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‘Crazy Love’ tops weekly best-sellers Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Monday, 19 December 2011 10:24 AM America/New_York

Francis Chan’s 2008 title Crazy Love has topped this week’s Top 20 General best-sellers list from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending Dec. 10, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The Top 20 General best-sellers are: 1. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 2. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson); 3. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 4. The Power of a Praying Wife, Stormie Omartian (Harvest House Publishers); 5. Nearing Home, Billy Graham (Thomas Nelson); 6. Heaven Is for Real for Kids, Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 7. Longing, “Bailey Flanigan Series” No. 3, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 8. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 9. Jesus Calling: Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 10. Jesus Calling: Large Print Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 11. Through My Eyes, Tim Tebow, hardcover (Harper); 12. The Resolution for Men, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick, Randy Alcorn (B&H Books); 13. Courageous, Randy Alcorn, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick (B&H Books); 14. Jesus Calling: 365 Devotions for Kids, Young (Thomas Nelson); 15. Streams in the Desert, Mrs. Charles E. Cowman, Jim Reimann (Zondervan); 16. Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas (Thomas Nelson); 17. Every Day a Friday, Joel Osteen (FaithWords); 18. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 19. The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge, Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker (Tyndale House); and 20. Through My Eyes, Tim Tebow, softcover (Harper).

Top 10 Fiction: 1. Longing; 2. Courageous; 3. The Tehran Initiative by Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale); 4. A Log Cabin Christmas Collection, Wanda E. Brunstetter, et al. (Barbour Publishing); 5. Leaving, “Bailey Flanigan Series” No. 1, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 6. Learning, “Bailey Flanigan Series” No. 2, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 7. The Wonder of Your Love, “Land of Canaan” No. 2, Beth Wiseman (Thomas Nelson); 8. Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers (Multnomah Books); 9. The Mercy, “Rose Trilogy” No. 3, Beverly Lewis; and 10. Her Mother’s Hope, “Marta’s Legacy” No. 1, Francine Rivers (Tyndale).

Top five Bibles are: 1. The Story, NIV (Zondervan); 2. NIV Study Bible, premium leather, ebony (Zondervan); 3. NIV True Images, Italian Duo-Tone, chocolate/bubble gum (Zondervan); 4. NIV Life Application Study Bible, Italian Duo-Tone, carmel/dark carmel (Zondervan); and 5. The Story: Teen Edition, softcover (Zondervan).