Sunday, June 2, 2013

Jeff Shaara's latest Civil War novel 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 two new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"Black List" by Brad Thor replaced "Stolen Prey" by John Sandford as the No. 1 book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

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

"Inferno" by Dan Brown remained the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list for the second straight week.

"Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander" by Phil Robertson and Mark Schlabach retained the top spot on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the third straight week.

There were three 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 "And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini (2), "A Chain of Thunder" by Jeff Shaara (7) and "Storm Front" by Richard Castle (12).

There were three books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Eleven Rings" by Phil Jackson (2), "The 100" by Jorge Cruise (8) and "Shred: The Revolutionary Diet" by Ian K. Smith (12).

There were two books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Black List" by Brad Thor (1) and "Now You See Her" by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (13).

There were three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "DSM-5" by American Psychiatric Association (6), "World War Z" by Max Brooks (7) and "Queit" by Susan Cain (12).

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. "Inferno" by Dan Brown
2. "And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini
3. "12th of Never" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
4. "Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel" by Charlaine Harris
5. "Silken Prey" by John Sandford
6. "The Hit" by David Baldacci
7. "A Chain of Thunder" by Jeff Shaara
8. "Whiskey Beach" by Nora Roberts
9. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
10. "Vader's Little Princess" by Jeffrey Brown
11. "A Delicate Truth: A Novel" by John le Carre
12. "Storm Front" by Richard Castle
13. "Best Kept Secret" by Jeffrey Archer
14. "Paris" by Edward Rutherford
15. "Daddy's Gone a Hunting" by Mary Higgins Clark

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Happy, Happy, Happy" by Phil Robertson
2. "Eleven Rings" by Phil Jackson
3. "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg
4. "The Duck Commander Family" by Willie Robertson, Korie Robertson and Mark Schlabach
5. "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls" by David Sedaris
6. "Keep it Pithy: Useful Observations in a Tough World" by Bill O'Reilly
7. "The Guns at Last Light" by Rick Atkinson
8. "The 100" by Jorge Cruise
9. "My Greek Drama" by Gianna Angelopoulos
10. "Life Code" by Phil McGraw
11. "It's All Good" by Gwyneth Paltro
12. "Shred: The Revolutionary Diet" by Ian K. Smith
13. "Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation" by Michael Pollan
14. "Waiting to Be Heard" by Amanda Knox
15. "Bunker Hill" by Nathaniel Philbrick

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Black List" by Brad Thor
2. "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson/David Ellis
3. "Stolen Prey" by John Sandford
4. "Odd Apocalypse" by Dean Koontz
5. "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks
6. "Wind Chime Point" by Sherryl Woods
7. "Informed Risk" by Robyn Carr
8. "Change of Heart" by Nora Roberts
9. "Cheyenne Amber" by Catherine Anderson
10. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham
11. "Judgment Call" by J.A. Jance
12. "The Lost Years" by Mary Higgins Clark
13. "Now You See Her" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
14. "Courageous" by Diana Palmer
15. "Hard Ride to Hell" by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander
2. "Control" by Glenn Beck
3. "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
4. "Zoo" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
5. "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter
6. "DSM-5" by American Psychiatric Association
7. "World War Z" by Max Brooks
8. "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayed
9. "The Witness" by Nora Roberts
10. "The Next Best Thing: A Novel" by Jennifer Weiner
11. "Sea Swept: Book One of the Chesapeake Bay Saga" by Nora Roberts
12. "Queit" by Susan Cain
13. "A Dog's Journey" by W. Bruce Cameron
14. "Waking Up in Heaven" by Crystal McVea
15. "The Forgotten" by David Baldacci

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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