Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Hot This Week: May 25

We hope everyone had an enjoyable Memorial Day weekend! The Johnny Depp comedy Mortdecai takes over this week's movie list. The return of the Barden Bellas puts the Pitch Perfect 2 soundtrack atop the music chart. Paula Hawkins and Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Doerr return to the top two spots on the fiction list, joined this week by new titles from Craig Johnson and Lincoln Child. In non-fiction, the week's top new title is anchorman Tom Brokaw's story of his fight against cancer.

DVD
  1. Mortdecai
  2. The Wedding Ringer
  3. The Gambler
  4. The Cobbler
  5. Still Alice
  6. Paddington
  7. The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
  8. Unbroken
  9. Tracers
  10. Wild
CD
  1. Pitch Perfect 2 Soundtrack
  2. Mumford & Sons, Wilder Mind
  3. Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack
  4. David Guetta, Listen
  5. Furious 7 Soundtrack
  6. Incubus, Trust Fall (Side A) (EP)
  7. Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde
  8. Josh Groban, Stages
  9. Taylor Swift, 1989
  10. Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
Fiction
  1. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
  2. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  3. 14th Deadly Sin, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
  4. Memory Man, David Baldacci
  5. Dry Bones, Craig Johnson
  6. Gathering Prey, John Sandford
  7. A God in Ruins, Kate Atkinson
  8. The Forgotten Room, Lincoln Child
  9. The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah
  10. The Bone Tree, Greg Iles
Non-Fiction
  1. The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
  2. And the Good News Is..., Dana Perino
  3. Clinton Cash, Peter Schweizer
  4. A Lucky Life Interrupted, Tom Brokaw
  5. The Road to Character, David Brooks
  6. Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies, Bill O'Reilly and David Fisher
  7. The Book of Joan, Melissa Rivers
  8. It's a Long Story, Willie Nelson and David Ritz
  9. Hold Still, Sally Mann
  10. American Wife, Taya Kyle and Jim DeFelice

Monday, May 18, 2015

Hot This Week: May 18

The Wedding Ringer, the comedy starring Kevin Hart and Josh Gad, stays atop the movie list for a second week, followed by a new movie with Adam Sandler. Three new CDs climb onto the music chart, led by the latest effort and a new sound from Mumford & Sons. New novels by James Patterson and Kate Atkinson break onto the fiction list, while six titles debut in a rare shakeup week in non-fiction.

DVD
  1. The Wedding Ringer
  2. The Cobbler
  3. The Gambler
  4. Paddington
  5. Selma
  6. Unbroken
  7. Wild
  8. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
  9. Exodus: Gods and Kings 
  10. Interstellar
CD
  1. Mumford & Sons, Wilder Mind
  2. Josh Groban, Stages
  3. NOW That's What I Call Music 54
  4. Tech N9ne, Special Effects 
  5. Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde
  6. Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack
  7. Furious 7 Soundtrack
  8. Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
  9. Taylor Swift, 1989
  10. Ed Sheeran, X
Fiction
  1. 14th Deadly Sin, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
  2. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
  3. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  4. Memory Man, David Baldacci
  5. Gathering Prey, John Sandford
  6. A God in Ruins, Kate Atkinson
  7. The Bone Tree, Greg Iles
  8. The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah
  9. God Help the Child, Toni Morrison
  10. The Liar, Nora Roberts
Non-Fiction
  1. The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
  2. Clinton Cash, Peter Schweizer
  3. The Road to Character, David Brooks
  4. And the Good News Is..., Dana Perino
  5. It's a Long Story, Willie Nelson and David Ritz
  6. The Book of Joan, Melissa Rivers
  7. American Wife, Taya Kyle and Jim DeFelice
  8. Hope, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus
  9. Dead Wake, Erik Larson
  10. Deal, Bill Kreutzmann with Benjy Eisen

Monday, May 11, 2015

Hot This Week: May 11

New movies, anyone? The top four entries on this week's listing are all first-timers. The latest release from the Zac Brown Band leaps to the top of the music chart, with new albums from Josh Groban and Tyler Farr also making the cut. The fiction list is "bookended" by new titles, a new thriller from John Sandford at #1 and a historical novel from Jane Smiley at #10. In non-fiction, the list is topped by the new book from two women who escaped their captor after ten years of torment.

DVD
  1. The Wedding Ringer
  2. The Gambler
  3. Paddington
  4. Wild
  5. Unbroken
  6. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  7. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
  8. Exodus: Gods and Kings
  9. Interstellar
  10. Penguins of Madagascar
CD
  1. Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde
  2. Josh Groban, Stages
  3. Furious 7 Soundtrack
  4. Tyler Farr, Suffer in Peace
  5. Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late
  6. Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack
  7. Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
  8. Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
  9. Taylor Swift, 1989
  10. Meghan Trainor, Title
Fiction
  1. Gathering Prey, John Sandford
  2. Memory Man, David Baldacci
  3. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
  4. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  5. God Help the Child, Toni Morrison
  6. The Bone Tree, Greg Iles
  7. The Liar, Nora Roberts
  8. At the Water's Edge, Sara Gruen
  9. The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah
  10. Early Warning, Jane Smiley
Non-Fiction
  1. Hope, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus
  2. The Road to Character, David Brooks
  3. And the Good News Is..., Dana Perino
  4. Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies, Bill O'Reilly and David Fisher
  5. Dead Wake, Erik Larson
  6. Missoula, Jon Krakauer
  7. The Residence, Kate Andersen Brower
  8. Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
  9. On the Move, Oliver Sacks
  10. Dealing with China, Henry M. Paulson Jr.

Monday, May 4, 2015

Hot This Week: May 4

The thrilling story of Louis Zamperini's WWII ordeal takes the first movie listing of may, following by the final movie in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy. The new release from Alabama Shakes leaps to the top of the music chart, joined by fellow newcomer YelaWolf at #3. In fiction, David Baldacci finally dislodges Paula Hawkins from the top spot, while new titles from Dana Perino and Jon Krakauer break into non-fiction's top ten.

DVD
  1. Unbroken
  2. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  3. Exodus: Gods and Kings
  4. Interstellar
  5. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
  6. Penguins of Madagascar
  7. Big Hero 6
  8. The Imitation Game
  9. Wild Card
  10. Into the Woods
CD
  1. Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
  2. Furious 7 Soundtrack
  3. YelaWolf, Love Story
  4. Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late
  5. Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack
  6. Taylor Swift, 1989
  7. Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
  8. Ed Sheeran, X
  9. Sam Hunt, Montevallo
  10. Meghan Trainor, Title
Fiction
  1. Memory Man, David Baldacci
  2. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
  3. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  4. The Bone Tree, Greg Iles
  5. God Help the Child, Toni Morrison
  6. The Liar, Nora Roberts
  7. Every Fifteen Minutes, Lisa Scottoline
  8. The Stranger, Harlan Coben 
  9. The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah
  10. At the Water's Edge, Sara Gruen
Non-Fiction
  1. The Road to Character, David Brooks
  2. And the Good News Is..., Dana Perino
  3. Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies, Bill O'Reilly and David Fisher
  4. Missoula, Jon Krakauer
  5. Dead Wake, Erik Larson
  6. Dealing with China, Henry M. Paulson Jr.
  7. The Residence, Kate Andersen Brower
  8. Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
  9. Between You & Me, Mary Norris
  10. A Curious Mind, Brian Grazer and Charles Fishman