Sunday, February 19, 2012

'Kill Shot' tops this week's PW hardcover fiction 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, there are four new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"Kill Shot" by Vince Flynn replaced "Home Front" by Kristin Hannah as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America" by Mark R. Levin replaced "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History" by Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice and Scott McEwen as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"44 Charles Street" by Danielle Steel replaced "The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae" by Stephanie Laurens as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett replaced "Night Road" by Kristin Hannah as the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

There are four 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 "Kill Shot" by Vince Flynn (1), "Catch Me" by Lias Gardner (3), "Left for Dead" by J.A. Jance (10) and "No Mark Upon Her" by Deborah Crombie (12).

There are six books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Hilarity Ensues" by Tucker Max (2), "Take the Stairs" by Rory Vaden (5), "Once Upon a Secret" by Mimi Alford (10), "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" by Katherine Boo (12), "Bringing Up Bebe" by Pamela Druckerman (13) and "Great by Choice" by Jim Collins & Morten T. Hansen (14).

There are five books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "Bennett and Camilla" by Nora Roberts (7), "One Book in the Grave" by Kate Carlisle (9), "Devil's Food Cake Murder" by Joanne Fluke (12), "Crunch Time" by Diane Mott Davidson (14) and "Shaded Vision" by Yasmine Galenorn (15).

There are five books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Vow" by Kim & Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson (2), "The Harbinger" by Jonathan Cahn (11), "Life As I Blow It" by Sarah Colonna (12), "Before I Go to Sleep" by S.J. Watson (14) and "Dreams of Joy" by Lisa See (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. "Kill Shot" by Vince Flynn
2. "Defending Jacob" by William Landay
3. "Catch Me" by Lias Gardner
4. "Death Comes to Pemberley" by P.D. James
5. "Private: Number 1 Suspect" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
6. "11/22/63" by Stephen King
7. "Home Front" by Kristin Hannah
8. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
9. "Taken" by Robert Crais
10. "Left for Dead" by J.A. Jance
11. "Raylan: A Novel" by Elmore Leaonard
12. "No Mark Upon Her" by Deborah Crombie
13. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
14. "The Fear Index" by Robert Harris
15. "The Litigators" by John Grisham

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America" by Mark R. Levin
2. "Hilarity Ensues" by Tucker Max
3. "The End of Illness' by David Agus
4. "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice and Scott McEwen
5. "Take the Stairs" by Rory Vaden
6. "Steve Jobs: A Biography" by Walter Isaacson
7. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
8. "Quiet" by Susan Cain
9. "The World of Downtown Abbey" by Jessica Fellowes
10. "Once Upon a Secret" by Mimi Alford
11. "The 17 Day Diet" by Dr. Mike Moreno
12. "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" by Katherine Boo
13. "Bringing Up Bebe" by Pamela Druckerman
14. "Great by Choice" by Jim Collins & Morten T. Hansen
15. "Through My Eyes" by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "44 Charles Street" by Danielle Steel
2. "The 9th Judgement" by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
3. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
4. "Against All Enemies" by Tom Clancy with Peter Telep
5. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
6. "Lucky Penny" by Catherine Anderson
7. "Bennett and Camilla" by Nora Roberts
8. "Cold Vengeance" by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
9. "One Book in the Grave" by Kate Carlisle
10. "The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae" by Stephanie Laurens
11. "Bonnie" by Iris Johansen
12. "Devil's Food Cake Murder" by Joanne Fluke
13. "Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor" by Dick Couch and George Galdorisi
14. "Crunch Time" by Diane Mott Davidson
15. "Shaded Vision" by Yasmine Galenorn

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
2. "The Vow" by Kim & Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson
3. "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
4. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
5. "The Tiger's Wife: A Novel" by Tea Obreht
6. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
7. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
8. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
9. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
10. "Lethal" by Sandra Brown
11. "The Harbinger" by Jonathan Cahn
12. "Life As I Blow It" by Sarah Colonna
13. "10th Anniversary" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
14. "Before I Go to Sleep" by S.J. Watson
15. "Dreams of Joy" by Lisa See

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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