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'The Bridesmaid' climbs General, Fiction best-seller lists Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 24 September 2012 12:00 AM America/New_York

Beverly Lewis' The Bridesmaid holds two high-ranking spots on the General and Fiction best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending Sept. 15, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The Top 20 General best-sellers were: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. The Bridesmaid, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 2, Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 3. Praying God's Word, Beth Moore (B&H Books/B&H Publishing Group); 4. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 5. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 6. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 7. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 8. Unglued, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 9. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 10. Grace, Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson); 11. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, softcover (Standard Publishing); 12. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 13. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 14. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, large print softcover (Standard Publishing); 15. Change Your Words, Change Your Life, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); 16. Forgotten God, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 17. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); 18. Coming Home, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 19. Made to Crave, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); and Love & Respect, Emerson Eggerichs (Thomas Nelson).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Bridesmaid; 2. The Harbinger; 3. Coming Home; 4. The Fiddler, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 1, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 5. Accused, "Pacific Coast Justice" No. 1, Janice Cantore (Tyndale); 6. Not in the Heart, Chris Fabry (Tyndale); 7. Promise Me This, Cathy Gohlke (Tyndale); 8. The Shadow of Your Smile, "Deep Haven" No. 5, Susan May Warren (Tyndale); 9. The Last Plea Bargain, Randy Singer (Tyndale); and 10. Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers (Multnomah Books).

The top five Bibles were: 1. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover, (Zonderkidz); 2. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 3. The Story: Teen Edition, NIV, softcover (Zondervan); 4. NLT Life Recovery Bible, softcover, New Living Translation (Tyndale); and NIV Life Application Study Bible, hardcover (Zondervan).