The Purpose-Driven Life Hits 10 Million Mark

Posted on January 8, 2004

Zondervan announced that The Purpose-Driven Life, the #1 New York Times bestseller, has sold 10 million copies in the English language alone since its release in September of 2002. The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren quickly became a bestseller and has been a mainstay on numerous bestseller lists including USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and The New York Times.

The wildly successful book has remained for 43 consecutive weeks on the Times list. It has hit the #1 spot five times. Over 1 million copies of The Purpose-Driven Life have sold through Sam's Club alone. The book was also named the 2003 Christian Book of the Year by the Evangelical Christian Publisher's Association.

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