Sunday, December 8, 2013

Dan Brown's 'Inferno' returns to fiction 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.

"Cross My Heart" by James Patterson replaced "Takedown Twenty" by Janet Evanovich as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Dark Witch" by Nora Roberts replaced "Miss Kay's Duck Commander Kitchen" by Kay Robertson as the top book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

"Killing Jesus" by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard remained the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the fourth straight week.

"Notorious Nineteen" by Janet Evanovich remained the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list for the second week in a row.

There were three 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 "Cross My Heart" by James Patterson (1), "Inferno" by Dan Brown (11) and "The Supreme Macaroni Company" by Adriana Trigiani (13).

There were three books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook" by Gary Vaynerchuk (9), "Happy, Happy, Happy" by Phil Robertson (14) and "My Promised Land" by Ari Shavit (15).

There were five new books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list. They included "Sinister" by Lisa Jackson (2), "Shadow Woman" by Linda Howard (7), "Twilight" by Sherryl Woods (11), "Dream Wedding" by Susan Mallery (12) and "Second Chance Pass" by Robyn Carr (13).

There were three books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They included "World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014" by Sarah Janssen (5), "The Christmas Wedding" by James Patterson (7) and "The Aviator's Wife" by Melanie Benjamin (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. "Cross My Heart" by James Patterson
2. "Takedown Twenty" by Janet Evanovich
3. "Sycamore Row" by John Grisham
4. "Doctor Sleep" by Stephen King
5. "King and Maxwell" by David Baldacci
6. "The First Phone Call fron Heaven" by Mitch Albom
7. "The Longest Ride" by Nicholas Sparks
8. "Dust" by Patricia Cornwell
9. "S'' by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst
10. "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt
11. "Inferno" by Dan Brown
12. "The Valley of Amazement" by Amy Tan
13. "The Supreme Macaroni Company" by Adriana Trigiani
14. "Mirage" by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul
15. "Winners" by Danielle Steel

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Killing Jesus" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
2. "Things That Matter" by Charles Krauthammer
3. "David and Goliath" by Malcolm Gladwell
4. "Guinness World Records 2014" by Guinness World Records
5. "George Washington's Secret Six" by Brian Kilmeade
6. "Miracles and Massacres" by Glenn Beck
7. "The Pioneer Woman Cooks" by Ree Drummond
8. "Si-Cology 1" by Si Robertson
9. "Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook" by Gary Vaynerchuk
10. "Let Me Off at the Top!" by Ron Burgandy
11. "I Am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai
12. "The Bully Pulpit" by Doris Kearns Goodwin
13. "The Duck Commander Devotional" by Alan Robertson
14. "Happy, Happy, Happy" by Phil Robertson
15. "My Promised Land" by Ari Shavit

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Notorious Nineteen" by Janet Evanovich
2. "Sinister" by Lisa Jackson
3. "Hunting Eve" by IsisJohansen
4. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
5. "The Gift of Christmas" by Debbie Macomber
6. "Poseidon's Arrow" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
7. "Shadow Woman" by Linda Howard
8. "The Racketeer" by John Grisham
9. "Touch & Go" by Lisa Gardner
10. "Private: Number 1 Suspect" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
11. "Twilight" by Sherryl Woods
12. "Dream Wedding" by Susan Mallery
13. "Second Chance Pass" by Robyn Carr
14. "Angels at the Table" by Debbie Macomber
15. "French Silk" by Sandra Brown

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Dark Witch" by Nora Roberts
2. "Miss Kay's Duck Commander Kitchen" by Kay Robertson
3. "Hyperbole and a Half" by Allie Brosh
4. "The Storyteller" by Jodi Picoult
5. "World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014" by Sarah Janssen
6. "Dear Life" by Alice Munroe
7. "The Christmas Wedding" by James Patterson
8. "Four Blood Moons" by John Hagee
9. "Brain on Fire" by Susannah Cahalan
10. "Quiet" by Susan Cain
11. "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
12. "Unlikely Loves" by Jennifer S. Holland
13. "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter
14. "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple
15. "The Aviator's Wife" by Melanie Benjamin

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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