Sunday, July 31, 2011

Mike Leach's 'Swing Your Sword' appears on 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 one new book at the top of the four major best-seller lists this week.

"The Confession: A Novel" by John Grisham replaced "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin as the No. 1 book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"A Dance With Dragons" by George R.R. Martin retained its spot atop the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard kept its No. 1 spot on the hardcover nonfiction 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 "Portrait of a Spy" by Daniel Silva (2), "Happy Birthday: A Novel" by Danielle Steel (3), "Split Second" by Catherine Coulter (4), "Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Dominion" by Eric Van Lustbader (9) and "Burnt Mountain" by Anne Rivers Siddons (12).

There are three books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon" by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner (13), "20 Years Younger: Look Younger, Feel Younger, Be Younger!" by Bob Greene (14) and "Swing Your Sword: Leading the Charge in Football and Life" by Mike Leach (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 "The Confession: A Novel" by John Grisham (1) and "Spider Bones" by Kathy Reichs (12).

There is just one book on this week’s trade paperbacks list that wasn’t on the list last week - "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein, which came in at No. 15 on the 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. "A Dance With Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
2. "Portrait of a Spy" by Daniel Silva
3. "Happy Birthday: A Novel" by Danielle Steel
4. "Split Second" by Catherine Coulter
5. "Now You See Her" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
6. "Smokin' Seventeen" by Janet Evanovich
7. "Then Came You" by Jennifer Weiner
8. "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett
9. "Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Dominion" by Eric Van Lustbader
10. "Against All Enemies" by Tom Clancy and Peter Telep
11. "One Summer" by David Baldacci
12. "Burnt Mountain" by Anne Rivers Siddons
13. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
14. "Maine" by J. Courtney Sullivan
15. "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain

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. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
7. "The Greater Journey" by David McCullough
8. "The Dukan Diet" by Pierre Dukan
9. "Of Thee I Zing" by Laura Ingraham with Raymond Arroyo
10. "SEAL Team Six" by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin
11. "The 4-Hour Body" by Timothy Ferriss
12. "Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me" by Chelsea's Family, Friends & Other Victims
13. "Reckless Endangerment" by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner
14. "20 Years Younger: Look Younger, Feel Younger, Be Younger!" by Bob Greene
15. "Swing Your Sword: Leading the Charge in Football and Life" by Mike Leach

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Confession: A Novel" by John Grisham
2. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
3. "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
4. "Hell's Corner" by David Baldacci
5. "Sizzling Sixteen" by Janet Evanovich
6. "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin
7. "Whiplash" by Catherine Coulter
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. "Tough Customer: A Novel" by Sandra Brown
12. "Spider Bones" by Kathy Reichs
13. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
14. "Betrayal" by Fern Michaels
15. "Worst Case" by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge

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

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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