Monday, September 26, 2016

Hot This Week: September 26

Marvel's latest blockbuster sees members of the Avengers pitted against one another, and Captain America: Civil War is this week's hottest newcomer in movies. Six new CDs make their way onto this week's chart, led by Jason Aldean at #1 and including the newly released live recording from the Beatles. The latest from Ann Patchett debuts at #1 in fiction, while Bill O'Reilly's new historical retelling does the same in non-fiction.

DVD
  1. Now You See Me 2
  2. The Jungle Book
  3. Money Monster
  4. Captain America: Civil War
  5. Marauders
  6. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
  7. The Boss
  8. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
  9. The Angry Birds Movie
  10. God's Not Dead 2
CD
  1. Jason Aldean, They Don't Know
  2. Drake, Views
  3. Suicide Squad: The Album
  4. Bastille, Wild World
  5. The Head and the Heart, Signs of Light
  6. The Beatles, Live at the Hollywood Bowl
  7. Jack White, Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016
  8. Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman 
  9. Florida Georgia Line, Dig Your Roots
  10. Wilco, Schmilco
Fiction
  1. Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
  2. Pirate, Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell
  3. Razor Girl, Carl Hiaasen
  4. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
  5. The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware
  6. An Obvious Fact, Craig Johnson
  7. Nutshell, Ian McEwan
  8. Apprentice in Death, J.D. Robb
  9. Here I Am, Jonathan Safran Foer
  10. A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
Non-Fiction
  1. Killing the Rising Sun, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
  2. Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton
  3. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer
  4. Scorched Earth, Michael Savage
  5. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
  6. Between Breaths, Elizabeth Vargas
  7. In Such Good Company, Carol Burnett
  8. Forward, Abby Wambach
  9. When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
  10. The Red Bandanna, Tom Rinaldi

Monday, September 19, 2016

Hot This Week: September 19

The star-studded blockbuster sequel Now You See Me 2 leads this week's hot movie list, which holds three new titles. Only one new title makes the music chart, with rockers A Day to Remember storming straight to #1. Five new novels grace the fiction list, with J.D. Robb and Carl Hiaasen coming in at the top. In non-fiction, Glennon Doyle Melton's Love Warrior, an Oprah pick, wins the week.

DVD
  1. Now You See Me 2
  2. Money Monster
  3. The Jungle Book
  4. The Boss
  5. The Angry Birds Movie
  6. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
  7. Keanu
  8. Barbershop: The Next Cut
  9. Equals
  10. Zootopia
CD
  1. A Day to Remember, Bad Vibrations
  2. Drake, Views
  3. Suicide Squad: The Album
  4. Florida Georgia Line, Dig Your Roots
  5. Barbra Streisand, Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway
  6. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface
  7. Rihanna, ANTI
  8. Beyonce, Lemonade
  9. Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman
  10. Britney Spears, Glory
Fiction
  1. Apprentice in Death, J.D. Robb
  2. Razor Girl, Carl Hiaasen
  3. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
  4. A Great Reckoning, Louise Penny
  5. The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware
  6. Rushing Waters, Danielle Steel
  7. Here I Am, Jonathan Safran Foer
  8. A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
  9. Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty
  10. Downfall, J.A. Jance
Non-Fiction
  1. Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton
  2. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer
  3. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
  4. When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
  5. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  6. Hamilton: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
  7. Hidden Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly
  8. Armageddon, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
  9. The Pigeon Tunnel, John le Carre
  10. Clean House, Tom Fitton

Monday, September 12, 2016

Hot This Week: September 12

The intense new live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is this week's top movie newcomer at #2. There's plenty of hot new music to check out, with four new albums headed by the iconic Barbra Streisand's new disc. The are also four new audiobook novels this week, with Louise Penny's latest Armand Gamache tale at the top. The lone debut in non-fiction tells of a daring horse rescue effort during World War II.

DVD
  1. The Boss
  2. The Jungle Book
  3. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
  4. The Angry Birds Movie
  5. Keanu
  6. Barbershop: The Next Cut
  7. Hardcore Henry
  8. Criminal
  9. The Duel
  10. Mother's Day
CD
  1. Barbra Streisand, Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway
  2. Florida Georgia Line, Dig Your Roots
  3. Britney Spears, Glory
  4. Drake, Views
  5. Suicide Squad: The Album 
  6. Beyonce, Lemonade
  7. Rihanna, ANTI
  8. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface
  9. Adele, 25
  10. De La Soul, And the Anonymous Nobody
Fiction
  1. A Great Reckoning, Louise Penny
  2. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
  3. Rushing Waters, Danielle Steel
  4. The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware
  5. The Nix, Nathan Hill
  6. Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty
  7. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  8. The Jealous Kind, James Lee Burke
  9. Sting, Sandra Brown
  10. The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah
Non-Fiction
  1. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer
  2. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
  3. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  4. When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
  5. Armageddon, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
  6. Hamilton: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
  7. The Perfect Horse, Elizabeth Letts 
  8. Grit, Angela Duckworth
  9. White Trash, Nancy Isenberg
  10. Crisis of Character, Gary J. Byrne

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Hot This Week: September 6

We hope you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend! Fittingly, a movie titled The Boss is this week's hottest, with four other new ones debuting as well. Drake retakes the top spot on the music chart, with three varied newcomers making it behind him. A couple of familiar favorites climb back onto the list in both fiction and non-fiction.

DVD
  1. The Boss
  2. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
  3. The Angry Birds Movie
  4. Barbershop: The Next Cut
  5. Hardcore Henry
  6. The Duel
  7. Mother's Day
  8. Criminal
  9. The Man Who Knew Infinity
  10. Meet the Blacks
CD
  1. Drake, Views
  2. Suicide Squad: The Album 
  3. Tory Lanez, I Told You
  4. Lindsey Stirling, Brave Enough
  5. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface
  6. Adele, 25
  7. Rihanna, ANTI
  8. DJ Khaled, Major Key
  9. Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording
  10. Dolly Parton, Pure & Simple
Fiction
  1. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
  2. Sting, Sandra Brown
  3. Curious Minds, Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton
  4. The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware
  5. Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty
  6. Damaged, Lisa Scottoline
  7. Bullseye, James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
  8. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  9. The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah 
  10. The Girls, Emma Cline
Non-Fiction
  1. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer
  2. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
  3. Armageddon, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
  4. When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
  5. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  6. Hamilton: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
  7. Crisis of Character, Gary J. Byrne
  8. White Trash, Nancy Isenberg 
  9. Grit, Angela Duckworth
  10. American Heiress, Jeffrey Toobin