I was skimming the New York Times Bestseller Lists for both print and e-book combined for fiction from April 2012 – July 2012. I only looked at the top 15 titles, I didn’t view the extended list. It was interesting to see two self-published secular titles listed as bestsellers. Do you know of any other NY Times Bestsellers that are self-published titles? Far as I know, the author of On The Island got a major seven figure deal with a traditional publisher.
ON THE ISLAND, by Tracey Garvis-Graves. (Tracey Garvis-Graves.) An English teacher and the teenage boy she has agreed to tutor are stranded on an island when the seaplane taking them to join his family in the Maldives crashes in the Indian Ocean.
BEAUTIFUL DISASTER, by Jamie McGuire. (Jamie McGuire.) A college girl in search of a new beginning makes a bet with an attractive but dangerous man.
This was the was the only Christian title that I saw on the list for those months in the top fifteen for those months:
LOVING, by Karen Kingsbury. (Zondervan.) Bailey Flanigan must decide: Will she spend her life with Brandon in Los Angeles, or will her heart draw her back to Cody in Indiana?
It’d be great to see more Christian fiction titles in the top fifteen regularly. Wouldn’t it be great if Christian fiction could dominate the list?
~Cecelia Dowdy~
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That would be great but you have to take into account, that there are only a certain percentage of Christians in the world. I imagine if somebody who is not a Christian, probably won’t go anywhere near the part of the bookstore that has anything to do with Christianity, or Jesus.
That you have to narrow that field down. Of the percentage who are Christians, how many are willing to spend money on a Christian fiction book. I imagine you have to have a love for reading in general, to be the type who is willing to purchase books like this.
Anyway, I like the new look of your blog. It’s different.
Hi, Zknitz
Glad you like the look of my blog. Yes, you’d need to take into account the number of Christians who actually read novels. I’ve heard of some Christians who refuse to read fiction because they feel it’s lying – meaning, the story is not the truth.
Not sure why some feel this way, I mean, come on, it’s fiction. As long as you let people know the story’s not true then what’s the harm? Even Jesus taught using parables!
Thanks for stopping by. I’m glad you commented.
~Cecelia Dowdy~