Plan" by Rick Warren
7. "The Body Book" by Cameron Diaz
8. "David and Goliath" by Malcolm Gladwell
9. "Jim Cramer's Get Rich Carefully" by James J. Cramer
10. "Grain Brain" by David Perlmutter
11. "A Short Guide to a Long Life" by David B. Agus
12. "George Washington's Secret Six" by Brian Kilmeade
13. "I Am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai
14. "The Doctor's Diet" by Travis Stork
15. "I Am a Church Member" by Thom S. Rainer

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Big Sky Secrets" by Linda Lael Miller
2. "Marriage Between Friends" by Debbie Macomber
3. "NYPD Red" by James Patterson and Marshall Karp
4. "Guilt" by Jonathan Kellerman
5. "The Night Before" by Lisa Jackson
6. "Blindsided" by Fern Michaels
7. "Seaview Inn" by Sherryl Woods
8. "Preacher's Blood Hunt" by William W. Johnstone
9. "Zoo" by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
10. "The King's Deception" by Steve Berry
11. "Montana Bride" by Joan Johnston
12. "Notorious Nineteen" by Janet Evanovich
13. "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell
14. "The Mackade Brothers" by Nora Roberts
15. "Prodigal Son" by Susan Mallery

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell
2. "A Week in Winter" by Maeve Binchy
3. "12th of Never" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
4. "Eat It to Beat It!" by David Zinczenko
5. "Life After Life" by Kate Atkinson
6. "Blue Dahlia" by Nora Roberts
7. "Dark Witch" by Nora Roberts
8. "Miss Kay's Duck Commander Kitchen" by Kay Robertson
9. "The Wolf of Wall Street" by Jordan Belfort
10. "The Monuments Men" by Robert M. Edsel
11. "Four Blood Moons" by John Hagee
12. "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
13. "Hyperbole and a Half" by Allie Brosh
14. "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed
15. "My Beloved World" by Sonia Sotomayor


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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