Sunday, October 17, 2010

New R.A. Salvatore book appears on best-seller list

It’s Sunday, so that mean’s that it’s time for my weekly review of this week’s Publishers Weekly Best-Seller List. According to the list, we’ve got two new books at the top of the four major best-seller lists this week.

“The Reversal” by Michael Connelly replaced “Fall of Giants” by Ken Follett as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction list.

“Crave” by J.R. Ward replaced “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson as the top book on the mass market paperback list.

“Obama’s Wars” by Bob Woodward remained the No. 1 book on the hardcover nonfiction list, and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” retained the top spot on the trade paperback list.

There are four books on this week’s hardcover fiction best seller list that weren’t on that list last week. Those books (and their positions on this week’s list) include “The Reversal” by Michael Connelly (1), “Painted Ladies” by Robert B. Parker (8), “Promise Me” by Richard Paul Evans (11) and “Gauntlgrym” by Robert A. Salvatore (14).

There are six books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best seller list that weren’t on that list last week. Those books are “Trickle Up Poverty” by Michael Savage (3), “Divine Transformation” by Zhi Gang Sha (4), “At Home” by Bill Bryson (7), “Washington” by Ron Chernow (9), “The Moral Landscape” by Sam Harris (11) and “Is It Just Me?” by Whoopi Goldberg (14).

There are two books on this week’s mass market paperbacks list that weren’t on the list last week. They include “Crave” by J.R. Ward (1) and “Styx’s Storm” by Lora Leigh (5).

There are two books on this week’s trade paperbacks list that weren’t on that list last week. They are “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls (10) and “A Gate at the Stairs” by Lorrie Moore (15).

Below you’ll find all four of this week’s best-seller lists. As a reminder, I’m posting these lists each Sunday because they, as a whole, represent a great, contemporary recommended reading list. They are initially released each week on Thursday, and if you’re interested in reading them then, visit Publishers Weekly’s Web site at http://www.publishersweekly.com/.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "The Reversal" by Michael Connelly
2. "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett
3. "Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen
4. "The Girl Who Kicked the Nornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
5. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks
6. "Don't Blink" by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
7. "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary" by David Sedaris
8. "Painted Ladies" by Robert B. Parker
9. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
10. "Bad Blood: A Virgil Flowers Novel" by John Sandford
11. "Promise Me" by Richard Paul Evans
12. "Legacy: A Novel" by Danielle Steel
13. "Getting to Happy" by Terry McMillan
14. "Gauntlgrym" by Robert A. Salvatore
15. "Room: A Novel" by Emma Donoghue

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Obama's Wars" by Bob Woodward
2. "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race" by Jon Stewart
3. "Trickle Up Poverty" by Michael Savage
4. "Divine Transformation" by Zhi Gang Sha
5. "The Roots of Obama's Rage" by Dinesh D'Souza
6. "A--holes Finish First" by Tucker Max
7. "At Home" by Bill Bryson
8. "Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama" by Bill O'Reilly
9. "Washington" by Ron Chernow
10. "The Grand Design" by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
11. "The Moral Landscape" by Sam Harris
12. "Love, Lust & Faking It: The Naked Truth About Sex, Lies, and True Romance" by Jenny McCarthy
13. "The Coming Economic Armageddon: What Bible Prophecy Warns About the New Global Economy" by David Jeremiah
14. "Is It Just Me?" by Whoopi Goldberg
15. "Sh t My Dad Says" by Justin Halpern

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Crave" by J.R. Ward
2. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
3. "61 Hours: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child
4. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson
5. "Styx's Storm" by Lora Leigh
6. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
7. "Play Dead" by Harlen Coben
8. "Pirate Latitudes" by Michael Crichton
9. "Rough Country" by John Sandford
10. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham
11. "Taken by Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novel" by Lara Adrian
12. "Gathering Storm" by Robert Jordan and B randon Sanderson
13. "Cross Roads" by Fern Michaels
14. "True Blue" by David Baldacci
15. "Dark Slayer" by Christine Feehan

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
2. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
3. "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert
4. "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave
5. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
6. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein
7. "Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel" by Jeannette Walls
8. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
9. "Worst Case" by James Patterson
10. "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
11. "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
12. "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
13. "The Corrections: A Novel:" by Jonathan Franzen
14. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
15. " A Gate at the Stairs" by Lorrie Moore

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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