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'Captive in Iran' reaches top five of ECPA best-sellers list Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 22 July 2013 10:48 AM America/New_York

Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh's dramatic story, Captive in Iran: A Remarkable True Story of Hope Amid the Horror of Tehran's Brutal Evin Prison (Tyndale House Publishers), was ranked No. 4 on the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) General best-sellers list for the week ending July 13, according to Pubtrack Christian data. Written with John Perry, the book was released April 2.

The top 20 ECPA General best-sellers were: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 3. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2013-2014, softcover (Standard Publishing); 4. Captive in Iran; 5. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 6. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 7. Happy, Happy, Happy, Phil Robertson (Howard Books); 8. The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson (Zondervan); 9. Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask, Mark Mittelberg (Tyndale); 10. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 11. Jesus Calling, Young, women's edition (Thomas Nelson); 12. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 13. Kingdom Man, Tony Evans (Tyndale); 14. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 15. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 16. Running With the Giants, John C. Maxwell (FaithWords); 17. Trusting God, Jerry Bridges (NavPress); 18. Gods at War, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 19. Unglued, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan);and 20. 7 Men, Eric Metaxas (Thomas Nelson).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Harbinger; 2. Rosemary Cottage, "Hope Beach" No. 2, Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson); 3. The Guardian, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 3, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 4. Home Run, Travis Thrasher (David C Cook); 5. The Chance, Karen Kingsbury (Howard Books); 6. Band of Sisters, Cathy Gohlke (Tyndale House Publishers); 7. The Living Room, Robert Whitlow (Thomas Nelson); 8. Borders of the Heart, Chris Fabry (Tyndale); 9. The Letters, "Inn at Eagle Hill" No. 1, Suzanne Woods Fisher (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); and 10. Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers (Multnomah Books).

The top five Bibles were: 1. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. NKJV Compact Ultraslim Bible, leathersoft, smoke, New King James Version (Thomas Nelson); 3. Armor of God Bible, Italian Duo-Tone, bold blue/silver (Zondervan); 4. NKJV Personal Size Giant Print Reference Bible, hardcover, black (Thomas Nelson); and 5. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover (Zonderkidz).