Christian Bestsellers, September 2018

Christian Bestsellers, September 2018
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List does not include Bibles, Children's, or books under $6
Rank (Prev) Title Author ISBN Publisher Pub Date List $ Award
1 (1) GIRL, WASH YOUR FACE RACHEL HOLLIS 9781400201655 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2018 $22.99
2 (2) THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES GARY CHAPMAN 9780802412706 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2015 $15.99
3 (3) EVERYBODY, ALWAYS BOB GOFF 9780718078133 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2018 $16.99
4 (NEW) UNSHAKABLE HOPE MAX LUCADO 9780718096144 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2018 $22.99
5 (5) JESUS CALLING-Hardcover SARAH YOUNG 9781591451884 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2004 $15.99
6 (7) 100 DAYS TO BRAVE ANNIE F. DOWNS 9780310089629 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2017 $16.99
7 (4) TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER CLASSIC EDITION DAVE RAMSEY 9781595555274 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $24.99
8 (10) UNINVITED LYSA TERKEURST 9781400205875 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2016 $16.99
9 (NEW) LOVE LIFE AGAIN TRACIE MILES 9781434710154 DAVID C COOK Aug. 2018 $16.99
10 (11) ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING MAX LUCADO 9780718096120 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2017 $22.99
11 (9) LOVE DOES BOB GOFF 9781400203758 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2012 $16.99
12 (12) BOUNDARIES UPDATED AND EXPANDED HENRY CLOUD 9780310351801 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2017 $16.99
13 (15) EMBRACED LYSA TERKEURST 9781400310296 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2018 $19.99
14 (18) THE ROAD BACK TO YOU IAN MORGAN CRON AND SUZANNE STABILE 9780830846191 INTERVARSITY PRESS Oct. 2016 $24.00
15 (14) JESUS ALWAYS SARAH YOUNG 9780718039509 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2016 $15.99
16 (NEW) THE HOPE JAR WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER 9781624167478 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Aug. 2018 $15.99
17 (8) ONCE UPON A FARM RORY FEEK 9780785216728 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jun. 2018 $24.99
18 WOMEN OF THE WORD JEN WILKIN 9781433541766 CROSSWAY Jul. 2014 $12.99
19 (17) PRESENT OVER PERFECT SHAUNA NIEQUIST 9780310342991 ZONDERVAN Aug. 2016 $24.99
20 (25) LOVE & RESPECT EMERSON EGGERICHS 9781591451877 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2004 $26.99
21 (19) LIVE FEARLESS SADIE ROBERTSON 9781400309399 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2018 $19.99
22 (22) THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE RICK WARREN 9780310337508 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2013 $16.99
23 (29) THE 5 LANGUAGES OF APPRECIATION GARY CHAPMAN 9780802461766 MOODY PUBLISHERS Sep. 2012 $16.99
24 (23) FERVENT PRISCILLA SHIRER 9781433688676 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Aug. 2015 $16.99
25 (NEW) IMPERFECT COURAGE JESSICA HONEGGER 9780735291294 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Aug. 2018 $25.00
26 (21) JESUS CALLING-Leather SARAH YOUNG 9780718042820 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2015 $19.99
27 (16) THE MAGNOLIA STORY CHIP AND JOANNA GAINES 9780718079185 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2016 $26.99
28 (NEW) DESIRED BY GOD VAN MOODY 9780718077570 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2018 $16.99
29 (6) BELIEVE IT NICK FOLES 9781496436498 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jun. 2018 $26.99
30 (20) CAPITAL GAINES CHIP GAINES 9780785216308 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2017 $24.99
31 (28) BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND JOYCE MEYER 9780446691093 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Oct. 2002 $14.99
32 (26) NEW MORNING MERCIES PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433541384 CROSSWAY Oct. 2014 $22.99
33 (24) THE LOVE DARE ALEX KENDRICK AND STEPHEN KENDRICK 9781433679599 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Jan. 2013 $14.99
34 (NEW) HOPE IN THE DARK CRAIG GROESCHEL 9780310342953 ZONDERVAN Aug. 2018 $19.99
35 (48) THE WEEKLY PRAYER PROJECT ZONDERVAN 9780310087489 ZONDERVAN Jul. 2017 $15.99
36 (50) JESUS CALLING LARGE PRINT-Leather SARAH YOUNG 9781400318131 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2011 $24.99
37 WHISPERS OF HOPE BETH MOORE 9781433681097 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2013 $14.99
38 (27) GRACE, NOT PERFECTION EMILY LEY 9780718085223 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2016 $16.99
39 I AM A CHURCH MEMBER THOM S. RAINER 9781433679735 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP May. 2013 $12.99
40 (NEW) TO THE MOON AND BACK KAREN KINGSBURY 9781451687651 HOWARD BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster May. 2018 $23.99
41 (34) HOPE FOR EACH DAY BILLY GRAHAM 9780718075125 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2017 $24.99
42 (35) BUILDING A STORYBRAND DONALD MILLER 9780718033323 HARPERCOLLINS LEADERSHIP Oct. 2017 $24.99
43 (36) IN HIS IMAGE JEN WILKIN 9781433549878 CROSSWAY May. 2018 $12.99
44 THE ROCK, THE ROAD, AND THE RABBI KATHIE LEE GIFFORD 9780785215967 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2018 $24.99
45 (44) THE CASE FOR CHRIST LEE STROBEL 9780310345862 ZONDERVAN Sep. 2016 $16.99
46 IF YOU ONLY KNEW JAMIE IVEY 9781462749720 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Jan. 2018 $17.99
47 BECOMING A WELCOMING CHURCH THOM S. RAINER 9781462765454 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Mar. 2018 $12.99
48 THE LAST ARROW ERWIN RAPHAEL MCMANUS 9781601429537 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Sep. 2017 $22.99
49 THE CIRCLE MAKER MARK BATTERSON 9780310346913 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2016 $17.99
50 THE 21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADERSHIP JOHN C. MAXWELL 9780785288374 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2007 $25.99

Awards Legend:

Bronze Award Bronze Award (over 100,000 sold)

Gold Award Gold Award (over 500,000 sold)

Platinum Award Platinum Award (1 million sold)

Double Diamond Award Diamond Award (10 million sold)

Christian Book Award® Christian Book Award® winner

Book of the Year Book of the Year winner

Christy Award Christy Award winner

American Christian Fiction Carol Award winner ACFW Carol Award winner


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