“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 at Barnes & Noble Booksellers at Jefferson Pointe:
FICTION
1. “
Gone Girl
” by Gillian Flynn
2. “
A Memory of Light
” by Robert Jordan
3. “
A Week in Winter
” by Maeve Binchy
4. “
Private Berlin
” by James Patterson, Mark Sullivan
5. “
Suspect
” by Robert Crais
6. “
Tenth of December
” George Saunders
7. “
The Fifth Assassin
” by Brad Meltzer
8. “Touch and Go
” by Lisa Gardner
9. “
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
” by Ayana Mathis
10. “
The Racketeer
” by John Grisham
NON-FICTION
1. “
Shred: The Revolutionary Diet: 6 Weeks
4 Inches 2 Sizes
” by Ian K. Smith
2. “
My Beloved World
” by Sonia Sotomayor
3. “
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
”
by Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard
4. “
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination
that Changed America Forever” by Bill O’Reilly,
Martin Dugard
5. “
StrengthsFinder 2.0
” by Tom Rath
6. “
The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change
”
by Al Gore
7. “
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood,
and the Prison of Belief
” by Lawrence Wright
8. “
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account
of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden
by Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer
9. “
I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life
”
by Joel Osteen
10. “
Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health
” by William Davis
E-BOOKS
1. “
After Dark
” by Jayne Castle
2. “
Alex Cross, Run
” by James Patterson
3. “
Safe Haven
” by Nicholas Sparks
4. “
Beautiful Creatures
” by Kami Garcia
5. “
Apple Turnover Murder
” by Joanne Fluke
6. “
Waiting for Love
” by Marie Force
7. “Rush
” by Maya Banks
8. “
Touch and Go
” by Lisa Gardner
9. “
Wait for Me
” by Elizabeth Naughton
10. “
Beautiful Darkness
” by Kami Garcia
