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NIV pew edition tops ECPA Bible best-sellers Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 17 June 2013 09:14 AM America/New_York

A New International Version pew Bible has topped Zondervan's popular The Story from its perch at No. 1 on the Bible best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending June 8, according to Pubtrack Christian data. The Story has repeatedly topped the ECPA's Bible best-sellers this year.

The Top 20 ECPA General best-sellers were: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. Happy, Happy, Happy, Phil Robertson (Howard Books); 3. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 4. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 5. Love Does, Bob Goff (Thomas Nelson); 6. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 7. Jesus Calling, Young, women's edition (Thomas Nelson); 8. The Duck Commander Family, Willie and Korie Robertson (Howard Books); 9. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 10. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 11. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 12. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 13. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 14. Draw the Circle, Mark Batterson (Zondervan); 15. Unglued, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 16. Understanding the Purpose and Power of Prayer, Myles Munroe (Whitaker House); 17. The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren (Zondervan); 18. 7 Men, Eric Metaxas (Thomas Nelson); 19. Follow Me, David Platt (Tyndale House Publishers); and 20. Gods at War, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Harbinger; 2. The Guardian, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 3, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 3. The Quarryman's Bride, "Land of Shining Water" No. 3, Tracie Peterson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 4. Band of Sisters, Cathy Gohlke (Tyndale); 5. Borders of the Heart, Chris Fabry (Tyndale); 6. Pennsylvania Patchwork, Kate Lloyd (David C Cook); 7. Damascus Countdown, "The Twelfth Imam" No. 3, Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale); 8. Truth-Stained Lies, "Moonlighter" No. 1, Terri Blackstock (Zondervan); 9. Man in the Blue Moon, Michael Morris (Tyndale); and 10. Crossing Oceans, Gina Holmes (Tyndale).

The top five Bibles were: 1. NIV Church Bible, black, hardcover (Zondervan); 2. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover (Zondervan); 3. NLT One Year Bible, softcover, New Living Translation (Tyndale); 4. NIV Thinline Bible, black, bonded leather (Zondervan); and 5. NLT Life Recovery Bible, softcover (Tyndale).