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Karen Kingsbury’s strong debut on ECPA list Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 03 May 2010 03:48 PM America/New_York

The third in Karen Kingsbury's movie-making series, Take Three (Zondervan) made a strong debut on its release last month.

The title takes the top spot in the May multi-channel best-sellers list from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) and the second slot in the group's chart based on sales in the Christian retail channel.

The rest of the Christian bookstore top 10 in sales are: 1. Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson); 3. Crazy Love by Francis Chan (David C. Cook); 4. The Telling by Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 5. Her Mother's Hope by Francine Rivers (Tyndale House Publishers); 6. The Me I Want to Be by John Ortberg (Zondervan); 7. So Long, Insecurity by Beth Moore (Tyndale House Publishers); 8. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 9. Fearless by Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson); and 10. The Love Dare by Stephen and Alex Kendrick (B&H Books/B&H Publishing Group).

Based on Internet and general trade sales in addition to those at Christian retail, the rest of the May multi-channel list is: 2. Fearless; 3. Jesus Calling; 4. Love & Respect by Emerson Eggerichs (Thomas Nelson); 5. The Shack by William P. Young (Windblown Media/Hachette Book Group USA); 6. Her Mother's Hope; 7. So Long, Insecurity; 8. Crazy Love; 9. Plain Paradise by Beth Wiseman (Thomas Nelson); and 10. Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore (Thomas Nelson).

The top 10 Bibles at Christian retail in the May lists are: 1. ESV Outreach New Testament (Crossway); 2. Text Bible, NKJV (Thomas Nelson); 3. NIV Adventure Bible, clip closure, Italian DuoTone leather, blue and gray (Zondervan), 4. NIV Adventure Bible, clip closure, Italian DuoTone leather, pink and green (Zondervan); 5. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover (Zondervan); 6. Gift and Award Bible, KJV, black leatherflex (Thomas Nelson), 7. Gift and Award Bible, NKJV black leatherflex (Thomas Nelson); 8. NIV Outreach Bible (Biblica/Authentic Media); 9. Thinline Bible, NIV, burgundy bonded leather (Zondervan); and 10. Thinline Bible, NIV, navy bonded leather (Zondervan).

The lists are based on the four-week cycle ending April 17. Click here to see the ECPA's May best-seller lists in full.