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Karen Kingsbury’s ‘Fifteen Minutes’ tops weekly ECPA Fiction best-sellers Print Email
Written by Jeremy Burns   
Tuesday, 12 November 2013 02:41 PM America/New_York

FifteenMinutesKarenKingsbury-webFifteen Minutes, the latest standalone by Karen Kingsbury, took the No. 1 spot on the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Fiction best-seller list for the week ending Nov. 2.

The top 20 ECPA General best-sellers were: 1. You’ll Get Through This, Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson); 2. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 3. Four Blood Moons, John Hagee (Worthy Publishing); 4. Fifteen Minutes, Kingsbury (Howard Books); 5. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 6. Outlaw, “Outlaw” No. 1, Ted Dekker (FaithWords); 7. The Reason for My Hope, Billy Graham (Thomas Nelson); 8. Jesus Calling, Young, women’s edition (Thomas Nelson); 9. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine); 10. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 11. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 12. The Equipping Church, Sue Mallory (Zondervan); 13. The Duck Commander Devotional (Howard Books); 14. Jesus Today, Young (Thomas Nelson); 15. Si-cology 1, Si Robertson, Mark Schlabach (Howard Books); 16. The Power of Right Believing, Joseph Prince (FaithWords); 17. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 18. Journey, David Jeremiah (FaithWords); 19. Wounded by God’s People, Anne Graham Lotz (Zondervan); and 20. What Are You Afraid Of?, Jeremiah (Tyndale House Publishers).

The top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. Fifteen Minutes, Kingsbury (Howard Books); 2. Outlaw, Ted Dekker (FaithWords); 3. The Harbinger, Cahn (FrontLine); 4. Unspoken, Dee Henderson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 5. The Shack, William P. Young (Windblown Media/Hachette Book Group); 6. The Secret Keeper, “Home to Hickory Hollow” No. 4, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 7. The Tattered Quilt: The Return of the Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club, Wanda E. Brunstetter (Barbour Publishing); 8. The Chance, Kingsbury (Howard Books); 9. Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers (Multnomah Books); and 10. The Christmas Quilt, “Quilts of Love” No. 11, Vannetta Chapman (Abingdon Press).

The top five Bible best-sellers were: 1. The Story, New International Version (NIV), deluxe, hardcover (Zondervan); 2. NIV Church Bible, hardcover, navy (Zondervan); 3. The ESV Value Pew Bible, English Standard Version (ESV), hardcover, black (Crossway); 4. ESV Thinline Value Edition, TruTone, midnight, flame design (Crossway); and 5. NIV Recovery Devotional Bible, softcover (Zondervan).