R.A. Salvatore's 'Neverwinter Saga, Book II' makes best-sellers list

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

"Shock Wave" by John Sandford replaced "The Affair: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard retained the top spot on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"Cross Fire" by James Patterson remained the No. 1 book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett retained the top spot on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

There are five books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They (along with their place on the list) include "Shock Wave" by John Sandford (1), "Survivors" by James Wesley, Rawles (3), "Neverwinter Saga, Book II" by R.A. Salvatore (4), "The Dovekeepers" by Alice Hoffman (10) and "Lionheart" by Sharon Kay Penman (12).

There are five books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Boomerang" by Michael Lewis (2), "I Never Thought I'd See the Day!" by David Jeremiah (3), "Seriously I'm Kidding" by Ellen DeGeneres (4), "This Is Herman Cain!" by Herman Cain (6) and "The Ultimate Question 2.0." by Fred Reichheld with Rob Markey (8).

There are four books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "The Confession" by John Grisham (8), "Western Skies" by Nora Roberts (9), "Towers of Midnight" by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (11) and "Dark Peril" by Christine Feehan (14).

There are four books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Fifth Witness" by Michael Connelly (9), "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson (11), "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls (14) and "At Home" by Bill Bryson (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. "Shock Wave" by John Sandford
2. "The Affair: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child
3. "Survivors" by James Wesley, Rawles
4. "Neverwinter Saga, Book II" by R.A. Salvatore
5. "Lethal" by Sandra Brown
6. "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
7. "1225 Christmas Tree Lane" by Debbie Macomber
8. "Aleph" by Paulo Coelho
9. "A Dance With Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
10. "The Dovekeepers" by Alice Hoffman
11. "Feast Day of Fools: A Novel" by James Lee Burke
12. "Lionheart" by Sharon Kay Penman
13. "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach
14. "Son of Stone" by Stuart Woods
15. "Nightwoods: A Novel" by Charles Frazier

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
2. "Boomerang" by Michael Lewis
3. "I Never Thought I'd See the Day!" by David Jeremiah
4. "Seriously I'm Kidding" by Ellen DeGeneres
5. "Every Day a Friday" by Joel Osteen
6. "This Is Herman Cain!" by Herman Cain
7. "Jacqueline Kennedy" foreword by Caroline Kennedy
8. "The Ultimate Question 2.0." by Fred Reichheld with Rob Markey
9. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
10. "That Used to Be Us" by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
11. "EntreLeadership" by Dave Ramsey
12. "Confidence Men" by Ron Suskind
13. "Destiny of the Republic" by Candice Millard
14. "Go the F--k to Sleep" by Adam Mansbach
15. "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Cross Fire" by James Patterson
2. "Miracle Cure" by Harlan Coben
3. "In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster: A Cynster Novel" by Stephanie Laurens
4. "Christmas at Timberwoods" by Fern Michaels
5. "Bad Blood: A Virgil Flowers Novel" by John Sandford
6. "Only His" by Susan Mallery
7. "Legacy: A Novel" by Danielle Steel
8. "The Confession" by John Grisham
9. "Western Skies" by Nora Roberts
10. "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King
11. "Towers of Midnight" by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
12. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
13. "The Darkest Surrender" by Gena Showalter
14. "Dark Peril" by Christine Feehan
15. "The Unquiet" by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Patricia Gaffney, Ruth Ryan Langan & Mary Kay McComas

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
2. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
3. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
4. "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" by Michael Lewis
5. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese
6. "Room" by Emma Donoghue
7. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
8. "Cleopatra" by Stacy Schiff
9. "The Fifth Witness" by Michael Connelly
10. "The Sixth Man" by David Baldacci
11. "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson
12. "Freedom: A Novel" by Jonathan Franzen
13. "Dead or Alive" by Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood
14. "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
15. "At Home" by Bill Bryson

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.