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Monday, October 26, 2015

Hot This Week: October 26

The latest installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise races to the top of this week's movie listing, while fellow newcomer Tomorrowland comes in just behind the Avengers. Selena Gomez and the Game put their new albums atop the music chart. Nicholas Sparks takes over the week's fiction list, and Garth Risk Hallberg's City on Fire, about NYC in the 1970s, joins as well at #5. In non-fiction, a political tome from Bob Woodward and a music memoir from Elvis Costello break into the top ten.

DVD
  1. Furious 7
  2. Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron
  3. Tomorrowland
  4. Insidious: Chapter 3
  5. Mad Max: Fury Road
  6. Cinderella
  7. The Age of Adaline
  8. Home
  9. Hot Pursuit
  10. Dark Places
CD
  1. Selena Gomez, Revival
  2. The Game, Documentary 2
  3. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
  4. Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap
  5. Taylor Swift, 1989
  6. Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights
  7. Janet Jackson, Unbreakable
  8. Thomas Rhett, Tangled Up
  9. Jana Kramer, Thirty One
  10. Ed Sheeran, X
Fiction
  1. See Me, Nicholas Sparks
  2. The Survivor, Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills
  3. The Murder House, James Patterson and David Ellis
  4. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, George R.R. Martin
  5. City on Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg
  6. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  7. The Girl in the Spider's Web, David Lagercrantz
  8. Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee
  9. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
  10. Make Me, Lee Child
Non-Fiction
  1. Killing Reagan, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
  2. A More Perfect Union, Ben and Candy Carson
  3. M Train, Patti Smith
  4. A Common Struggle, Patrick J. Kennedy
  5. Why Not Me?, Mindy Kaling
  6. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  7. The Last of the President's Men, Bob Woodward
  8. Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink, Elvis Costello
  9. Furiously Happy, Jenny Lawson
  10. Rosemary, Kate Clifford Larson

Monday, October 19, 2015

Hot This Week: October 19

This week the Avengers jump to the top of the movie list, from their debut last week at #3. Also, don't miss Dark Places down the list at six, the latest dark thriller adapted from a novel by Gillian Flynn of Gone Girl fame. In music, Janet Jackson's return to the scene has brought her to the forefront, as well as the top of the chart. Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills take over the fiction list, followed by a new book from George R.R. Martin, an auxiliary tale to his celebrated A Song of Ice and Fire (a.k.a. Game of Thrones) series, set about a century earlier. And there's a smorgasbord of new titles on the non-fiction list, ranging from politics and finance to music and biography.

DVD
  1. Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron
  2. Insidious: Chapter 3
  3. Mad Max: Fury Road
  4. Cinderella
  5. The Age of Adaline
  6. Dark Places
  7. Home
  8. Air
  9. Hot Pursuit
  10. Get Hard
CD
  1. Janet Jackson, Unbreakable
  2. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
  3. Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap
  4. Tamar Braxton, Calling All Lovers
  5. Taylor Swift, 1989
  6. Thomas Rhett, Tangled Up
  7. George Strait, Cold Beer Conversation
  8. Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights
  9. Don Henley, Cass County
  10. Clutch, Psychic Warfare
Fiction
  1. The Survivor, Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills
  2. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, George R.R. Martin
  3. The Murder House, James Patterson and David Ellis
  4. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  5. The Girl in the Spider's Web, David Lagercrantz
  6. Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee
  7. Make Me, Lee Child
  8. Shadows of Self, Brandon Sanderson
  9. After You, Jojo Moyes
  10. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
Non-Fiction
  1. Killing Reagan, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
  2. A More Perfect Union, Ben and Candy Carson
  3. M Train, Patti Smith
  4. A Common Struggle, Patrick J. Kennedy
  5. Why Not Me?, Mindy Kaling
  6. Rosemary, Kate Clifford Larson
  7. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  8. The Courage to Act, Ben Bernanke
  9. Furiously Happy, Jenny Lawson
  10. Being Mortal, Atul Gawande

Monday, October 12, 2015

Hot This Week: October 12

The Avengers are back on the movie list, with their second superhero team-up Age of Ultron making its debut at #3. There's a ton of new music on the chart this week—only the Weeknd and Taylor Swift remain from last week—led by Fetty Wap and Don Henley in the top two spots. James Patterson, Jojo Moyes, and Jim Butcher join the fiction list with their new novels, while new titles from Ann Romney and Edward Klein jump on in non-fiction.

DVD
  1. Mad Max: Fury Road
  2. Cinderella
  3. Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron
  4. The Age of Adaline
  5. Cop Car
  6. Hot Pursuit
  7. Home
  8. Get Hard
  9. Unfriended
  10. Aloha
CD
  1. Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap
  2. Don Henley, Cass County
  3. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
  4. Thomas Rhett, Tangled Up
  5. Taylor Swift, 1989
  6. Chvrches, Every Open Eye
  7. Disclosure, Caracal
  8. The Dead Weather, Dodge and Burn
  9. Bryson Tiller, T R A P S O U L
  10. Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording
Fiction
  1. The Murder House, James Patterson and David Ellis
  2. The Girl in the Spider's Web, David Lagercrantz
  3. After You, Jojo Moyes
  4. Make Me, Lee Child
  5. The Aeronaut's Windless, Jim Butcher
  6. Come Rain or Come Shine, Jan Karon
  7. Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee
  8. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  9. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
  10. X, Sue Grafton
Non-Fiction
  1. Killing Reagan, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
  2. Why Not Me?, Mindy Kaling
  3. Furiously Happy, Jenny Lawson
  4. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  5. Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
  6. The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
  7. In This Together, Ann Romney 
  8. 1944, Jay Winik
  9. Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari
  10. Unlikeable, Edward Klein

Monday, October 5, 2015

Hot This Week: October 5

If you're looking for some crazy action, look no further than the latest installment of Mad Max, which hits the movie listing this week at the very top; also, don't miss Boulevard, the final dramatic role from the late Robin Williams. New music abounds with seven new albums, including Ryan Adams's cover of Taylor Swift's entire 1989 album. Just one new title breaks onto the fiction list, with the latest from Jan Karon jumping all the way to #1. The latest Killing title from Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard leads three new titles on the non-fiction list.

DVD
  1. Mad Max: Fury Road
  2. Cinderella
  3. The Age of Adaline
  4. Home
  5. Hot Pursuit
  6. Unfriended
  7. Get Hard
  8. Aloha
  9. Boulevard
  10. True Story
CD
  1. Lana Del Rey, Honeymoon
  2. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
  3. Mac Miller, GO:OD AM
  4. David Gilmour, Rattle That Lock
  5. Shinedown, Threat to Survival
  6. Ryan Adams, 1989
  7. Taylor Swift, 1989
  8. Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights
  9. Andy Mineo, Uncomfortable
  10. Keith Richards, Crosseyed Heart
Fiction
  1. Come Rain or Come Shine, Jan Karon
  2. Make Me, Lee Child
  3. The Girl in the Spider's Web, David Lagercrantz
  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. X, Sue Grafton
  8. Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff
  9. Purity, Jonathan Franzen
  10. Devoted in Death, J.D. Robb
Non-Fiction
  1. Killing Reagan, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
  2. Why Not Me?, Mindy Kaling
  3. Furiously Happy, Jenny Lawson
  4. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  5. Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
  6. The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
  7. Plunder and Deceit, Mark R. Levin
  8. 1944, Jay Winik
  9. Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari
  10. The Art of Memoir, Mary Karr