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Beverly Lewis’ ‘Fiddler’ takes top fiction spot Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Monday, 23 April 2012 10:31 AM America/New_York

Amish fiction writer Beverly Lewis’ The Fiddler has topped the weekly Fiction top 10 best-sellers and falls just below Sarah Young’s devotional Jesus Calling on the Top 20 General list. The lists from Evangelical Christian Publishers Association track sales for the week ending April 14, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

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

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers are: 1. The Fiddler, Lewis (Bethany House); 2. Loving, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 3. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 4. The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club, Brunstetter (Barbour Publishing); 5. Illusion, Frank Peretti (Howard Books); 6. Downfall, “Intervention,” No. 3, Terri Blackstock (Zondervan); 7. Longing, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 3, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 8. A Lineage of Grace, Francine Rivers (Tyndale House Publishers); 9. Leaving, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 1, Kingsbury (Zondervan); and 10. Echoes of Titanic, Mindy Starns Clark, John Clark (Harvest House Publishers).

The top five Bibles are: 1. Student’s Life Application Study Bible Personal Size NLT, imitation leather, pink, New Living Translation (Tyndale House Publishers); 2. Sequin Bible, softcover, pink, International Children’s Bible (Thomas Nelson); 3. ESV Value Thinline Bible, TruTone, midnight, flame design, English Standard Version (Crossway); 4. Precious Moments Holy Bible, imitation leather, pink, International Children’s Bible (Thomas Nelson); and 5. The Life Recovery Bible Personal Size NLT, softcover, New Living Translation (Tyndale).