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Monday, September 28, 2015

Hot This Week: September 28

The Age of Adaline holds on to top the final movie listing of September, followed by the latest fairy tale adaptation of Cinderella. Half of the titles on the music chart are new this week, although none of them could overtake the Weeknd to claim the #1 slot. The fiction list includes new titles from such authors as J.D. Robb, Catherine Coulter, and Janet Evanovich. There are even four new titles on the non-fiction list, led by comedian Mindy Kaling's follow-up to Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

DVD
  1. The Age of Adaline
  2. Cinderella
  3. Unfriended
  4. Home
  5. Hot Pursuit
  6. Aloha
  7. Love & Mercy
  8. Get Hard
  9. True Story
  10. Little Boy
CD
  1. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
  2. Bring Me the Horizon, That's the Spirit
  3. Brett Eldredge, Illinois
  4. Slayer, Repentless
  5. Taylor Swift, 1989
  6. Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights
  7. Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six
  8. Gary Clark Jr., The Story of Sonny Boy Slim
  9. Ed Sheeran, X
  10. Duran Duran, Paper Gods
Fiction
  1. Make Me, Lee Child
  2. The Girl in the Spider's Web, David Lagercrantz
  3. Devoted in Death, J.D. Robb
  4. Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee
  5. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  6. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
  7. Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff
  8. X, Sue Grafton
  9. The End Game, Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison
  10. The Scam, Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
Non-Fiction
  1. Why Not Me?, Mindy Kaling
  2. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  3. The Art of Memoir, Mary Karr
  4. Fast Girl, Suzy Favor Hamilton
  5. Killing the Messenger, David Brock
  6. Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
  7. The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
  8. Plunder and Deceit, Mark R. Levin
  9. Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari
  10. Exceptional, Dick and Liz Cheney

Monday, September 21, 2015

Hot This Week: September 21

The end of summer is looming, but these titles are still hot. The Age of Adaline takes over this week's movie list, along with two other new titles. Four new CDs on the music chart include a couple of metal albums from Five Finger Death Punch and Iron Maiden, while the Weeknd holds strong at #1. Lee Child and Salman Rushdie join the ranks of fiction favorites, while new titles from rocker Chrissie Hynde and Dale Russakoff do the same in non-fiction.

DVD
  1. The Age of Adaline
  2. Unfriended
  3. Home
  4. Hot Pursuit
  5. Aloha
  6. Get Hard
  7. True Story
  8. Insurgent
  9. American Heist
  10. The Longest Ride
CD
  1. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
  2. Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six
  3. Travi$ Scott, Rodeo
  4. Iron Maiden, The Book of Souls
  5. Troye Sivan, Wild (EP)
  6. Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights
  7. Taylor Swift, 1989
  8. Halsey, Badlands
  9. Ed Sheeran, X
  10. Future, DS2
Fiction
  1. Make Me, Lee Child
  2. The Girl in the Spider's Web, David Lagercrantz
  3. Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee
  4. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
  5. Star Wars: Aftermath, Chuck Wendig
  6. Purity, Jonathan Franzen
  7. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  8. X, Sue Grafton
  9. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, Salman Rushdie
  10. Undercover, Danielle Steel
Non-Fiction
  1. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  2. Plunder and Deceit, Mark R. Levin
  3. Exceptional, Dick and Liz Cheney
  4. The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
  5. Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
  6. Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari
  7. Reckless, Chrissie Hynde
  8. Neurotribes, Steve Silberman
  9. Dead Wake, Erik Larson
  10. The Prize, Dale Russakoff

Monday, September 14, 2015

Hot This Week: September 14

Three new movies make this week's list, led by True Story, the story of a journalist caught up in a case of stolen identity. Five new CDs break onto the music chart, led by new titles from the Weeknd and Halsey in the top two spots. A wave of heavy hitters bring five new titles onto the fiction list for the week as well, including a new Lisbeth Salander novel at the top. There are also three new non-fiction titles this week, including the most recent book from late neurologist Oliver Sacks.

DVD
  1. Home
  2. Aloha
  3. Hot Pursuit
  4. Get Hard
  5. True Story
  6. Insurgent
  7. Lila & Eve
  8. The Longest Ride
  9. Good Kill
  10. The D Train
CD
  1. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
  2. Halsey, Badlands
  3. Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights
  4. Taylor Swift, 1989
  5. Dr. Dre, Compton
  6. Ed Sheeran, X
  7. Maddie & Tae, Start Here
  8. Beach House, Depression Cherry
  9. Ben Rector, Brand New
  10. Disturbed, Immortalized
Fiction
  1. The Girl in the Spider's Web, David Lagercrantz
  2. Purity, Jonathan Franzen
  3. Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee
  4. Star Wars: Aftermath, Chuck Wendig
  5. X, Sue Grafton
  6. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
  7. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  8. Undercover, Danielle Steel
  9. The Solomon Curse, Clive Cussler
  10. The Nature of the Beast, Louise Penny
Non-Fiction
  1. Plunder and Deceit, Mark R. Levin
  2. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  3. Exceptional, Dick and Liz Cheney
  4. The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
  5. Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
  6. Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari
  7. Neurotribes, Steve Silberman 
  8. On the Move, Oliver Sacks
  9. Dead Wake, Erik Larson
  10. Sisters in Law, Linda Hirshman

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Hot This Week: September 8

We hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! We also hope you're in the mood for new movies, because there are six of them on this week's hot list. Music did nearly as well, with four new discs making it onto the chart. Even the fiction list gets into the act with four new titles, breaking up the trio that has gripped the top three spots for several weeks. Just one new audiobook makes its way onto the non-fiction list: Steve Silberman's examination of the autism spectrum.

DVD
  1. Home
  2. Aloha
  3. Hot Pursuit 
  4. Lila & Eve
  5. Get Hard
  6. Insurgent
  7. The Longest Ride
  8. The Water Diviner
  9. Big Game
  10. The Runner
CD
  1. Disturbed, Immortalized
  2. Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights
  3. Dr. Dre, Compton
  4. Kip Moore, Wild Ones
  5. Ed Sheeran, X
  6. Rob Thomas, The Great Unknown
  7. Taylor Swift, 1989
  8. Ghost B.C., Meliora
  9. N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton
  10. NOW That's What I Call Music 55
Fiction
  1. X, Sue Grafton
  2. Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee
  3. The Nature of the Beast, Louise Penny
  4. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
  5. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  6. The Taming of the Queen, Philippa Gregory
  7. Secondhand Souls, Christopher Moore
  8. Friction, Sandra Brown
  9. Alert, James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
  10. The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah
Non-Fiction
  1. Plunder and Deceit, Mark R. Levin
  2. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  3. The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
  4. Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
  5. Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari
  6. You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost), Felicia Day
  7. Dead Wake, Erik Larson
  8. Neurotribes, Steve Silberman 
  9. The Road to Character, David Brooks
  10. A Full Life, Jimmy Carter