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Beverly Lewis' 'The Guardian' debuts on ECPA lists Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 08 April 2013 01:00 AM America/New_York

Beverly Lewis' The Guardian, the third title in her "Home to Hickory Hollow" series (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group) debuted at No. 2 on the Fiction best-sellers and at No. 8 on the General best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending March 30, according to Pubtrack Christian data. The novel was released March 26.

The Top 20 General best-sellers were: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 3. The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson (Zondervan); 4. Damascus Countdown, "The Twelfth Imam" No. 3, Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale House Publishers); 5. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 6. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 7. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 8. The Guardian; 9. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 10. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 11. Jesus Calling, Young, women's edition (Thomas Nelson); 12. Pursued, Jud Wilhite (FaithWords); 13. God Gave Us Easter, Lisa Tawn Bergren (WaterBrook Press); 14. The Duck Commander Family, Willie and Korie Robertson (Howard Books); 15. The Chance, Karen Kingsbury (Howard Books); 16. Spiritual Leadership, J. Oswald Sanders (Moody Publishers); 17. The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren (Zondervan); 18. Grace, Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson); 19. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); and 20. Love Does, Bob Goff (Thomas Nelson).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. Damascus Countdown; 2. The Guardian; 3. The Harbinger; 4. The Chance; 5. When Jesus Wept, "The Jerusalem Chronicles" No. 1, Bodie and Brock Thoene (Zondervan); 6. The Twelfth Imam, "The Twelfth Imam" No. 1, Rosenberg (Tyndale); 7. Truth-Stained Lies, "Moonlighter" No. 1, Terri Blackstock (Zondervan); 8. The Last Jihad, "Last Jihad" No. 1, Rosenberg (Tyndale); 9. The Tehran Initiative, Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale); and 10. The Icecutter's Daughter, "Land of Shining Water" No. 1, Tracie Peterson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing 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. NIV Church Bible, navy, hardcover (Zondervan); 4. NIV Thinline Bible, burgundy bonded leather (Zondervan); and 5. NIV Adventure Bible, Italian Duo-Tone, chocolate/toffee (Zonderkidz).