NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction (05/26/2013)

New York Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending May 26th 2013

10 - Robert B. Parker's Wonderland - Ace Atkins
(Debut)
Spenser uncovers plans to build a huge casino north of Boston; a continuation of the series by Parker, who died in 2010.

9  -  Daddy's Gone A Hunting - Mary Higgins Clark
(5 weeks on list)

8  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(49 weeks on list)

7  -  Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts
(4 weeks on list)

6  -  A Delicate Truth - John Le Carre
(Debut)
A young man investigates a private-public antiterrorist operation, supposedly a great success but actually a disaster.

5  -  A Step of Faith - Richard Paul Evans
(Debut)
In the fourth book of the "Walk" series, Alan faces new challenges on his walk to Key West.

4  -  The Hit - David Baldacci
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  12th of Never - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(2 weeks on list)  (Last week's #1)

2  -  Silken Prey - John Sandford
(Debut)
Lucas Davenport is drawn into the investigation of a Minnesota political scandal and the disappearance of an operative.

1  -  Dead Ever After - Charlaine Harrris
(DEBUT)
The telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse searches for the truth about the death of the former barmaid Arlene.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) May 20th 2012

Here are the Top Ten novels on the NY Times Bestseller list for the week ending May 20th 2012

10 - The  Shoemaker's Wife - Adriana Trigiani   (5 weeks on list)
9  -  Unnatural Acts - Stuart Woods  (3 weeks)
8  -  The Lost Years - Mary Higgins Clark   (5 weeks)
7  -  Guilty Wives - James Patterson   (6 weeks)
6  -  Lullaby - Robert B. Parker  (Debut)
5  -  The Witness - Nora Roberts   (3 weeks)
4  -  Calico Joe - John Grisham   (4 weeks)
3  -  The Innocent - David Baldacci   (3 weeks)
2  -  The Wind Through The Keyhole - Stephen King  (2 weeks)
1  -  Deadlocked - Charlaine Harris
(Debut)
The telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse investigates a murder that has more to do with her than she imagines

New York Times Bestseller List (Fiction) May 2011

Here are the Top 5 Bestsellers on the NY Times Fiction list for May 22nd 2011

1 - Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris (Debut)
11th novel of the adventures of Sookie Stackhouse

2 - 10th Anniversary - James Patterson (Debut)
Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club race to find a missing baby.
3 - The Sixth Man - David Baldacci (3 weeks on list)
The lawyer for an alleged serial killer is murdered, and two former Secret Service agents are on the case.
4 - Sixkill - Robert B Parker (Debut)
 In the final Spenser novel, a woman dies in an actor’s hotel room.
5 - The Land of Painted Caves - Jean Auel (6 weeks on list)
The latest volume in a series that began with “The Clan of the Cave Bear,” set during the ice age.

New #1 on the NYTimes Bestseller List - Fiction and Non Fiction

The week ending May 14th 2010 gave us 2 new #1 books atop the NY Times Bestseller List.



New to the Top of the fiction list is Dead in the Family (A Sookie Stackhouse Novel) by Charlaine Harris.
This is almost a year to the day that her last Sookie Stackhouse book Dead and Gone reached the top of the list. If you are not familiar with this character, she is the lead in the True Blood HBO series.
Also new to the top 10 of the bestseller list this is are Innocent by Scott Turow debuting at #3, Blue-Eyed Devil by Robert B Parker debuts at #9 and coming in new at #10 is Tell-All by Chuck Palahnuik.


The new #1 book atop the NY Times Non Fiction list is the new memoir from former first lady Laura Bush, Spoken From the Heart debuts at #1 this week. Its been almost 7 years since a first lady had a #1 bestseller, that was Living History by former first lady Hillary Clinton in 2003.
Also debuting this week on the non fiction list in the top ten are Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps. It comes in at #5 while new at #7 is The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick, subtitled Custer, Sitting Bull and The Battle of Little Big Horn.
Coming into the 8th spot is Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern and the last of the debut books is My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster.