Publishers Weekly Bestsellers: The Week's Hottest Reads

-- HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "Kill Me If You Can" by James Patterson and Marshall Karp (Little, Brown)

2. "The Race" by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott (Putnam)

3. "Dark Predator" by Christine Feehan (Berkley)

4. "A Dance With Dragons" by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)

5. "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach (Little, Brown)

6. "Prey" by Linda Howard (Ballantine)

7. "Pirate King" by Laurie R. King (Bantam)

8. "Flash and Bones: A Novel" by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)

9. "The Leftovers" by Tom Perrotta (St. Martins)

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

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

12. "The Sookie Stackhouse Companion" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)

13. "The Tears of the Sun" by S.M. Stirling (Roc)

14. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam/Amy Einhorn)

15. "A Trick of the Light: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel" by Louise Perry (Minotaur)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir" by Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney (Threshold Editions)

2. "Start Something That Matters" by Blake Mycoskie (Spiegel & Grau)

3. "That Used to Be Us" by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

4. "The Two-Second Advantage" by Vivek Ranadive and Kevin Maney (Crown)

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

6. "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard (Simon & Schuster)

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

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

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

10. "1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created" by Charles C. Mann (Knopf)

11. "Go the F--k to Sleep" by Adam Mansbach and Illustrations by Ricardo Cortes (Avon)

12. "Willpower" by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney (Penguin Press)

13. "Living Beyond Your Feelings" by Joyce Meyer (FaithWords)

14. "Just My Type" by Simon Garfield (Gotham)

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

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. "Port Mortuary" by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley)

2. "American Assassin: A Thriller" by Vince Flynn (Pocket)

3. "1105 Yakima Street by Debbie Macomber (Mira)

4. "Envy" by J.R. Ward (Signet)

5. "The Confession: A Novel" by John Grisham (Dell)

6. "Lost Empire" by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood (Berkley)

7. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin (Spectra)

8. "The Reversal" by Michael Connelly (Vision)

9. "Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue: A Cynster Novel" by Stephanie Laurens (Avon)

10. "The Emperor's Tomb" by Steve Berry (Ballantine)

11. "Canyons of Night: Book Three of the Looking Glass Trilogy" by Jayne Castle (Jove)

12. "Strategic Moves" by Stuart Woods (Signet)

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

14. "Canyons of Night" by Jayne Castle (Jove)

15. "Archangel's Blade" by Nalini Singh (Berkley)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

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

2. "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)

3. "The Mercy" by Beverly Lewis (Bethany House)

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

5. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin's Griffin)

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

7. "Cleopatra" by Stacy Schiff (LB/Back Bay)

8. "One Day" by David Nicholls (Vintage)

9. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)

10. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell (LB/Back Bay)

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

12. "Fall of Giants: Book One of the Century Trilogy" by Ken Follett (NAL)

13. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)

14. "Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom" by Jennifer S. Holland (Workman)

15. "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein (Harper)

Comments

[listen to the silence]

02:04 PM on 09/21/2011

Had minor foot surgery after accident while hiking on vacation so have been able to get a lot of reading in the hard way though I am catching up. I read Garden of Beasts because I learned more about Germany and the war and the WA connection. I highly recommend this book for history buffs. Paris Wife was delightful so I had to read A Moveable Feast again. I'm just starting Pirate King by Lauri King which is her newest and I've enjoy her writing through the years. Lauri King is lighter reading for a nice change. I'm going into work tomorrw for a few hours on crutches so that cuts down on my reading a bit.

Does anyone read Sharon Kay Penman? She has a new book coming out next month on King Richard titled LionHeart.

[Raymond King71]

06:17 PM on 09/18/2011

HOW independent authors or publishers are on that list......authors like RAYMONI LOVE and RAYMOND STURGIS...AMERICAN PATRIOTS....LOVE WORKS?

[marbiol]

10:03 AM on 09/17/2011

someone here needs to review the new suskinjd book that smears the President and hios advisors and makes the Obama administration, sans valerie Jarrett, appear as malfunctioning misogynist mess!!

Does suskind have an agenda?? it needs to be exposed!! AND FAST--just in case beck highlights the book and it skyrockets on the NYT bestseller list!!!

[listen to the silence]

02:07 PM on 09/21/2011

I'm not sure I even want to read a revview on this book. Seems enough of smearing the President is done on h p site every day.

[hairydodger]

01:42 AM on 09/17/2011

And then there is "Box Head Man" an enhanced children's ebook in the apple iTunes store. This is not a commercial post as "Box Head Man" is free. It is for your iPad only. It is not treeware, it's digital. No trees were harmed making this book. It took thirty of us to make this ebook. It's just one of the paths books are taking in the future but this future has been advanced to now, right now. Children love this ebook and read it over and over. Download it, it's free.

[luckydog1857]

11:40 AM on 09/16/2011

I highly recommend The Black Banners by Ali Soufan. Bought it after hearing the NPR interview with him. It's excellent. And proves that claims that torture was effective isn't true. He was there for the FBI and worked with the CIA in interrogations. Brilliant.

[CAdawn]

07:52 PM on 09/17/2011

I saw him on the Rachel Maddow show on msnbc. Part of the book was redacted but still,according to Rachel, readable. Can't wait to read it.