Sunday, May 20, 2012

James Patterson's '11th Hour' takes top spot on hardcover fiction 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 is only one new book at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"11th Hour" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro replaced "Deadlocked" by Charlaine Harris as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson" by Robert A. Caro retained the No. 1 spot on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list for the second straight week.

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

"Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James retained its place atop the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the sixth week in a row.

There are eight 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 "11th Hour" by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (1), "Bring Up the Bodies" by Hilary Mantel (2), "In One Person" by John Irving (4), "The Road to Grace" by Richard Paul Evans (5), "Home" by Toni Morrison (8), "The Sins of the Father" by Jeffrey Archer (10), "A Dog's Journey" by W. Bruce Cameron (13) and "The Family Corleone" by Ed Falco (15).

There are eight books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" by Stephen Colbert (2), "Most Talkative" by Andy Cohen (4), "Screwed!" by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann (5), "Bombshell" by Suzanne Somers (6), "This is How" by Augusten Burroughs (8), "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard (10), "The Loyalty Leap" by Bryan Pearson (12) and "Service" by Marcus Luttrell with James D. Hornfischer (13).

There are three books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They include "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson (12), "The Lion" by Nelson DeMille (14) and "Coming Up Roses" by Catherine Anderson (15).

There are two books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett (6) and "What to Expect When You're Expecting" by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel (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. "11th Hour" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
2. "Bring Up the Bodies" by Hilary Mantel
3. "Deadlocked" by Charlaine Harris
4. "In One Person" by John Irving
5. "The Road to Grace" by Richard Paul Evans
6. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci
7. "Calico Joe" by John Grisham
8. "Home" by Toni Morrison
9. "The Wind Through the Keyhole" by Stephen King
10. "The Sins of the Father" by Jeffrey Archer
11. "The Witness" by Nora Roberts
12. "Robert B. Parker's Lullaby" by Ace Atkins
13. "A Dog's Journey" by W. Bruce Cameron
14. "The Lost Years" by Mary Higgins Clark
15. "The Family Corleone" by Ed Falco

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson" by Robert A. Caro
2. "I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" by Stephen Colbert
3. "Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake" by Anna Quindlen
4. "Most Talkative" by Andy Cohen
5. "Screwed!" by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
6. "Bombshell" by Suzanne Somers
7. "The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier" by Ree Drummond
8. "This is How" by Augusten Burroughs
9. "Prague Winter" by Madeleine Albright
10 "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
11. "Drift" by Rachel Maddow
12. "The Loyalty Leap" by Bryan Pearson
13. "Service" by Marcus Luttrell with James D. Hornfischer
14. "My Cross to Bear" by Gregg Allman
15. "The Blood Sugar Solution" by Mark Hyman, M.D.

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks
2. "The Fifth Witness" by Michael Connelly
3. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
4. "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
5. "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin
6. "Buried Prey" by John Sandford
7. "Vision in White" by Nora Roberts
8. "Mystery" by Jonathan Kellerman
9. "The Affair" by Lee Child
10. "Sunrise Point" by Robyn Carr
11. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith
12. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson
13. "Chasing Fire" by Nora Roberts
14. "The Lion" by Nelson DeMille
15. "Coming Up Roses" by Catherine Anderson

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James
2. "Fifty Shades Darker" by E.L. James
3. "Fifty Shades Freed" by E.L. James
4. "The Last Boyfriend: Book Two of the InnsBoro Trilogy" by Nora Roberts
5. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Lawson
6. "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett
7. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
8. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks
9. "The Art of Fielding: A Novel" by Chad Harbach
10. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent
11. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
12. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith
13. "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man" by Steve Harvey
14. "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
15. "What to Expect When You're Expecting" by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel

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.

3 comments:

  1. Oh great, now I have to order again this week for the library, Lee! :)
    We have 7 out of the 15 on the new list.
    Dorothy

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  2. Sounds good, especially for the patrons of your outstanding library.

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