GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. —With the October 23 issue of the New York Times Paperback Non-fiction Bestseller List, 90 Minutes in Heaven, written by Don Piper, celebrates 3 years—156 consecutive weeks—on the list, with 114 weeks at or above number ten. The book charts on this week’s list at number eleven. Defying traditional paths onto the list, the book first entered the list more than three years after it was first published.
90 Minutes in Heaven tells the story of Piper’s car accident, his time in heaven after he was pronounced dead on the scene, his return to earth, and his grueling recovery. The book has also appeared on a number of other bestseller lists, including USA Today, Publishers Weekly’s Paperback Religion Bestsellers and Trade Paperback Bestsellers, the CBA Christian Marketplace Top 50, Christian Retailing’s Top 100, and the BookSense Bestsellers list.
Currently, the original edition of the book has over 4.5 million in print with trade paper, Spanish, hardcover, audio, and large print editions of the book all continuing to sell strongly as well a new young reader’s edition and small group DVD curriculum now available. In addition, the book has a strong presence internationally with translations available in German, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, and Swedish.
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“Don’s story was capable of so much more than he, or we, had anticipated. Don speaks to thousands and thousands each year, and at the current pace of book sales, our cautious first printing quantity [of 8,000 copies] would be depleted in merely two days,” writes Dwight Baker, president of Baker Publishing Group in the foreword to the new hardcover edition. “90 Minutes in Heaven is widely embraced by people who face personal suffering. The book relates a joyous vision of the afterlife that is unique and rare.”
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