Hot This Week: October 31

Happy Halloween from Midwest Tape! Appropriately, the new iteration of the Ghostbusters is on top of this week's movie list. The new album from rockers Kings of Leon takes the top spot on the music chart, with releases from the Game and JoJo making it on as well. A new thriller from John Sandford tops the fiction list, while three new titles debut in non-fiction, led by the story of Chip and Joanna Gaines.

DVD

1. Ghostbusters
2. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
3. Free State of Jones
4. Alice Through the Looking Glass
5. The Conjuring 2
6. The Shallows
7. Blood Father
8. The Infiltrator
9. Captain America: Civil War
10. Me Before You

CD

1. Kings of Leon, Walls
2. Drake, Views
3. Suicide Squad: The Album
4. The Game, 1992
5. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface
6. JoJo, Mad Love
7. Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording
8. Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman
9. Green Day, Revolution Radio
10. Norah Jones, Day Breaks

Fiction

1. Escape Clause, John Sandford
2. Two by Two, Nicholas Sparks
3. Small Great Things, Jodi Picoult
4. The Obsidian Chamber, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
5. Vince Flynn: Order to Kill, Kyle Mills
6. The Secret History of Twin Peaks, Mark Frost
7. Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
8. The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware
9. Home, Harlan Coben
10. Today Will Be Different, Maria Semple

Non-Fiction

1. The Magnolia Story, Chip and Joanna Gaines
2. Killing the Rising Sun, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
3. Buffering, Hannah Hart 
4. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
5. Filthy Rich, James Patterson, John Connolly, and Tim Malloy 
6. A Life in Parts, Bryan Cranston
7. Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton
8. Hero of the Empire, Candice Millard
9. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer
10. A Torch Kept Lit, William F. Buckley Jr.

Hot This Week: October 24

It's a big week for new movies with four of the top five making their debut on the list. Five new titles break onto the music chart, led by Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Green Day. The new novel from perennial bestseller Jodi Picoult heads up four new titles on this week's fiction slate, while four new non-fiction titles include the autobiography of beloved golfer Arnold Palmer, who passed away last month.

DVD

1. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2. The Conjuring 2
3. Blood Father
4. The Shallows
5. The Infiltrator
6. Captain America: Civil War
7. TMNT: Out of the Shadows
8. Me Before You
9. The Huntsman: Winter's War
10. Now You See Me 2

CD

1. Green Day, Revolution Radio
2. Norah Jones, Day Breaks
3. OneRepublic, Oh My My
4. Drake, Views
5. Suicide Squad: The Album
6. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface
7. Alter Bridge, The Last Hero
8. Phantogram, Three
9. Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman
10. Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording

Fiction

1. Small Great Things, Jodi Picoult
2. Two by Two, Nicholas Sparks
3. Vince Flynn: Order to Kill, Kyle Mills
4. Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
5. Home, Harlan Coben
6. Woman of God, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
7. Precious and Grace, Alexander McCall Smith
8. Today Will Be Different, Maria Semple
9. Crimson Death, Laurell K. Hamilton
10. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead

Non-Fiction

1. Killing the Rising Sun, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
2. Filthy Rich, James Patterson, John Connolly, and Tim Malloy
3. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
4. Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton
5. Hero of the Empire, Candice Millard
6. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer
7. My Own Words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams
8. A Life in Parts, Bryan Cranston
9. A Life Well Played, Arnold Palmer
10. I Am Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson and Ben Greenman

Hot This Week: October 17

There's just one new movie on the list this week, and, fittingly for October, it's the horror movie The Darkness. Bon Iver's new album takes the top spot on the music chart, while a new disc from Van Morrison debuts as well. Five new fiction titles make the list, led by perennial favorite Nicholas Sparks and mystery author extraordinaire Tana French, and two new audiobooks round out this week's non-fiction list.

DVD

1. The Shallows
2. Me Before You
3. TMNT: Out of the Shadows
4. Captain America: Civil War
5. The Huntsman: Winter's War
6. The Darkness
7. Now You See Me 2
8. The Nice Guys
9. The Jungle Book
10. Money Monster

CD

1. Bon Iver, 22, A Million
2. Drake, Views
3. Suicide Squad: The Album
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Getaway
5. Shawn Mendes, Illuminate
6. Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman
7. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface
8. Van Morrison, Keep Me Singing
9. Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool
10. Rihanna, ANTI

Fiction

1. Two by Two, Nicholas Sparks
2. The Trespasser, Tana French
3. Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
4. Woman of God, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
5. Home, Harlan Coben
6. Today Will Be Different, Maria Semple
7. Twelve Days of Christmas, Debbie Macomber
8. The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware
9. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
10. Winter Storms, Elin Hilderbrand

Non-Fiction

1. Killing the Rising Sun, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
2. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
3. Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton
4. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer
5. Hero of the Empire, Candice Millard
6. When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
7. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
8. Hamilton: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
9. My Own Words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams
10. Guilty as Sin, Edward Klein

Hot This Week: October 10

Three new titles make this week's list, led by the shark thriller The Shallows at #1. The new disc from Shawn Mendes tops the music chart, and the Boss puts his new hits complication on there as well. James Patterson and Maxine Paetro's latest collaboration takes over the fiction list, while a book on joy from the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu is the only newcomer in non-fiction.

DVD

1. The Shallows
2. TMNT: Out of the Shadows
3. Me Before You
4. The Huntsman: Winter's War
5. Captain America: Civil War
6. Now You See Me 2
7. The Nice Guys
8. The Jungle Book
9. Money Monster
10. Cell

CD

1. Shawn Mendes, Illuminate
2. Drake, Views
3. Suicide Squad: The Album
4. Bruce Springsteen, Chapter and Verse
5. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface
6. Jason Aldean, They Don't Know
7. Rihanna, ANTI
8. Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman
9. Florida Georgia Line, Dig Your Roots
10. Crowder, American Prodigal 

Fiction

1. Woman of God, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
2. Home, Harlan Coben
3. Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
4. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
5. The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware
6. Razor Girl, Carl Hiaasen
7. A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles 
8. Pirate, Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell
9. The Kept Woman, Karin Slaughter
10. Nutshell, Ian McEwan

Non-Fiction

1. Killing the Rising Sun, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
2. Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton
3. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
4. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer
5. Hero of the Empire, Candice Millard
6. Hamilton: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
7. Scorched Earth, Michael Savage
8. When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
9. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates 
10. The Book of Joy, The Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu

Hot This Week: October 3

A pair of sequels tops the first movie listing for the month of October. Drake's ultra-popular Views album is back at #1 on the music chart, followed closely by the new release from rapper Mac Miller. Harlan Coben's latest thriller takes over the week's fiction list, while Candice Millard's new look at Winston Churchill is the only newcomer in non-fiction.

DVD

1. TMNT: Out of the Shadows
2. The Huntsman: Winter's War
3. Now You See Me 2
4. The Nice Guys
5. Captain America: Civil War
6. The Jungle Book
7. Money Monster
8. The Boss
9. Marauders
10. The Angry Birds Movie

CD

1. Drake, Views
2. Mac Miller, Divine Feminine
3. Suicide Squad: The Album
4. Aaron Lewis, Sinner
5. Usher, Hard II Love
6. Jason Aldean, They Don't Know
7. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface
8. Casting Crowns, The Very Next Thing
9. Florida Georgia Line, Dig Your Roots
10. Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman

Fiction

1. Home, Harlan Coben
2. Commonwealth, Ann Patchett
3. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
4. The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware
5. Razor Girl, Carl Hiaasen
6. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd, Alan Bradley
7. The Kept Woman, Karin Slaughter
8. Pirate, Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell
9. Nutshell, Ian McEwan
10. Apprentice in Death, J.D. Robb

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. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
5. Hero of the Empire, Candice Millard
6. Scorched Earth, Michael Savage
7. In Such Good Company, Carol Burnett
8. When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
9. Between Breaths, Elizabeth Vargas
10. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates