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'The Bible' miniseries novel debuts on ECPA best-sellers list Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 11 March 2013 01:00 AM America/New_York

Mark Burnett and Roma Downey's novelization of The Bible TV miniseries, The Bible: A Story of God and All of Us (FaithWords), debuted at No. 3 on the Fiction best-sellers and at No. 17 on the General best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending March 2, according to Pubtrack Christian data. The novel was released Feb. 26.

The Top 20 General best-sellers were: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. Multiply, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 3. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 4. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 5. Unglued, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 6. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 7. Gods at War, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 8. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 9. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 10. Follow Me, David Platt (Tyndale); 11. Jesus Calling, Young, women's edition (Thomas Nelson); 12.  The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 13. Forgotten God, Francis Chan (David C. Cook); 14. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 15. The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren (Zondervan); 16. Trauma Plan, “Grace Medical” No. 1, Candace Calvert (Tyndale House Publishers); 17. The Bible: A Story of God and All of Us; 18. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 19. Bees in the Butterfly Garden, “Gilded Legacy” No. 1, Maureen Lang (Tyndale); and 20. Draw the Circle, Mark Batterson (Zondervan).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Harbinger; 2. Trauma Plan; 3. The Bible: A Story of God and All of Us; 4. Bees in the Butterfly Garden; 5. Abducted, "Pacific Coast Justice" No. 2, Janice Cantore (Tyndale); 6. The Last Disciple, "The Last Disciple" No. 1, Hank Hanegraaff and Sigmund Brouwer (Tyndale); 7. Flame of Resistance, Tracy Groot (Tyndale); 8. The Icecutter's Daughter, "Land of Shining Water" No. 1, Tracie Peterson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 9. Safe In His Arms, "Under Texas Stars" No. 2, Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson); and 10. Swept Away, "Trouble in Texas" No. 1, Mary Connealy (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group).

The top five Bibles were: 1. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. NLT Life Application Study Bible Personal Size, hardcover (Tyndale); 3. NLT Life Application Study Bible Personal Size, softcover (Tyndale); 4. NKJV Pew Bible, large print hardcover (Thomas Nelson); and 5. NKJV Personal Size Giant Print Reference Bible, hardcover, black, New King James Version (Thomas Nelson).