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Phil Robertson's 'Happy, Happy, Happy' debuts on ECPA list Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 20 May 2013 09:49 AM America/New_York

Duck Commander founder Phil Robertson's Happy, Happy, Happy (Howard Books) debuted at No. 2 on the best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending May 11, according to Pubtrack Christian data. Released May 7, the book by one of the stars of A&E TV's popular reality show Duck Dynasty will hit the top of the May 26 New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction best-seller list, with The Duck Commander Family ranked at No. 7.

The Top 20 ECPA General best-sellers were: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. Happy, Happy, Happy; 3. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 4. Jesus Calling, Young, women's edition (Thomas Nelson); 5. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 6. Wild at Heart, John Eldredge (Thomas Nelson); 7. Daily Wisdom for Women, Jewell Johnson (Barbour Publishing); 8. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 9. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 10. Daily Devotions for Women, Johnson (Barbour Publishing); 11. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 12. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 13. The Duck Commander Family, Willie and Korie Robertson (Howard Books); 14. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 15. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 16. Boundaries for Leaders, Henry Cloud (Zondervan); 17. The Chance, Karen Kingsbury (Howard Books); 18. Love Does, Bob Goff (Thomas Nelson); 19. The Guardian, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 3, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); and 20. Follow Me, David Platt (Tyndale House Publishers).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Harbinger; 2. The Chance; 3. The Guardian; 4. Jennifer: An O'Malley Love Story, "O'Malley" No. 1, Dee Henderson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 5. Damascus Countdown, "The Twelfth Imam" No. 3, Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale); 6. Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers (Multnomah Books); 7. When Jesus Wept, "The Jerusalem Chronicles" No. 1, Bodie and Brock Thoene (Zondervan); 8. Truth-Stained Lies, "Moonlighter" No. 1, Terri Blackstock (Zondervan); 9. The Quarryman's Bride, "Land of Shining Water" No. 2, Tracie Peterson, (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); and 10. The Shack, William P. Young (Windblown Media/Hachette Book Group).

The top five Bibles were: 1. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. NIrV Kids' Study Bible Revised, hardcover, New International Reader's Version (Zonderkidz); 3. NIV Thinline Bible, navy, bonded leather (Zondervan); 4. NLT God Sightings, softcover, New Living Translation (Tyndale); and 5. NIV Celebrate Recovery Bible, softcover (Zondervan).