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Value-priced Bible overtakes ‘The Story’ Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Monday, 26 March 2012 10:34 AM America/New_York

The New International Version (NIV) Church Bible—a value-priced pew and ministry edition—has topped The Story on the Bibles best-seller list from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). Both from Zondervan, the Bibles are just two of the company’s four titles on the list, with sales for the week ending March 17, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The Top 20 General best-sellers are: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. The Necessity of an Enemy, Ron Carpenter Jr. (WaterBrook Press); 3. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 4. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 5. Jesus Calling: Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 6. Jesus Calling: Large Print Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 7. Loving, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 4, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 8. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 9. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 10. The Resolution for Women, Priscilla Shirer (B&H Books); 11. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 12. Longing, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 3, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 13. Nearing Home, Billy Graham (Thomas Nelson); 14. The Resolution for Men, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick, Randy Alcorn (B&H Books); 15. The Fiddler, “Home to Hickory Hollow,” No. 1, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 16. Illusion, Frank Peretti (Howard Books); 17. Through My Eyes, Tim Tebow, Nathan Whitaker, hardcover (Harper); 18. The Love Dare, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick (B&H Books); 19. The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson (Zondervan); and 20. Amish Prayers, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers are: 1. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 2. Loving, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 4, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 3. Longing, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 3, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 4. The Fiddler, “Home to Hickory Hollow,” No. 1, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 5. Illusion, Frank Peretti (Howard Books); 6. Downfall, “Intervention,” No. 3, Terri Blackstock (Zondervan); 7. Learning, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 2, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 8. Leaving, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 1, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 9. Echoes of Titanic, Mindy Starns Clark, John Campbell Clark (Harvest House Publishers); and 10. Courageous, Randy Alcorn, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick (Tyndale House Publishers).

The top five Bibles are: 1. NIV Church Bible, hardcover, brown (Zondervan); 2. The Story, NIV, hardcover (Zondervan); 3. The Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Bible, New King James Version, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 4. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover (Zondervan) and 5. NIV Thinline Bible, bonded leather, navy (Zondervan).