Feeling left behind?
You might be if you have looked in the religion section of a bookstore recently. Since 1995, over fifty million books bearing the banner of the Left Behind series have showed up not only in Protestant bookstores but also in mainstream, secular bookstores. In 1998 the original four books of the series simultaneously occupied the top four slots in the New York Times bestseller list—which does not count sales figures from Protestant bookstores. The tenth volume of the series debuted at number one on the list.
The books of the Left Behind series offer a fictionalized account of the end of the world, based on the authors' understanding of the book of Revelation and other Bible prophecies. But Left Behind is much more than a series of books.
It is a multi-media franchise that includes not only the original novels (which should total twelve to fourteen) but also two motion pictures, over twenty children's books, study guides, dramatized and unabridged audio......
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