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‘Shack’ is steady at No. 1: The Shack, William P. Young’s 2007 religious novel about a man shattered by the murder of his young daughter, is the first title to dominate USA TODAY’s bestseller list in 2017, with this week marking the fourth consecutive week the book has claimed the No. 1 spot.

Sales of the book are undoubtedly boosted by the film adaptation, starring Octavia Spencer as God and Sam Worthington as a grieving father. The Shack has spent 211 weeks on USA TODAY’s list, debuting at No. 143 on Jan. 24, 2008. It quickly became a phenomenon, and by July 24, 2008, had risen to No. 2. With the movie’s release, the book returned to the top 50 in January and first appeared at No. 1 on March 2, the week the film opened nationwide.

A ‘Brit’ on the list: Authors Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison land at No. 2 on this week’s list with The Devil’s Triangle (Gallery Books), the fourth in the “A Brit in the FBI” series. In the book, FBI Special Agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine investigate a natural disaster that may be man-made.

The popularity of the series continues to grow, and Coulter appreciates it. The author told USA TODAY, “Two writer brains are better than one, which we discovered early on. It is so amazing that we’ve struck a chord with the readers.”

This is the highest debut for the duo. (Coulter did reach No. 2 on her own with Insidious last August.) The authors’ previous books, The Final Cut, The Lost Key and The End Game made their debuts at No. 3, No. 6 and No. 7 respectively.