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Joel Osteen's 'I Declare' debuts atop General best-sellers Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 01 October 2012 12:00 AM America/New_York

Released Sept. 18, Joel Osteen's I Declare (FaithWords) debuted atop the General best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending Sept. 22, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The rest of the Top 20 General best-sellers were: 2. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 3. Praying God's Word, Beth Moore (B&H Books/B&H Publishing Group); 4. The Bridesmaid, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 2, Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 5. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 6. Unglued, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 7. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 8. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 9. Grace, Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson); 10. The Ultimate Conversation, Charles F. Stanley (Howard Books); 11. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 12. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 13. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 14. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 15. The Fiddler, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 1, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 16. Change Your Words, Change Your Life, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); 17. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); 18. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012-2013, softcover (Standard Publishing); 19. Radical, David Platt (Multnomah Books); and 20. Made to Crave, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Bridesmaid; 2. The Harbinger; 3. The Fiddler; 4. Unending Devotion, Jody Hedlund (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 5. Coming Home, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 6. Accused, "Pacific Coast Justice" No. 1, Janice Cantore (Tyndale); 7. Promise Me This, Cathy Gohlke (Tyndale); 8. Not in the Heart, Chris Fabry (Tyndale); 9. The Shadow of Your Smile, "Deep Haven" No. 5, Susan May Warren (Tyndale); and 10. A Lineage of Grace, Francine Rivers (Tyndale).

The top five Bibles were: 1. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. The Story: Teen Edition, NIV, softcover (Zondervan); 3. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover, (Zonderkidz); 4. NIrV Adventure Bible for Early Readers, hardcover, (Zonderkidz); and 5. ESV Thinline Value Edition Bible, TruTone, chestnut, filigree design, English Standard Version (Crossway).