(Editor’s note: This March list is compiled by Publishers Weekly magazine from data received from general independent bookstores, chain stores and wholesalers within the month of February. Copyright 2006 Publishers Weekly. Distributed by Religion News Service.)
HARDCOVER
1. The Purpose-Driven Life, by Rick Warren. (Zondervan, $19.99)
2. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, by Bart Ehrman. (Harper San Francisco, $24.95)
3. Your Best Life Now, by Joel Osteen. (Warner Faith, $19.95)
4. The Cure for the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet Spot, by Max Lucado. (W Publishing, $22.99)
5. Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Women’s Soul, by John and Stasi Eldridge. (Thomas Nelson, $22.99)
6. Breaking the Spell: Religion as Natural Phenomenon, by Daniel C. Dennett. (Viking, $25.95)
7. The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country From the Religious Right, by Michael Lerner. (Harper San Francisco, $24.95)
8. Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism, by Douglas Brinkley and Julie Fenster. (Morrow, $24.95)
9. Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires, The Respect He Desperately Needs, by Emerson Eggerichs. (Integrity, $21.99)
10. Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion, by Bruce Feiler. (Morrow, $26.95)
PAPERBACK
1. The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman. (Moody/Northfield, $12.99)
2. Jerusalem Countdown: A Warning to the World, by John Hagee. (Frontline, $14.99)
3. Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis. (Harper San Francisco, $11.95)
4. Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality, by Donald Miller. (Thomas Nelson, $13.99)
5. The Witness, by Dee Henderson. (Tyndale, $13)
6. The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis. (Harper San Francisco, $11.95)
7. Battlefield of the Mind, by Joyce Meyer. (Warner Faith, $14.99)
8. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, by Sam Harris. (W.W. Norton, $13.95)
9. 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. (Revell, $12.99)
10. Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul, by John Eldredge. (Nelson, $13.99)
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