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'Jesus Calling' takes multiple best-seller spots Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 27 August 2012 10:24 AM America/New_York

Sarah Young's mega-selling devotional holds several high-ranking spots on the General best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) this week, tracking sales for the week ending Aug. 18, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The Top 20 General best-sellers were: 1. Jesus Calling, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, softcover (Standard Publishing); 3. Unglued, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 4. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 5. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, large print softcover (Standard Publishing); 6. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 7. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 8. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 9. The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson (Zondervan); 10. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 11. NIV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, softcover (Standard Publishing); 12. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 13. Coming Home, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 14. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 15. Made to Crave, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 16. NIV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, large print softcover (Standard Publishing); 17. Boundaries, Henry Cloud, John Townsend (Zondervan); 18. Beautiful Outlaw, John Eldredge (FaithWords); 19. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); and 20. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Harbinger; 2. Coming Home; 3. The Struggle, "Kentucky Brothers," No. 3, Wanda E. Brunstetter (Barbour Publishing); 4. Lethal Legacy, "Guardians of Justice" No. 3, Irene Hannon (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 5. Whispers in the Wind, "Wild West Wind," No. 2, Lauraine Snelling (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 6. Loving, "Bailey Flanigan Series," No. 4, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 7. Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers (Multnomah Books); 8. The Fiddler, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 1, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 9. The Noticer, Andy Andrews (Thomas Nelson); and 10. The Choice, Robert Whitlow (Thomas Nelson).

The top five Bibles were: 1. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover, (Zonderkidz); 3. The Story: Teen Edition, NIV, softcover (Zondervan); 4. NLT Hands-on Bible, hardcover (Tyndale House Publishers); and ESV Value Church and Pew Bible, hardcover, blue, English Standard Version (Crossway).