Thomas Nelson takes top three spots in ECPA’s General best-sellers Print
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Monday, 09 January 2012 08:38 AM America/New_York

Todd Burpo, Sarah Young and Billy Graham have become common names on the weekly Top 20 General best-sellers list from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) with the Thomas Nelson authors topping the list tracking sales for the week ending Dec. 31, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The Top 20 General best-sellers are: 1. Heaven Is for Real, Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 2. Jesus Calling, Young (Thomas Nelson); 3. Nearing Home, Graham (Thomas Nelson); 4. Money, Greed, and God, Jay W. Richards (HarperOne); 5. You Are Made for More!, Lisa Osteen Comes (FaithWords); 6. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 7. Heaven Is for Real for Kids, Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 8. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 9. The Resolution for Men, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick, Randy Alcorn (B&H Books); 10. Through My Eyes, Tim Tebow, hardcover (Harper); 11. Jesus Calling: Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 12. Longing, “Bailey Flanigan Series” No. 3, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 13. Every Day a Friday, Joel Osteen (FaithWords); 14. Jesus Calling: Large Print Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 15. The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 16. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 17. The Resolution for Women, Priscilla Shirer (B&H Books); 18. Courageous, Randy Alcorn, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick (B&H Books); 19. The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge, Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker (Tyndale House); and 20. Beautiful Outlaw, John Eldredge (FaithWords).

Top 10 Fiction: 1. Longing; 2. Courageous; 3. Naomi’s Gift, Amy Clipston (Zondervan); 4. A Lancaster County Christmas, Suzanne Woods Fisher (Revell/Baker Publishing Group); 5. The Christmas Shoppe, Melody Carlson (Revell/Baker Publishing Group); 6. Learning, “Bailey Flanigan Series” No. 2, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 7. Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers (Multnomah Books); 8. The Tehran Initiative by Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale); 9. Leaving, “Bailey Flanigan Series” No. 1, Kingsbury (Zondervan); and 10. The Mercy, “The Rose Trilogy” No. 3, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group).

Top five Bibles are: 1. The Story, NIV (Zondervan); 2. NKJV Pew Bible, hardcover, black (Thomas Nelson); 3. The One Year Bible, NLT, softcover (Tyndale); 4. NIV Adventure Bible, softcover (Zonderkidz); and 5. The One Year Chronological Bible, NLT, softcover (Tyndale).