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Karen Kingsbury's 'The Bridge' debuts on Fiction best-sellers list Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 29 October 2012 09:21 AM America/New_York

Karen Kingsbury's The Bridge (Howard Books) debuted at No. 8 on the Fiction best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending Oct. 20, according to Pubtrack Christian data. The book was to be officially released Oct. 23.

The Top 20 General best-sellers were: 1. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 2. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 3. Praying God's Word, Beth Moore (B&H Books/B&H Publishing Group); 4. I Declare, Joel Osteen (FaithWords); 5. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 6. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 7. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 8. The Me I Want to Be, John Ortberg (Zondervan); 9. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 10. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 11. Full Disclosure, Dee Henderson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 12. Grace, Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson); 13. God Loves You, David Jeremiah (FaithWords); 14. Unglued, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 15. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman, hardcover (Zondervan); 16. Unleash!, Perry Noble, Andy Stanley (Tyndale House Publishers); 17. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 18. Heaven Changes Everything, Todd and Sonja Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 19. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); and 20. The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children, Stormie Omartian (Harvest House Publishers).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Harbinger; 2. Full Disclosure; 3. The Fiddler, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 1, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 4. All Things New, Lynn Austin (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 5. The Bridesmaid, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 2, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 6. Coming Home, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 7. Whispers in the Wind, "Wild West Wind," No. 2, Lauraine Snelling (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 8. The Bridge; 9. When a Heart Stops, "Deadly Reunion" No. 2, Lynette Eason (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); and 10. Lethal Legacy, "Guardians of Justice" No. 3, Irene Hannon (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group).

The top five Bibles were: 1. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover, (Zonderkidz); 3. NIV Student Bible, compact, softcover (Zondervan); 4. NLT Chronological Life Application Study Bible, hardcover, New Living Translation (Tyndale); and 5. NLT Life Recovery Bible, softcover (Tyndale).