Sunday, July 15, 2012

'Fahrenheit 451' reappears on trade paperbacks best-sellers list

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

"Leadocracy: Hiring More Great Leaders into Government" by Geoff Smart replaced "Cowards" by Glenn Beck as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn remained the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list for the second week in a row.

"The Litigators" by John Grisham remained the No. 1 book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list for the second week in a row.

"Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James retained its place atop the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the fourteenth week in a row.

There are three books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They (along with their place on the list) include "The Next Best Thing: A Novel" by Jennifer Weiner (3), "Criminal" by Karin Slaughter (5) and "Beautiful Ruins: A Novel" by Jess Walter (14).

There are five books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Leadocracy: Hiring More Great Leaders into Government" by Geoff Smart (1), "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History" by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice (10), "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson (11), "The President Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity" by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy (12) and "Let's Pretend This Never Happened" by Jenny Lawson (14).

There are three books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "Savor the Moment" by Nora Roberts (5), "Samurai Game" by Christine Feehan (7) and "Moonshell Beach: A Shelter Bay Novel" by JoAnn Ross (13).

There are four books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern (6), "Private Games" by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan (7), "A Stolen Life: a Memoir" by Jaycee Lee Dugard (14) and "Farenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury (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. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
2. "Wicked Business" by Janet Evanovich
3. "The Next Best Thing: A Novel" by Jennifer Weiner
4. "Summerland" by Elin Hilderbrand
5. "Criminal" by Karin Slaughter
6. "Bloodline: A Sigma Force Novel" by James Rollins
7. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham
8. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
9. "Mission to Paris" by Alan Furst
10. "The Age of Miracles" by Karen Thompson
11. "The Storm" by Clive Cussler
12. "Porch Lights" by Dorothea Benton Frank
13. "11th Hour" by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
14. "Beautiful Ruins: A Novel" by Jess Walter
15. "The Third Gate" by Lincoln Child

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Leadocracy: Hiring More Great Leaders into Government" by Geoff Smart
2. "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed
3. "The Amateur" by Edward Klein
4. "An American Son" by Marco Rubion
5. "Cowards" by Glenn Beck
6. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard
7. "The Skinny Rules" by Bob Harper with Greg Critser
8. "The Great Destroyer" by David Limbaugh
9. "It Worked for Me" by Colin Powell
10. "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
11. "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson
12. "The President Club" by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
13. "I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me" by Joan Rivers
14. "Let's Pretend This Never Happened" by Jenny Lawson
15. "Barack Obama" by David Maraniss

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
2. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks
3. "Split Second" by Catherine Coulter
4. "Private Games" by James Patterson
5. "Savor the Moment" by Nora Roberts
6. "Family Affair" by Debbie Macomber
7. "Samurai Game" by Christine Feehan
8. "Midnight Promises" by Sherryl Woods
9. "The Silent Girl" by Tess Gerritsen
10. "Summer Nights" by Susan Mallery
11. "Summer People" by Elin Hilderbrand
12. "Gun Games" by Faye Kellerman
13. "Moonshell Beach: A Shelter Bay Novel" by JoAnn Ross
14. "Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich
15. "Afraid to Die" Lisa Jackson

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James
2. "Fifty Shades Darker" by E.L. James
3. "Fifty Shades Freed" by E.L. James
4. "Bared to You" by Sylvia Day
5. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
6. "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
7. "Private Games" by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
8. "To Heaven And Back" by Mary C. Neal
9. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Lawson
10. "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles
11. "Home Again" by Kristin Hannah
12. "Kill Alex Cross" by James Patterson
13. "The Last Boyfriend" by Nora Roberts
14. "A Stolen Life: a Memoir" by Jaycee Lee Dugard
15. "Farenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

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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