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'NIV Journey Bible' tops Bible best-sellers Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 23 July 2012 09:39 AM America/New_York

The NIV Journey Bible (Zondervan) topped the Bible best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). The list from ECPA tracks sales for the week ending July 14, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The Top 20 General best-sellers are: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 3. Boundaries, Henry Cloud, John Townsend (Zondervan); 4. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 5. Coming Home, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 6. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 7. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 8. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 9. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 10. Love Does, Bob Goff (Thomas Nelson); 11. Kingdom Man, Tony Evans (Tyndale House Publishers); 12. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 13. The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson (Zondervan); 14. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); 15. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, softcover edition (Standard Publishing); 16. Implosion, Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale); 17. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 18. The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 19. NIV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, softcover edition (Standard Publishing); and 20. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, large print softcover edition (Standard Publishing).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers are: 1. The Harbinger; 2. Coming Home; 3. Loving, "Bailey Flanigan Series," No. 4, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 4. The Betrayal, "Precinct 11 Series," No. 2, Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale); 5. Her Mother's Hope, "Marta's Legacy Series" No. 1, Francine Rivers (Tyndale); 6. Her Daughter's Dream, "Marta's Legacy Series" No. 2, Rivers (Tyndale); 7. The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club, Wanda E. Brunstetter (Barbour Publishing); 8. Lethal Legacy, "Guardians of Justice" No. 3, Irene Hannon (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 9. Blue Moon Promise, "Under Texas Stars" No. 1, Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson); and 10. Dry as Rain, Gina Holmes (Tyndale).

The top five Bibles are: 1. The NIV Journey Bible, softcover, New International Version; 2. The Story, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 3. ICB Big Red Holy Bible, softcover, International Children's Bible (Thomas Nelson); 4. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover, (Zonderkidz); and 5. ESV Pew & Worship Bible, hardcover, English Standard Version (Crossway).