“Not as good as the book.” That is the standard dismissal of movies based on novels. It is an easy way to shortcut conversation and proclaim, “I read the book!” But books and movies are very different media.Last week’s best-selling books, according to Nielsen BookScan:
FICTION
1 “
Until the End of Time
”
by Danielle Steel
2 “
Private Berlin
” by James Patterson, Mark Sullivan
3“Touch & Go”
by Lisa Gardner
4“
Gone Girl
” by Gillian Flynn
5“
A Memory of Light
”
by Robert Jordan
6“
Tenth of December
”
by George Saunders
7“
Suspect
”
by Robert Crais
8 “
The Fifth
Assassin”
by Brad Meltzer
9“
The Racketeer
”
by John Grisham
10 “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie” by Ayana Mathis
NON-FICTION
1“
Shred: The Revolutionary Diet: 6 Weeks 4 Inches 2 Sizes
” by Ian K. Smitho
2“
My Beloved World
”
by Sonia Sotomayor
3 “
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
” by Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard
4“Pursued: God’s Divine Obsession with You”
by Jud Wilhite
5“The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change”
by Al Gore
6“
I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak
”
by Joel Osteen
7“
The Legend of Zelda
”
by Shigeru Miyamot
8“
Francona: The Red Sox Years
” by Terry Francona, Dan Shaughnessy
9“The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus”
by Adam Hamilton
10 “
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden”
by Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer
