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Standard Commentaries take multiple best-seller spots Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 13 August 2012 12:00 AM America/New_York

The annual Standard Lesson Commentaries hold several high-ranking spots on the General best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) this week, tracking sales for the week ending Aug. 4, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The Top 20 General best-sellers are: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, softcover (Standard Publishing); 3. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 4. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 5. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 6. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 7. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 8. NIV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, softcover (Standard Publishing); 9. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 10. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, large print softcover (Standard Publishing); 11. Coming Home, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 12. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 13. Made to Crave, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 14. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 15. Boundaries, Henry Cloud, John Townsend (Zondervan); 16. The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson (Zondervan); 17. Implosion, Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale House Publishers); 18. The Struggle, "Kentucky Brothers," No. 3, Wanda E. Brunstetter (Barbour Publishing); 19. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); and 20. Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas (Thomas Nelson).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers are: 1. The Harbinger; 2. Coming Home; 3. The Struggle; 4. Whispers in the Wind, "Wild West Wind," No. 2, Lauraine Snelling (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 5. Lethal Legacy, "Guardians of Justice" No. 3, Irene Hannon (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 6. Over the Edge, "Kincaid Brides" No. 3, Mary Connealy (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 7. The Haven, "Stoney Ridge Seasons" No. 2, Suzanne Woods Fisher (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 8. The Fiddler, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 1, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 9. The Choice, Robert Whitlow (Thomas Nelson); and 10. To Love and Cherish, "Bridal Veil Island" No. 2, Tracie Peterson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group).

The top five Bibles are: 1. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover, (Zonderkidz); 3. ESV Value Pew Bible, hardcover, black, English Standard Version (Crossway); 4. NKJV UltraSlim Bible, leathersoft black, New King James Version (Thomas Nelson); and 5. The Story: Teen Edition, NIV, softcover (Zondervan).