Sunday, April 15, 2012

'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' makes two best-sellers lists this week

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 two new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"The Lost Years" by Mary Higgins Clark replaced "Lover Reborn" by J.R. Ward as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James replaced "What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?" by Jonnie Penn and Dave Lingwood as the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list.

"Drift" by Rachel Maddow retained its place as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the second week in a row.

"The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks retained its place as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list for the third straight week.

There are nine 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 "The Lost Years" by Mary Higgins Clark (1), "Sacre Bleu: A comedy d'Art" by christopher Moore (3), "The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection: No 1. Ladies Detective Agency" by Alexander McCall Smith (4), "The Shoemaker's Wife" by Adriana Trigiani (6), "The Beginner's Goodbye" by Anne Tyler (7), "Gypped: A Regan Reilly Mystery" by Carol Higgins Clark (10), "Beastly Things: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery" by Donna Leon (11), "Dorchester Terrace: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel" by Anne Perry (14) and "The Big Cat Nap: The 20th Anniversary Mrs. Murphy Mystery" by Rita Mae Brown (15).

There are four books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Trickle Down Tyranny: Crushing Obama's Dream of the Socialist States of America" by Michael Savage (4), "Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir" by Lisa McCubbin and Clint Hill (7), "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus" by Paula Broadwell and Vernon Loch (9) and "Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20 per cent of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours" by Shirzad Chamine (12).

There are four books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "Chasing Fire" by Nora Roberts (5), "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith (9), "Betrayal: A Novel" by Christina Dodd (12) and "Just Down the Road" by Jodi Thomas (13).

There are four books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James (1), "Now You See Her" by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (12), "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith (13) and "Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything" by Joshua Foer (14).

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. "The Lost Years" by Mary Higgins Clark
2. "Guilty Wives" by James Patterson
3. "Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d'Art" by Christopher Moore
4. "The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection: No 1. Ladies Detective Agency" by Alexander McCall Smith
5. "Betrayal: A Novel" by Danielle Steel
6. "The Shoemaker's Wife" by Adriana Trigiani
7. "The Beginner's Goodbye" by Anne Tyler
8. "Stay Close" by Harlan Coben
9. "Lover Reborn" by J.R. Ward
10. "Gypped: A Regan Reilly Mystery" by Carol Higgins Clark
11. "Beastly Things: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery" by Donna Leon
12. "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
13. "Lone Wolf" by Jodi Picoult
14. "Dorchester Terrace: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel" by Anne Perry
15. "The Big Cat Nap: The 20th Anniversary Mrs. Murphy Mystery" by Rita Mae Brown

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Drift" by Rachel Maddow
2. "Weeknights with Giada" by Giada De Laurentiis
3. "The Big Miss" by Hank Haney
4. "Trickle Down Tyranny" by Michael Savage
5. "The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier" by Ree Drummond
6. "Imagine" by Jonah Lehrer
7. "Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir" by Lisa McCubbin and Clint Hill
8. "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed
9. "All In" by Paula Broadwell and Vernon Loch
10. "The Blood Sugar Solution" by Mark Hyman, M.D.
11. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
12. "Positive Intelligence" by Shirzad Chamine
13. "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg
14. "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice and Scott McEwen
15. "Steve Jobs: A Biography" by Walter Isaacson

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks
2. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
3. "The Affair" by Lee Child
4. "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
5. "Chasing Fire" by Nora Roberts
6. "I'll Walk Alone" by Mary Higgins Clark
7. "The Postcard Killers" by James Patterson & Lisa Marklund
8. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
9. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith
10. "A Turn in the Road" by Debbie Macomber
11. "The Devil Colony" by James Rollins
12. "Betrayal: A Novel" by Christina Dodd
13. "Just Down the Road" by Jodi Thomas
14. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson
15. "Dead Reckoning" by Charlaine Harris

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James
2. "The Magic" by Rhonda Byrne
3. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks
4. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
5. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
6. "What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?" by Jonnie Penn and Dave Lingwood
7. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
8. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
9. "Zero Day" by David Baldacci
10. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
11. "The Vow" by Kim & Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson
12. "Now You See Her" by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
13. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith
14. "Moonwalking with Einstein" by Joshua Foer
15. "Loving" by Karen Kingsbury

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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