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‘The Story’ continues atop Bible best-sellers Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Monday, 30 January 2012 10:36 AM America/New_York

The Story Bible remains a No. 1 seller for Zondervan on the weekly Top 20 General best-sellers list from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) tracking sales for the week ending Jan. 21, 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. Through My Eyes, Tim Tebow, hardcover (Harper); 4. Made to Crave, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 5. The Resolution for Men, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick, Randy Alcorn (B&H Books); 6. Jesus Calling: Large Print Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 7. Jesus Calling: Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 8. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 9. Nearing Home, Billy Graham (Thomas Nelson); 10. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 11. The Resolution for Women, Priscilla Shirer (B&H Books); 12. Heaven Is for Real for Kids, Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 13. Through My Eyes, Tim Tebow, softcover (Harper); 14. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 15. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 16. You Are Made for More!, Lisa Osteen Comes (FaithWords); 17. Love & Respect, Emerson Eggerichs (Thomas Nelson); 18. Every Day a Friday, Joel Osteen (FaithWords); 19. I Am Second, Doug Bender, Dave Sterrett (Thomas Nelson); and 20. Real Marriage, Mark Driscoll, Grace Driscoll (Thomas Nelson).

Top 10 Fiction: 1. Courageous, Randy Alcorn, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick (B&H Books); 2. Longing; 3. Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers (Multnomah Books); 4. The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis, softcover (HarperOne); 5. A Lineage of Grace, Francine Rivers (Tyndale); 6. The Tehran Initiative by Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale); 7. In Too Deep, “The Kincaid Brides” No. 2, Mary Connealy (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 8. Learning, “Bailey Flanigan Series” No. 2, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 9. The Maid of Fairbourne Hall, Julie Klassen (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); and 10. Love Blooms in Winter, “The Dakota Diaries,” No. 1, Lori Copeland (Harvest House Publishers).

Top five Bibles are: 1. The Story, NIV, hardcover (Zondervan); 2. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover (Zonderkidz); 3. The Story: Teen Edition, NIV, softcover (Zonderkidz); 4. Zondervan TNIV Study Bible, Personal Size, softcover (Zondervan); and 5. King James Version Pew Bible, Large Print, hardcover, black (Zondervan).