Fiction and the future made a big impact among book buyers last month, according to the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's (ECPA) latest sales report.

Karen Kingsbury's new novel about autism, Unlocked (Zondervan), debuted at No. 1 on the ECPA's November best-seller list—based on revenues for the four weeks ending Oct. 23. Released Oct. 1, David Jeremiah's The Coming Economic Armageddon (FaithWords) debuted at No. 5.

The rest of the top 10 for the month is: 2. Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson); 3. Crazy Love by Francis Chan (David C. Cook); 4. The Me I Want to Be by John Ortberg (Zondervan); 6. Outlive Your Life by Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson); 7. Her Daughter's Dream by Francine Rivers (Tyndale House Publishers); 8. Choosing to See by Mary Beth Chapman (Revell/Baker Publishing Group); 9. Power Thoughts by Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); and 10. Life's Healing Choices by John Baker (Howard Books).

The top 10 Bibles for November are: 1. Text Bible, NKJV (Thomas Nelson); 2. ESV Outreach New Testament (Crossway); 3. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover (Zondervan); 4. Share the Good News Outreach Bible, ESV (Crossway); 5. Gift and Award Bible, KJV, black leatherflex (Thomas Nelson); 6. Gift and Award Bible, NIV, black imitation leather (Zondervan); 7. NIV Outreach Bible (Biblica/Authentic Media); 8. Gift and Award Bible, KJV, blue leatherflex (Thomas Nelson); 9. Invitation to Hope, NIV, Italian Duo-Tone pink/chocolate (Zondervan); and 10. UltraSlim Bible, KJV, black bonded leather (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.

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