Spirit of Hope, 5:41 top Amazon Joplin tornado book rankings

A good week for John Hacker and me as our two books on the Joplin Tornado, Spirit of Hope and 5:41: Stories from the Joplin Tornado, ranked numbers one and two respectively, on the Amazon.com list of books about the May 22, 2011, disaster.

1. Spirit of Hope: The Year After the Joplin Tornado: Randy Turner and John Hacker, 148,087
2. 5:41: Stories from the Joplin Tornado, Randy Turner and John Hacker, 309,764
3. Joplin 5:41: Kansas City Star, 391,874
4. Miracle of the Human Spirit, Mark Rohr, 488,963
5. When the Storm Passes, Julie Jett, 496,432
6. 32 Minutes in May, Joplin Globe, 509,044
7. 5:22: Stories of Survival, Stories of Faith, Scott Hettinger, 1,484,026
8. Scars from the Tornado, Randy Turner, 1,919,075
9. Singing Over Me, Danielle Stammer, 2,143,299
10. Joplin Tornado House of Hope, Tim Bartow, 2,428,171
11. EF5 at 5:35, Kathryn Sandlin 3,900,722
12. Mayday in Joplin, Donald Clugston, 4,024,579