Christian Retailing

'Jesus Calling' returns to top spot of general best-sellers Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 11 June 2012 12:00 AM America/New_York

Coinciding with Thomas Nelson recently announcing that more than 5 million "Jesus Calling" products have been sold worldwide, Sarah Young's Jesus Calling hardcover edition returned to the top spot on the Top 20 General list from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). The list from ECPA tracks sales for the week ending June 2, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The remainder of the Top 20 General best-sellers are: 2. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 3. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 4. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 5. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 6. Be a Better Dad Today!, Gregory Slayton (Regal Books); 7. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 8. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 9. The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson (Zondervan); 10. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 11. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 12. Nearing Home, Billy Graham (Thomas Nelson); 13. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, softcover edition (Standard Publishing); 14. The Touch, Randall Wallace (Tyndale House Publishers); 15. Not a Fan: Teen Edition, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 16. Radical, David Platt (Multnomah Books); 17. Erasing Hell, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 18. The Love Dare, Alex and Stephen Kendrick (B&H Books); 19. I Am Second, Dave Sterrett, Doug Bender (Thomas Nelson); and 20. Loving, "Bailey Flanigan Series," No. 4, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers are: 1. The Harbinger; 2. The Touch; 3. Loving; 4. The Betrayal, "Precinct 11 Series," No. 2, Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale); 5. The Fiddler, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 6. Forsaking All Others, "Sister Wife Series," No. 2, Allison Pittman (Tyndale); 7. The First Gardener, Denise Hildreth Jones (Tyndale); 8. The Tehran Initiative, Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale); 9. Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers (Multnomah Books); and 10. Short-Straw Bride, Karen Witemeyer (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group).

The top five Bibles are: 1. ESV Thinline Value Edition Bible, TruTone, midnight, flame design, English Standard Version (Crossway); 2. NIV Adventure Bible, softcover (Zonderkidz); 3. NIV Thinline Bible, black bonded leather (Zondervan); 4. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover (Zonderkidz); and 5. NIV Thinline Bible, navy bonded leather (Zondervan).