Valentine's Day promotions not surprisingly drove book sales last month, as reflected in the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's (ECPA) latest best-sellers list.

Six of the top 10 titles in the just-released March chart were marriage-related, with four of those related to the hit movie Fireproof.

The top 10 are: 1. The Love Dare by Stephen and Alex Kendrick (B&H Books/B&H Publishing Group); 2. The Shack by William P. Young (Windblown Media/Hachette Book Group USA); 3. The Love Dare, imitation leather edition (B&H Books/B&H Publishing Group); 4. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 5. Fireproof Your Marriage Participant's Guide by Jennifer Dion (Outreach); 6. Love & Respect by Emerson Eggerichs (Thomas Nelson); 7. Fireproof by Eric Wilson (Thomas Nelson); 8. Uncommon by Tony Dungy (Tyndale House Publishers); 9. This Side of Heaven by Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); and 10. What in the World Is Going On? by David Jeremiah (Thomas Nelson).

The top 10 Bibles for March are: 1. Outreach New Testament-ESV (Crossway Books & Bibles); 2. Text Bible-NKJV (Thomas Nelson); 3. Operation Worship Bible-NLT (Tyndale House Publishers); 4. Adventure Bible-NIV (hardcover, Zonderkidz/Zondervan); 5. Gift and Award Bible-NJKV, burgundy imitation leather (Thomas Nelson); 6. Gift and Award Bible-NKJV, black imitation leather (Thomas Nelson); 7. Gift and Award Bible-KJV, black leatherflex (Thomas Nelson); 8. The Daily Bible-NIV (Harvest House Publishers); 9. Princess Bible-NKJV (Thomas Nelson); and 10. The Chronological Study Bible-NKJV (Thomas Nelson).

The ECPA lists are drawn from January and February sales at 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 March best-seller lists in full, including fiction, hardcover and softcover, go to www.ecpa.org or www.christianretailing.com.

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