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‘Love Languages’ generates sales near Valentine’s Day Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Monday, 27 February 2012 10:01 AM America/New_York

Gary Chapman’s “Love Languages” titles sold well the week of Valentine’s Day, as seen in the weekly Top 20 General best-sellers list from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). The 5 Love Languages appeared high on the list, with the book’s singles edition showing up at the end for the week ending Feb. 18, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

In books, 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. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 4. The Resolution for Men, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick, Randy Alcorn (B&H Books); 5. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 6. Jesus Calling: Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 7. The Necessity of an Enemy, Ron Carpenter Jr. (WaterBrook Press); 8. Jesus Calling: Large Print Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 9. Through My Eyes, Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker, hardcover (Harper); 10. The Resolution for Women, Priscilla Shirer (B&H Books); 11. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 12. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 13. Nearing Home, Billy Graham (Thomas Nelson); 14. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 15. The Love Dare, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick (B&H Books); 16. Heaven Is for Real for Kids, Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 17. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); 18. Love & Respect, Emerson Eggerichs (Thomas Nelson); 19. Made to Crave, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); and 20. The 5 Love Languages: Singles Edition, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers are: 1. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 2. Courageous (B&H Books); 3. My Foolish Heart, “Deep Haven,” No. 4, Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers); 4. Desert Gift, “Side Roads,” No. 2, Sally John (Tyndale); 5. Almost Heaven, Chris Fabry (Tyndale); 6. Fireflies in December, “Calloway Summers,” No. 1, Jennifer Erin Valent (Tyndale); 7. Longing, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 3, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 8. Springtime of the Spirit, Maureen Lang, “The Great War,” No. 2 (Tyndale); 9. Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers (Multnomah Books); and 10. In Too Deep, “The Kincaid Brides,” No. 2, Mary Connealy (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group).

The top five Bibles are: 1. NIV Church Bible, New International Version (NIV), hardcover, navy (Zondervan); 2. The Story, NIV, hardcover (Zondervan); 3. Giant Print Reference Edition, New King James Version, bonded leather, burgundy (Thomas Nelson); 4. New Believer’s Bible Compact NLT, New Living Translation, softcover (Tyndale); and 5. NIV Quest Study Bible, Italian Duo-Tone, brown/gray (Zondervan).