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‘The Story’ tops best-selling Bibles Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Monday, 17 October 2011 10:12 AM America/New_York

Part of a major Zondervan church campaign, The Story remains at No. 1 on the best-selling Bibles list for weekly sales ending Oct. 8, according to the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association’s Pubtrack Christian data. 

The general Top 20 list is: 1. Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 2. Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson); 3. Every Day a Friday by Joel Osteen (FaithWords); 4. Not a Fan by Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 5. Throw It Down by Jud Wilhite (Zondervan); 6. Crazy Love by Francis Chan (David C. Cook); 7. The Resolution for Men by Stephen and Alex Kendrick and Randy Alcorn (B&H Books); 8. Hearing God Through the Year by Dallas Willard (IVP Books); 9. The Resolution for Women by Priscilla Shirer (B&H Books); 10. Courageous by Randy Alcorn, Alex Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick; 11. Jesus Calling: Deluxe Edition by Young (Thomas Nelson); 12. One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 13. The Well by Mark Hall with Tim Luke (Zondervan); 14. Radical by David Platt (Multnomah Books); 15. EntreLeadership by Dave Ramsey (Howard Books); 16. I Never Thought I’d See the Day! by David Jeremiah (FaithWords); 17. Made to Crave by Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 18. Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend (Zondervan); 19. The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); and 20. The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson).

The fiction Top 10: 1. Courageous; 2. Shadow in Serenity by Terri Blackstock (Zondervan); 3. The Mercy by Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 4. Leota’s Garden by Francine Rivers (Tyndale House Publishers); 5. The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers (Tyndale House Publishers); 6. Love on the Line by Deeanne Gist (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 7. Leaving by Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 8. Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 9. House of Secrets by Tracie Peterson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); and 10. The Brotherhood by Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale House Publishers).

Top Five Bibles: 1. The Story, NIV, hardcover (Zondervan); 2. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover (Zondervan); 3. NIV Recovery Devotional Bible, softcover (Zondervan); 4. NIV Teen Study Bible, hardcover (Zondervan); and 5. NLT Life Application Personal Size Bible, softcover (Tyndale House Publishers).