Howard Books' Duck Commander titles are among Publishers Weekly's 20 best-selling print books for the first six months of 2013.

Released May 7, Duck Commander founder Phil Robertson's Happy, Happy, Happy was ranked No. 10 on the list, with The Duck Commander Family trailing at No. 20.

Released in October 2012, The Duck Commander Family was written by Willie Robertson, who serves as CEO of Duck Commander and Buck Commander, and his wife, Korie—daughter of former Howard Books Publisher John Howard, who also now works at the company. The book recently reached a milestone with more than 500,000 copies in print.

"The Robertson family—the colorful, supremely bearded Louisiana family behind the Duck Dynasty TV phenomenon—is selling print books at a rate to keep up with their duck calls," Publishers Weekly said. 

Duck Dynasty features the Robertson family, who transformed their home-grown, duck-call business in Louisiana into a multimillion-dollar sporting empire, while staying grounded in faith and family values. The show has spawned a plethora of popular Duck Commander line of products, as well as the best-selling books.

Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson) was ranked No. 5 on Publishers Weekly's best-selling print books for January-June, based on data from Nielsen BookScan.

There were no Christian titles among the 20 digital books on Publishers Weekly's best-selling Kindle e-books for the first six months of 2013.

For more information on the best-selling books of 2013, visit http://www.publishersweekly.com/.

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