'A Dance With Dragons' tops hardcover fiction best-sellers list

It’s Sunday, so that means that it’s time for my weekly review of this week’s Publishers Weekly Best-Seller List. According to the list, we’ve got three new books at the top of the four major best-seller lists this week.

"A Dance With Dragons" by George R.R. Martin replaced "Now You See Her" by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard replaced "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin replaced "Hell's Corner" by David Baldacci as the No. 1 book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett retained the top spot on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

There are five books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They (along with their place on the list) include "A Dance With Dragons" by George R.R. Martin (1), "Then Came You" by Jennifer Weiner (3), "Quinn" by Iris Johansen (6), "Before I Go to Sleep" by S.J. Watson (7) and "Iron House" by John Hart (10).

There are three books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard (1), "Of Thee I Zing" by Laura Ingraham with Raymond Arroyo (6) and "Sex on the Moon" by Ben Mezrich (15).

There are three books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "Irish Hearts" by Nora Roberts (13), "Worst Case" by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge (14) and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (15).

There are five books on this week’s trade paperbacks list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin (9), "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls (12), "Empire of the Summer Moon" by S.C. Gwynne (13), "The Postcard Killers" by James Patterson & Liza Marklund (14) and "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay (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. "A Dance With Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
2. "Now You See Her" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
3. "Then Came You" by Jennifer Weiner
4. "Smokin' Seventeen" by Janet Evanovich
5. "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett
6. "Quinn" by Iris Johansen
7. "Before I Go to Sleep" by S.J. Watson
8. "Against All Enemies" by Tom Clancy and Peter Telep
9. "One Summer" by David Baldacci
10. "Iron House" by John Hart
11. "The Silent Girl: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel" by Tess Gerritsen
12. "Maine" by J. Courtney Sullivan
13. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
14. "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain
15. "The Devil Colony" by James Rollins

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard
2. "Go the F--k to Sleep" by Adam Mansbach and Illustrations by Ricardo Cortes
3. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
4. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson
5. "The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor's Plan Design for Rapid Results" by Dr. Mike Moreno
6. "Of Thee I Zing" by Laura Ingraham with Raymond Arroyo
7. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
8. "The 4-Hour Body" by Timothy Ferriss
9. "The Greater Journey" by David McCullough
10. "The Dukan Diet" by Pierre Dukan
11. "SEAL Team Six" by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin
12. "Love Wins" by Rob Bell
13. "Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me" by Chelsea's Family, Friends & Other Victims
14. "Through My Eyes" by Tim Tebow and Nathan Whitaker
15. "Sex on the Moon" by Ben Mezrich

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
2. "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
3. "Hell's Corner" by David Baldacci
4. "Whiplash" by Catherine Coulter
5. "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin
6. "Sizzling Sixteen" by Janet Evanovich
7. "Tough Customer: A Novel" by Sandra Brown
8. "A Feast for Crows" by George R.R. Martin
9. "Family Ties: A Novel" by Danielle Steel
10. "The Rembrandt Affair" by Daniel Silva
11. "The Creed Legacy" by Linda Lael Miller
12. "Betrayal" by Fern Michaels
13. "Irish Hearts" by Nora Roberts
14. "Worst Case" by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
15. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
2. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
3. "Room" by Emma Donoghue
4. "Water for Elephants: A Novel" by Sara Gruen
5. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
6. "One Day" by David Nicholls
7. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell
8. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
9. "Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
10. "A Visit from the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan
11. "The Original Argument" by Glenn Beck
12. "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
13. "Empire of the Summer Moon" by S.C. Gwynne
14. "The Postcard Killers" by James Patterson & Liza Marklund
15. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay

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.