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‘The Shack’ atop ECPA chart Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Thursday, 03 September 2009 02:46 PM America/New_York

The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) has released its September best-sellers lists, based on four weeks of sales through Aug. 15.

Heading the Top 10 books are: 1. The Shack by William P. Young (Windblown Media/Hachette Book Group USA); 2. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2009-2010 (Standard Publishing); 3. The Love Dare by Stephen & Alex Kendrick (B&H Books/B&H Publishing Group); 4. Crazy Love by Francis Chan (David C. Cook); 5. Take Two by Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 6. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2008-2009 (Standard Publishing); 7. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 8. Take One by Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 9. Love & Respect by Emerson Eggerichs (Thomas Nelson); and 10. Grace for the Moment Morning & Evening Edition by Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson).

Leading the September Top 10 Bibles are: 1. Outreach New Testament, ESV (Crossway Books & Bibles); 2. Text Bible, NKJV (Thomas Nelson); 3. NIV Adventure Bible (Zonderkidz/Zondervan); 4. Operation Worship Bible-NLT (Tyndale House Publishers); 5. True Images, NIV, Italian Duo-Tone chocolate/bubble gum (Zondervan); 6. Thinline Bible, NIV, burgundy bonded leather (Zondervan); 7. Abundant Life Bible New Testament, NLT (Tyndale House Publishers); 8. Thinline Bible, NIV, black bonded leather (Zondervan); 9. Thinline Bible, NIV, navy bonded leather (Zondervan); and 10. Adventure Bible for Early Readers, NirV, hardcover (Zonderkidz/Zondervan).

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.

Click here to see ECPA's September best-seller lists in full.