Monday, October 11, 2010

Comparison of Bestseller Lists for September 2010

Here is the comparison of CBA's "November" list and ECPA's "October" list, both reflecting sales of fiction in participating Christian bookstores in the month of September. (Sometimes the days counted within the month vary a little between CBA and ECPA, but in general this is a month-to-month comparison.) 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 post.

ECPA (Numbers in parentheses reflect book's standing on the ECPA Top Fifty list.)

1. (4) The Thorn, Beverly Lewis, Bethany House/Baker 
2. (15) Lydia's Charm, Wanda E. Brunstetter, Barbour
3 (16) Her Daughter's Dream, Francine Rivers, Tyndale
4. (32) Take Four, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan
5. (39) The Shack, William P. Young, Windblown Media
6. (44) Her Mother's Hope, Francine Rivers, Tyndale 
7. (48) Immanuel's Veins, Ted Dekker, Thomas Nelson
8.  Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers, Waterbrook/Multnomah
9.  A Lineage of Grace, Francine Rivers, Tyndale 
10. Within My Heart, Tamera Alexander, Bethany/Baker 
11. The Bridge of Peace, Cindy Woodsmall, Waterbrook/Multnomah
12. The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis, HarperCollins
13. Predator, Terri Blackstock, Zondervan 
14. In Every Heartbeat, Kim Sawyer, Bethany/Baker
15. Take Three, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan 
16. Gathering Storm, Bodie and Brock Thoene, Summerside Press 
17. More Than Words, Judith Miller, BethanyBaker
18. A Hand to Hold, Kathleen Fuller, Thomas Nelson 
19. The Telling, Beverly Lewis, Bethany/Baker
20. Take Two, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan

CBA (Numbers in parentheses reflect book's standing on the CBA Top Fifty list)

1. (4) The Thorn, Beverly Lewis, Bethany/Baker
2. (8) Her Daughter's Dream, Francine Rivers, Tyndale
3. (27) Predator, Terri Blackstock, Zondervan
4. (29) Lydia’s Charm, Wanda Brunstetter, Barbour
5. (32) Take Four, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan
6. (33) Her Mother’s Hope, Francine Rivers, Tyndale
7. (35) The Shack, William P. Young, Windblown Media
8. (41) Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers, Multnomah/WaterBrook
9. (47) Immanuel's Veins, Ted Dekker, Thomas Nelson
10. A Lineage of Grace, Francine Rivers, Tyndale
11. Edge of Apocalypse, Tim LaHaye and Craig Parshall, Zondervan
12. The Bridge of Peace, Cindy Woodsmall, WaterBrook
13. The Bishop, Steven James, Revell/Baker
14. Take Three, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan
15. Twilight’s Serenade, Tracie Peterson, Bethany/Baker
16. The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis, Zondervan
17. The Telling, Beverly Lewis, Bethany/Baker
18. Shades of Blue, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan
19. Embers of Love, Tracie Peterson, Bethany/Baker
20. Lightkeeper's Daughter, Colleen Coble, Thomas Nelson

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