Sunday, February 24, 2013

Mike Piazza bio, 'Long Shot,' 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 the lists, there are two new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"A Week in Winter" by Maeve Binchy replaced "Until the End of Time" by Danielle Steel as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World" by Phil McGraw replaced "Shred: The Revolutionary Diet: 6 Weeks 4 Inches 2 Sizes" by Ian K. Smith as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"American Sniper" by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice remained the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list for the second straight week.

"Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander remained the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the 12th week in a row.

There were five books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They (and their places on the list) included "A Week in Winter" by Maeve Binchy (1), "Guilt: An Alex Delaware Novel" by Jonathan Kellerman (2), "The Power Trip" by Jackie Collins (6), "The Night Ranger" by Alex Berenson (14) and "The Dinner" by Herman Koch (15).

There were six books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World" by Phil McGraw (1), "Coolidge" by Amity Shlaes (6), "Slim for Life: My Insider Secrets to Simple, Fast, and Lasting Weight Loss" by Jillian Michaels (7), "Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders" by Brandi Glanville and Leslie Bruce (12), "Long Shot" by Mike Piazza and Lonnie Wheeler (13) and "Manology: Secrets of Your Man's Mind Revealed" by Tyrese Gibson, Rev Run and Chris Morrow (15).

There was only one new book on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that wasn’t on the list last week - "Stay Close" by Harlan Coben, which was No. 3 on the list.

There were four books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Private" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (9), "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks (12), "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky (13) and "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel (14).

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 Week in Winter" by Maeve Binchy
2. "Guilt: An Alex Delaware Novel" by Jonathan Kellerman
3. "Until the End of Time" by Danielle Steel
4. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
5. "Private Berlin" by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
6. "The Power Trip" by Jackie Collins
7. "A Memory of Light" by Robert Jordan
8. "Tenth of December: Stories" by George Saunders
9. "Touch & Go" by Lisa Gardner
10. "The Racketeer" by John Grisham
11. "The Fifth Assasin" by Brad Meltzer
12. "A Deeper Love Inside" by Sister Souljah
13. "Suspect" by Robert Crais
14. "The Night Ranger" by Alex Berenson
15. "The Dinner" by Herman Koch

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Life Code" by Phil McGraw
2. "Killing Kennedy" by Bill O'Reilly
3. "The Legend of Zelda" by Shigeru Miyamoto
4. "My Beloved World" by Sonia Sotomayor
5. "Shred: The Revolutionary Diet: 6 Weeks 4 Inches 2 Sizes" by Ian K. Smith
6. "Coolidge" by Amity Shlaes
7. "Slim for Life" by Jillian Michaels
8. "Francona: The Red Sox Years" by Terry Francona and Dan Shaughnessy
9. "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen
10. "I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak" by Joel Osteen
11. "The Future" by Al Gore
12. "Drinking and Tweeting" by Brandi Glanville and Leslie Bruce
13. "Long Shot" by Mike Piazza and Lonnie Wheeler
14. "Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust" by Ina Garten
15. "Manology" by Tyrese Gibson, Rev Run and Chris Morrow

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
2. "Betrayal" by Danielle Steel
3. "Stay Close" by Harlan Coben
4. "Kill Me If You Can" by James Patterson, Marshall Karp
5. "Love in Plain Sight" by Debbie Macomber
6. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks
7. "Close Your Eyes" by Iris Johansen
8. "Criminal" by Karin Slaughter
9. "The Hunter" by John Lescroat
10. "Angel Mine" by Sherryl Woods
11. "Just Kate" by Linda Lael Miller
12. "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult
13. "The Trail West" by William W. Johnstone
14. "The Last Mountain Man" by William W. Johnstone
15. "Shelter Mountain" by Robyn Carr

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander
2. "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James
3. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks
4. "From Mama's Table to Mine" by Bobby Deen and Melissa Clark
5. "Fifty Shades Darker" by E.L. James
6. "Fifty Shades Freed" by E.L. James
7. "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain
8. "ObamaCare Survival Guide" by Nick J. Tate
9. "Private" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
10. "Quiet" by Susan Cain
11. "Low Pressure" by Sandra Brown
12. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
13. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
14. "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
15. "Rush" by Maya Banks

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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