The Week's Hottest Reads: Publishers Weekly Bestsellers

-- HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "Dead Reckoning" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)

2. "10th Anniversary" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)

3. "Buried Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam)

4. "The Jefferson Key" by Steve Berry (Ballantine)

5. "The Sixth Man" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)

6. "The Final Storm" by Jeff Shaara (Ballantine)

7. "The Land of Painted Caves: A Novel" by Jean M. Auel (Crown)

8. "Sixkill" by Robert B. Parker (Putnam Adult)

9. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)

10. "Caleb's Crossing" by Geraldine Books (Viking)

11. "The Fifth Witness" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)

12. "The Snowman" by Jo Nesbo (Knopf)

13. "2030" by Albert Brooks (St. Martin's)

14. "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain (Ballantine)

15. "I'll Walk Alone" by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson (Crown)

2. "The Dukan Diet" by Pierre Dukan (Crown Archetype)

3. "Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?" by Steven Tyler with David Dalton (Ecco)

4. "Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me" by Chelsea's Family, Friends & Other Victims (Grand Central)

5. "The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor's Plan Design for Rapid Results" by Dr. Mike Moreno (Free Press)

6. "Seal Team Six" by Howard E. Wasdin & Stephen Templin (St. Martin's)

7. "Bossypants" by Tina Fey (Reagan Arthur)

8. "Love Wins" by Rob Bell (HarperOne)

9. "Where's the Birth Certificate?" by Jerome Corsi (WND Books)

10. "Place of Yes" by Bethenny Frankel with Eve Adamson (Touchstone)

11. "Area 51" by Annie Jacobsen (Little, Brown)

12. "20 Years Younger" by Bob Greene (Little, Brown)

13. "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House)

14. "The Psychopath Test" by Jon Ronson (Riverhead)

15. "On China" by Henry Kissinger (Penguin Press)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. "Water for Elephants: A Novel" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)

2. "Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)

3. "Worth Dying For" by Lee Child (Dell)

4. "Something Borrowed" by Emily Griffin (St. Martin's)

5. "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)

6. "The Search" by Nora Roberts (Jove)

7. "Storm Prey" by John Sandford (Berkley)

8. "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)

9. "Something Blue" by Emily Giffin (St. Martin's)

10. "Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Objective" by Eric Van Lustbader (Vision)

11. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)

12. "Hannah's List" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)

13. "Dead in the Family" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)

14. "Naked Heat" by Richard Castle (Hyperion)

15. "A Feast for Crows" by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

1. "Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson)

2. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult)

3. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot (Broadway)

4. "Water for Elephants: A Novel" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)

5. "Room" by Emma Donoghue (LB/Back Bay)

6. "Life" by Keith Richards (LB/Back Bay)

7. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese (Vintage)

8. "Something Borrowed" by Emily Griffin (St. Martin's Griffin)

9. "A Visit from the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan (Anchor)

10. "Empire of the Summer Moon" by S.C. Gwynne (Scribner)

11. "The Passage" by Justin Cronin (Ballantine)

12. "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell (LB/Back Bay)

13. "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen" by Christopher McDougall (Vintage)

14. "The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel" by Garth Stein (Harper)

15. "The 9th Judgment" by James Patterson (Grand Central Publishing)

Comments

[Tiffany Harris]

10:40 PM on 05/30/2011

Great roundup- but I'd add Fatal Incident by Jim Proebstle (http://www.fatalincident.com). It's a recent favorite (WWII novel) of mine!

[ESerafina42]

11:52 AM on 05/29/2011

I don't read books, on or off the beach, because they're "hot" - I read them because they appeal to me.

[AnOldBlackMarble]

01:32 AM on 05/29/2011

Well since this is a book story I wouldn't be doing myself justice if I did not recommend my own books. If you'd care to give me gander just imagine my avatar behind my handle to find my website.

[BowlingForRevenge]

03:56 AM on 05/28/2011

I'm sorry BUT who has the money to go to the BEACH????

[judiNJ]

04:37 PM on 05/27/2011

Hardcover #12, The Snowman by Jo Nesbo is first on my list!