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New Year resolutions shape ECPA best-seller list Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Monday, 16 January 2012 10:38 AM America/New_York

Fasting and weight loss titles have sold well at the start of the new year, as seen on the weekly Top 20 General best-sellers list from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) tracking sales for the week ending Jan. 7, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The Top 20 General best-sellers are: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 3. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 4. Throw It Down, Jud Wilhite (Zondervan); 5. Made to Crave, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 6. Money, Greed, and God, Jay W. Richards (HarperOne); 7. The Fasting Edge, Jentezen Franklin (Charisma House); 8. The Resolution for Men, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick, Randy Alcorn (B&H Books); 9. You Are Made for More!, Lisa Osteen Comes (FaithWords); 10. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 11. Jesus Calling: Large Print Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 12. Nearing Home, Billy Graham (Thomas Nelson); 13. Jesus Calling: Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 14. Through My Eyes, Tim Tebow, hardcover (Harper); 15. Made to Crave Devotional, TerKeurst (Zondervan); 16. Empowered Evangelicals, Rich Nathan, Ken Wilson (Ampelon Publishing); 17. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 18. Give Them Grace, Elyse M. Fitzpatrick, Jessica Thompson (Crossway); 19. Heaven Is for Real for Kids, Burpo (Thomas Nelson); and Longing, “Bailey Flanigan Series” No. 3, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan).

Top 10 Fiction: 1. Longing; 2. Courageous, Randy Alcorn, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick (B&H Books); 3. The Maid of Fairbourne Hall, Julie Klassen (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 4. The Captive Heart, “The Daughters of Caleb Bender,” No. 2, Dale Cramer (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 5. The Tehran Initiative by Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale House Publishers); 6. Leaving, “Bailey Flanigan Series” No. 1, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 7. The Keeper, “Stoney Ridge Seasons,” No. 1, Suzanne Woods Fisher (Revell/Baker Publishing Group); 8. Learning, “Bailey Flanigan Series” No. 2, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 9. Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers (Multnomah Books); and 10. Love Blooms in Winter, “The Dakota Diaries” No. 1, Lori Copeland (Harvest House Publishers).

Top five Bibles are: 1. The Story, NIV (Zondervan); 2. The One Year Study Bible, NLT, softcover (Tyndale); 3. The One Year Bible, NIV, softcover (Tyndale); 4. KJV Large Print Pew Bible, red, hardcover (Hendrickson Publishers); and 5. The One Year Chronological Bible, NLT, softcover (Tyndale).