“Not as good as the book.” That is the standard dismissal of movies based on novels. It is an easy way to shortcut conversation and proclaim, “I read the book!” But books and movies are very different media.Last week’s best-selling books, according to the Publishers Weekly:
FICTION
1 “
The Black Box” by Michael Connelly
2 “
Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel” by Janet Evanovich
3“
Cold Days” by Jim Butcher
4“
The Forgotten” by David Baldacci
5“
The Racketeer” by John Grisham
6“
Agenda 21” by Glenn Beck and Harriet Parke
7“
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross” by James Patterson
8 “
The Last Man” by Vince Flynn
9“
Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn
10 “
The Casual Vacancy” by J.K. Rowling
NON-FICTION
1“
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot” by Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard
2“
Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust” by Ina Garten
3 “
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power” by Jon Meacham
4“
Guinness World Records 2013” by Guinness World Records
5“
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden” by Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer
6“
The Virgin Diet” by J.J. Virgin
7“
The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life” by Timothy Ferriss
8“
America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren’t” by Stephen Colbert
9“
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook” by Deb Perelman
10 “
I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak” by Joel Osteen
