Sunday, May 12, 2013

New Joe Hill novel, 'NOS4A2,' debuts 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 four new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"12th of Never" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro replaced "The Hit" by David Baldacci as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Waiting to Be Heard" by Amanda Knox replaced "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls" by David Sedaris as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"Wind Chime Point" by Sherryl Woods replaced "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"Control" by Glenn Beck replaced "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander as the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

There were five books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on that list lat week. They (and their places on the list) included "12th of Never" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (1), "NOS4A2" by Joe Hill (6), "Best Kept Secret" by Jeffrey Archer (7), "The Apple Orchard" by Susan Wiggs (11) and "The Burgess Boys" by Elizabeth Strout (14).

There were seven books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Waiting to Be Heard" by Amanda Knox (1), "Bunker Hill" by Nathaniel Philbrick (9), "The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace" by Cy Wakeman (10), "VB6" by Mark Bittman (11), "Weight Watchers 50th Anniversary Cookbook" by Weight Watchers (12), "My Next Step" by Dave Liniger (13) and "Clean Gut" by Alejandro Junger (14).

There were 11 books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Wind Chime Point" by Sherryl Woods(1), "Stolen Prey" by John Sandford (2), "Informed Risk" by Robyn Carr (3), "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson and David Ellis (4), "Odd Apocalypse" by Dean Koontz (5), "Courageous" by Diana Palmer (7), "Bare It All" byLori Foster (8), "Judgment Call" by J.A. Jance (9), "Against the Edge" by Kat Martin (10), "Change of Heart" by Nora Roberts (14) and "Haven" by Kay Hooper (15).

There were four books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Control" by Glenn Beck (1), "The Silver Linings Playbook" by Matthew Quick (10), "The Beauty Detox Foods" by Kimberly Snyder (14) and "Quiet" by Susan Cain (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. "12th of Never" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
2. "The Hit" by David Baldacci
3. "Whiskey Beach" by Nora Roberts
4. "Daddy's Gone a Hunting" by Mary Higgins Clark
5. "Fly Away" by Kristin Hannah
6. "NOS4A2" by Joe Hill
7. "Best Kept Secret" by Jeffrey Archer
8. "Paris" by Edward Rutherford
9. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
10. "Life After Life" by Kate Atkinson
11. "The Apple Orchard" by Susan Wiggs
12. "Wedding Night: A Novel" by Sophie Kinsella
13. "Starting Now" by Debbie Macomber
14. "The Burgess Boys" by Elizabeth Strout
15. "Don't Go" by Lisa Scottoline

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Waiting to Be Heard" by Amanda Knox
2. "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg
3. "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls" by David Sedaris
4. "The Duck Commander Family" by Willie Robertson
5. "Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation" by Michael Pollan
6. "It's All Good" by Gwyneth Paltro
7. "Life Code" by Phil McGraw
8. "Jumpstart to Skinny" by Bob Harper and Greg Critser
9. "Bunker Hill" by Nathaniel Philbrick
10. "The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace" by Cy Wakeman
11. "VB6" by Mark Bittman
12. "Weight Watchers 50th Anniversary Cookbook" by Weight Watchers
13. "My Next Step" by Dave Liniger
14. "Clean Gut" by Alejandro Junger
15. "The Fast Metabolism Diet" by Haylie Pomroy

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Wind Chime Point" by Sherryl Woods
2. "Stolen Prey" by John Sandford
3. "Informed Risk" by Robyn Carr
4. "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson/David Ellis
5. "Odd Apocalypse" by Dean Koontz
6. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
7. "Courageous" by Diana Palmer
8. "Bare It All" byLori Foster
9. "Judgment Call" by J.A. Jance
10. "Against the Edge" by Kat Martin
11. "Let Love Find You" by Johanna Lindsey
12. "The Lost Years" by Mary Higgins Clark
13. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham
14. "Change of Heart" by Nora Roberts
15. "Haven" by Kay Hooper

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Control" by Glenn Beck
2. "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander
3. "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
4. "The Witness" by Nora Roberts
5. "The Forgotten" by David Baldacci
6. "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayed
7. "The Black Box" by Michael Connelly
8. "Waking Up in Heaven" by Crystal McVea
9. "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter
10. "The Silver Linings Playbook" by Matthew Quick
11. "Obamacare Survival Guide" by Nick J. Tate
12. "Where We Belong" by Emily Giffin
13. "America the Beautiful" by Ben Carson M.D. and Candy Carson
14. "The Beauty Detox Foods" by Kimberly Snyder
15. "Quiet" by Susan Cain

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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