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‘Jesus Calling’ again takes No. 1 best-seller spot Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Monday, 16 April 2012 12:43 PM America/New_York

Sarah Young’s Jesus Calling is back on top of the weekly General top 20 best-sellers after being displaced by Karen Kingsbury’s Loving from the “Bailey Flanigan Series.” The list from Evangelical Christian Publishers Association tracks sales for the week ending April 7, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The Top 20 General best-sellers are: 1. Jesus Calling, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. Loving, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 4, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 3. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 4. Jesus Calling: Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 5. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 6. The Resolution for Women, Priscilla Shirer (B&H Books); 7. Jesus Calling: Large Print Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 8. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 9. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 10. Let It Go, T.D. Jakes (Howard Books); 11. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 12. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 13. Kingdom Man, Tony Evans (Tyndale House Publishers); 14. Do Yourself a Favor…Forgive, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); 15. Nearing Home, Billy Graham (Thomas Nelson); 16. The Resolution for Men, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick, Randy Alcorn (B&H Books); 17. Illusion, Frank Peretti (Howard Books); 18. Through My Eyes, Tim Tebow, Nathan Whitaker, hardcover (Harper); 19. The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club, Wanda E. Brunstetter (Barbour Publishing); and 20. Amish Prayers, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers are: 1. Loving, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 4, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 2. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 3. Illusion, Peretti (Howard Books); 4. The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club, Brunstetter (Barbour Publishing); 5. Leaving, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 1, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 6. Longing, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 3, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 7. Learning, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 2, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 8. Downfall, “Intervention,” No. 3, Terri Blackstock (Zondervan); 9. The Fiddler, “Home to Hickory Hollow,” No. 1, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); and 10. Courageous, Randy Alcorn, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick (Tyndale House Publishers).

The top five Bibles are: 1. Hands-On Bible NLT, hardcover, New Living Translation (Tyndale); 2. Precious Moments Holy Bible, imitation leather, pink, International Children’s Bible (Thomas Nelson); 3. ESV Pew and Worship Bible, hardcover, black, English Standard Version (Crossway); 4. Sequin Bible, softcover, pink, International Children’s Bible (Thomas Nelson); and 5. Girls Life Application Study Bible, imitation leather, New Living Translation (Tyndale House Publishers).