Sunday, November 25, 2012

Posthumous Michael Crichton novel reappears on best-sellers list

Today is Sunday, so that means that it’s time for my weekly breakdown of this week’s Publishers Weekly Best-Seller List. According to the list, there are three new books at the top of the four major best-sellers lists this week.

"The Last Man: A Novel" by Vince Flynn replaced "The Racketeer" by John Grisham as the No. 1 book on the hardcover fiction best-sellers list.

"Killing Kennedy" by Bill O'Reilly replaced "Barefoot Contessa Foolproof" by Ina Garten as the top book on the hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list.

"Jack Reacher: One Shot: A Novel" by Lee Child replaced "Hotel Vendome" by Danielle Steel as the top book on the mass market paperback best-sellers list.

"The Perfect Hope" by Nora Roberts remained the No. 1 book on the trade paperbacks best-sellers list for the second straight week.

There are four books on this week’s hardcover fiction best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They (along with their place on the list) include "The Last Man: A Novel" by Vince Flynn (1), "Merry Christmas, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (2), "Sweet Tooth: A Novel" by Ian McEwan (8) and "Cross Roads" by Wm. Paul Young (11).

There are five books on this week’s hardcover nonfiction best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" by Jon Meachum (3), "How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed" by Ray Kurzwell (6), "My Year in Meals" by Rachel Ray (7), "Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers (8) and "The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage" by Greg Gutfeld (13).

There are two books on this week’s mass market paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "The Prince of Ravenscar" by Catherine Coulter (14) and "Micro: A Novel" by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston (15).

There are two books on this week’s trade paperbacks best-sellers list that weren’t on the list last week. They include "Custom Nation: Why Customization Is the Future of Business and How to Profit From It" by Anthony Flynn and Emily Flynn Vencat (12) and "The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery that Holds the Secret of America's Future" by Jonathan Cahn (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. "The Last Man: A Novel" by Vince Flynn
2. "Merry Christmas, Alex Cross" by James Patterson
3. "The Racketeer" by John Grisham
4. "Poseidon's Arrow" by Clive Cussler
5. "Flight Behavior" by Barbara Kingsolver
6. "The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling
7. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
8. "Sweet Tooth: A Novel" by Ian McEwan
9. "The Panther" by Nelson DeMille
10. "The Sins of the Mother" by Danielle Steel
11. "Cross Roads" by Wm. Paul Young
12. "Winter of the World" by Ken Follett
13. "The Bone Bed" by Patricia Cornwell
14. "A Winter Dream" by Richard Paul Evans
15. "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Killing Kennedy" by Bill O'Reilly
2. "Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust" by Ina Garten
3. "Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" by Jon Meachum
4. "Guinness World Records 2013" by Guinness World Records
5. "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen
6. "How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed" by Ray Kurzwell
7. "My Year in Meals" by Rachel Ray
8. "Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
9. "I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak" by Joel Osteen
10. "The Signal and the Noise" by Nate Silver
11. "The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook" by Deb Perelman
12. "The Last Lion" by William Manchester
13. "The Joy of Hate" by Greg Gutfeld
14. "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" by Geoff Tibballs
15. "America Again" by Stephen Colbert

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "Jack Reacher: One Shot: A Novel" by Lee Child
2. "Hotel Vendome" by Danielle Steel
3. "V Is for Vengeance" by Sue Grafton
4. "Devil's Gate" by Clive Cussler
5. "Down the Darkest Road" by Tami Hoag
6. "1225 Christmas Tree Lane" by Debbie Macomber
7. "The Drop" by Michael Connelly
8. "My Kind of Christmas" by Robyn Carr
9. "A Winter Wonderland" by Fern Michaels
10. "A Lawman's Christmas" by Linda Lael Miller
11. "Robert Ludlum's The Janson Command" by Paul Garrison
12. "First Impressions" by Nora Roberts
13. "The Litigators" by John Grisham
14. "The Prince of Ravenscar" by Catherine Coulter
15. "Micro: A Novel" by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Perfect Hope" by Nora Roberts
2. "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander
3. "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James
4. "Reflected in You" by Sylvia Day
5. "Fifty Shades Freed" by E.L. James
6. "Fifty Shades Darker" by E.L. James
7. "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
8. "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin
9. "Lone Wolf" by Jodi Picoult
10. "The Innocent" by David Baldacci
11. "Bared to You" by Sylvia Day
12. "Custom Nation" by Anthony Flynn and Emily Flynn Vencat
13. "To Heaven and Back" by Mary C. Neal
14. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
15. "The Harbinger" by Jonathan Cahn

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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