Strong media interest around the release of two families' account of Mistaken Identity saw the Howard Books title debut at No. 3 on the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's (ECPA) top 50 best-sellers list for May.

Written by Don and Susie Van Ryn, and Colleen, Newell and Whitney Cerak with Mark Tabb, the book tells the story of the two Taylor University students involved in a tragic 2006 road accident, which saw the wrong identities given to which girl had died and which had survived.

Still heading the list is William P. Young's The Shack (Windblown Media), one of four novels in the top 10 places. It is followed by Beverly Lewis' latest Amish drama, The Forbidden (Bethany House Publishers). Fourth is 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell/Baker Publishing Group).

The rest of the top 10 is: 5. Dead Heat by Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale House Publishers); 6. 3:16 by Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson); 7. Someday by Karen Kingsbury (Kingsway); 8. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 9. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren (Zondervan); and 10. Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson).

The Top 10 Bibles for May are: 1. Text Bible, NKJV (Thomas Nelson); 2. Thinline Bible, NIV burgundy bonded leather (Zondervan); 3. The Adventure Bible (Zonderkidz); 4. True Image: The Bible for Teen Girls, NIV (Zondervan); 5. The Word of Promise (Thomas Nelson); 6. Princess Bible, ICB (Thomas Nelson); 7. Thinline Bible, NIV navy bonded leather (Zondervan); 8. King James Gift and Award Bible, black leatherflex (Thomas Nelson); 9. Thinline Bible, NIV black bonded leather (Zondervan); 10. King James Gift and Award Bible, red leatherflex (Thomas Nelson).

The ECPA lists are drawn from Christian retail stores across the country through its PubTrack Christian data system. Book lists are based on trade discounted titles selling in at least 20% of reporting stores. Tracts and booklets are excluded.

To see the ECPA's April best-seller lists in full go to www.ecpa.org

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