Comparison of Bestseller Lists for April 2010

Here is a comparison of the CBA "June" list and the ECPA "May" list, both reflecting sales in the month of April. Books appearing only on one list are highlighted in blue. For a reminder of how these lists are put together by ECPA and CBA, please refer to the first few paragraphs of this F&F post.

ECPA (Number in parentheses reflect book's standing on the ECPA Top Fifty list, which includes fiction and nonfiction)

1. (2) Take Three, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan
2. (4) The Telling, Beverly Lewis, Bethany/Baker
3. (5) Her Mother's Hope, Francine Rivers, Tyndale
4. (16) The Shack, William P. Young, Windblown Media
5. (19) Lineage of Grace, Francine Rivers, Tyndale
6. (30) A Cousin's Challenge, Wanda E. Brunstetter, Barbour
7. (31) No Distance Too Far, Lauraine Snelling, Bethany/Baker
8. (34) Shades of Blue, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan
9. (39) Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers, Waterbrook/Multnomah
10. (40) Take One, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan
11. (43) Take Two, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan
12. (49) In Harm's Way, Irene Hannon, Revell/Baker
13. Morning's Refrain, Tracie Peterson, Bethany/Baker
14. A Promise of Hope, Amy Clipston, Zondervan
15. Plain Paradise, Beth Wiseman, Thomas Nelson
16. The Missing, Beverly Lewis, Bethany/Baker
17. Greater Love, Robert Whitlow, Thomas Nelson
18. A Man of His Word, Kathleen Fuller, Thomas Nelson
19. Sixteen Brides, Stephanie Grace Whitson, Bethany/Baker
20. The Secret, Beverly Lewis, Bethany/Baker

CBA (Numbers in parentheses reflect book's standing on the CBA Top Fifty list, which includes fiction and nonfiction)

1. (5) The Telling, Beverly Lewis, Bethany/Baker
2. (7) Take Three, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan
3. (8) Her Mother’s Hope, Francine Rivers, Tyndale
4. (19) Edge of Apocalypse, Tim LaHaye & Craig Parshall, Zondervan
5. (23) The Shack, William P. Young, Windblown Media
6. (30) The Bride Collector, Ted Dekker, Center Street/Hachette
7. (33) A Lineage of Grace, Francine Rivers, Tyndale
8. (37) Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers, Multnomah/WaterBrook
9. (38) Shades of Blue, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan
10. (41) No Distance Too Far, Lauraine Snelling, Bethany/Baker
11. (43) In Harm's Way, Irene Hannon, Revell/Baker
12. (45) Betsy’s Return, Wanda Brunstetter, Barbour
13. (49) A Promise of Hope, Amy Clipston, Zondervan
14. Greater Love, Robert Whitlow, Thomas Nelson
15. Letters to God, Patrick Doughtie & John Perry, Zondervan
16. Here Burns My Candle, Liz Curtis Higgs, WaterBrook
17. The Missing, Beverly Lewis, Bethany/Baker
18. A Cousin’s Challenge, Wanda Brunstetter, Barbour
19. Take One, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan
20. Take Two, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan