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'Damascus Countdown' debuts on ECPA best-sellers list Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 18 March 2013 10:16 AM America/New_York

Joel C. Rosenberg's Damascus Countdown, "The Twelfth Imam" No. 3 (Tyndale House Publishers) debuted at No. 2 on the Fiction best-sellers and at No. 6 on the General best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending March 9, according to Pubtrack Christian data. The novel was released March 5.

The rest of the Top 20 General best-sellers were: 1. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 2. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 3. Pursued, Jud Wilhite (FaithWords); 4. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 5. The Chance, Karen Kingsbury (Howard Books; 6. Damascus Countdown; 7. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 8. The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, Kevin and Alex Malarkey (Tyndale House Publishers); 9. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 10. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 11. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 12. Jesus Calling, Young, women's edition (Thomas Nelson); 13. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 14. Gods at War, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 15. The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren (Zondervan); 16. Daily Wisdom for Women: 2013 Devotional Collection (Barbour Publishing); 17. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 18. Praying God's Word, Beth Moore (B&H Books); 19. Love Does, Bob Goff (Thomas Nelson); and 20. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Chance; 2. Damascus Countdown; 3. The Harbinger; 4. Sacrifice, "Abram's Daughters" No. 3, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 5. The Bible: A Story of God and All of Us, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey (FaithWords); 6. The Icecutter's Daughter, "Land of Shining Water" No. 1, Tracie Peterson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 7. The Last Disciple, "The Last Disciple" No. 1, Hank Hanegraaff and Sigmund Brouwer (Tyndale); 8. Abducted, "Pacific Coast Justice" No. 2, Janice Cantore (Tyndale); 9. Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers (Multnomah Books); and 10. The Shack, Young (Windblown Media/Hachette Book Group).

The top five Bibles were: 1. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. NLT God Sightings, softcover, New Living Translation (Tyndale); 3. NLT New Believer's Bible, softcover (Tyndale); 4. NIV Teen Study Bible, leather, Italian Duo-Tone, mud splat moss (Zonderkidz); and 5. ESV Thinline Value Edition Bible, TruTone, chestnut, filigree design, English Standard Version (Crossway).