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The Story continues atop Bible best-sellers Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Monday, 05 December 2011 09:10 AM America/New_York

With The Story tour making its rounds in venues across the country, The Story Bible from Zondervan continues atop the Bible best-sellers list for weekly sales ending Nov. 26, according to Pubtrack Christian data from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA).

The remaining Bibles in the top five are: 2. NIV Life Application Study Bible, Italian Duo-Tone, carmel/dark carmel (Zondervan); 3. NIV True Images, Italian Duo-Tone, chocolate/bubble gum (Zondervan); 4. NIV Life Application Study Bible, Italian Duo-Tone, honeysuckle pink (Zondervan); and 5. NIV Faithgirlz! Bible, Italian Duo-Tone (Zondervan).

The Top 20 General best-sellers are: 1. Heaven is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 2. Longing, “Bailey Flanigan Series” No. 3, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 3. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson); 4. Heaven is for Real for Kids, Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 5. Nearing Home, Billy Graham (Thomas Nelson); 6. The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, Kevin Malarkey, Alex Malarkey (Tyndale House Publishers); 7. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 8. Coming Back Stronger, Drew Brees (Tyndale); 9. A Log Cabin Christmas Collection, Wanda E. Brunstetter, et al. (Barbour Publishing); 10. Jesus Calling: Large Print Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 11. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 12. Courageous, Randy Alcorn (Tyndale); 13. The Resolution for Men, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick, Randy Alcorn (B&H Books); 14. Every Day a Friday, Joel Osteen (FaithWords); 15. Through My Eyes, Tim Tebow (Harper); 16. Jesus Calling: Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 17. Learning, “Bailey Flanigan Series” No. 2, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 18. Live Loved, Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson); 19. Christmas Stories, Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson); and 20. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan)

Top 10 Fiction: 1. Longing; 2. A Log Cabin Christmas Collection; 3. Courageous; 4. Learning; 5. A Lancaster County Christmas, Suzanne Woods Fisher (Revell/Baker Publishing Group); 6. Leaving, “Bailey Flanigan Series” No. 1, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 7. The Tehran Initiative by Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale); 8. The Wonder of Your Love, “Land of Canaan” No. 2, Beth Wiseman (Thomas Nelson); 9. The Christmas Shoppe, Melody Carlson (Revell/Baker Publishing Group); and 10. Her Daughter’s Dream, “Marta’s Legacy” No. 2, Francine Rivers (Tyndale).