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‘The Story’ takes two Bible best-seller spots Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Monday, 30 July 2012 12:00 PM America/New_York

The Story and The Story: Teen Edition occupy two spots in the Bible best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), with publisher Zondervan dominating this week’s list. The list from ECPA tracks sales for the week ending July 21, 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. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 5. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 6. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 7. Coming Home, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 8. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 9. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, softcover (Standard Publishing); 10. You Are Made for More!, Lisa Osteen Comes (FaithWords); 11. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 12. The Struggle, “Kentucky Brothers,” No. 3, Wanda E. Brunstetter (Barbour Publishing); 13. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 14. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); 15. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 16. Implosion, Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale); 17. Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas (Thomas Nelson); 18. To Heaven and Back, Dr. Mary C. Neal (WaterBrook Press); 19. NIVStandard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, large print softcover (Standard Publishing); and 20. The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson (Zondervan).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers are: 1. The Harbinger; 2. Coming Home; 3. The Struggle; 4. Her Mother's Hope, “Marta's Legacy Series” No. 1, Francine Rivers (Tyndale); 5. Loving, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 4, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 6. Lethal Legacy, “Guardians of Justice” No. 3, Irene Hannon (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 7. Her Daughter's Dream, “Marta's Legacy Series” No. 2, Rivers (Tyndale); 8. Redeeming Love, Rivers (Multnomah Books); 9. Tidewater Inn, “Hope Beach” No. 1, Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson); and 10. The Shack, William P. Young (Windblown Media/Hachette Book Group).

The top five Bibles are: 1. NIV Church Bible, navy, large print, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. KJV Reference Bible, imitation leather, black, King James Version (Zondervan); 3. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover (Zondervan); 4. The Story: Teen Edition, NIV, softcover (Zondervan); and 5. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover, (Zonderkidz).