Fiction leads the way for the latest books supplied by STL Distribution (STLD) North America, with novels accounting for three of the top five titles in the company's most recent best-seller list.

Karen Kingsbury held the no. 1 and 2 places in the Top 20 list in the November/December issue of STLD's Light Post retail buyer's guide with Just Beyond the Clouds (Center Street) and Summer (Tyndale) respectively. Beverly Lewis' The Parting: A Novel (Bethany House Publishers) was fifth.

The third spot in the list was taken by Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy's memoir Quiet Strength (Tyndale House Publishers). He was followed by Max Lucado and 3:16: The Numbers of Hope (Thomas Nelson).

Highest-placing children's book in the Top 20 was Sheila Walsh's The Pink Ballerina (Thomas Nelson), the latest in her "Gigi, God's Little Princess" series for girls. Zondervan's The Beginner's Bible was at no. 18.