Christian Bestsellers, Best of 2017

Christian Bestsellers, Best of 2017
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List does not include Bibles, Children's, or books under $6
Rank Title Author ISBN Publisher Pub Date List $ Award
1 THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES GARY CHAPMAN 9780802412706 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2015 $15.99
2 JESUS CALLING-Hardcover SARAH YOUNG 9781591451884 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2004 $15.99
3 JESUS ALWAYS SARAH YOUNG 9780718039509 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2016 $15.99
4 THE MAGNOLIA STORY CHIP AND JOANNA GAINES 9780718079185 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2016 $26.99
5 THE SHACK-Paperback WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG 9780964729230 WINDBLOWN MEDIA, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Jul. 2008 $15.00
6 UNINVITED LYSA TERKEURST 9781400205875 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2016 $16.99
7 THE SHACK-Movie Edition2 WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG 9781455567607 WINDBLOWN MEDIA, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Nov. 2016 $15.99
8 CAPITAL GAINES CHIP GAINES 9780785216308 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2017 $24.99
9 TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER CLASSIC EDITION DAVE RAMSEY 9781595555274 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $24.99
10 LAUGH-OUT-LOUD JOKES FOR KIDS ROB ELLIOTT 9780800788032 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Aug. 2010 $4.99
11 ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING MAX LUCADO 9780718096120 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2017 $22.99
12 THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE SALLY LLOYD-JONES 9780310708254 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2007 $17.99
13 FERVENT PRISCILLA SHIRER 9781433688676 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Aug. 2015 $16.99
14 THE PARADIGM JONATHAN CAHN 9781629994765 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2017 $21.99
15 PRESENT OVER PERFECT SHAUNA NIEQUIST 9780310342991 ZONDERVAN Aug. 2016 $22.99
16 THIS LIFE I LIVE RORY FEEK 9780718090197 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2017 $24.99
17 THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE ZONDERVAN 9780310750130 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2016 $16.99
18 THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES JONATHAN CAHN 9781629989419 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2016 $21.99
19 THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE RICK WARREN 9780310337508 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2013 $16.99
20 THE SHACK-Movie Edition WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG 9781455567614 WINDBLOWN MEDIA, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Nov. 2016 $9.99
21 KNOCK-KNOCK JOKES FOR KIDS ROB ELLIOTT 9780800788223 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jun. 2013 $4.99
22 SHAKEN TIM TEBOW 9780735289864 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2016 $25.00
23 BOUNDARIES HENRY CLOUD 9780310247456 ZONDERVAN Mar. 2002 $16.99
24 BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND JOYCE MEYER 9780446691093 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Oct. 2002 $14.99
25 THE CASE FOR CHRIST LEE STROBEL 9780310345862 ZONDERVAN Sep. 2016 $16.99
26 JESUS CALLING-Deluxe Edition SARAH YOUNG 9780718042820 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2015 $19.99
27 GOD BLESS YOU & GOOD NIGHT HANNAH HALL 9781400322947 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $9.99
28 DIVINE DIRECTION CRAIG GROESCHEL 9780310342830 ZONDERVAN Feb. 2017 $22.99
29 THE ACTION BIBLE SERGIO CARIELLO 9780781444996 DAVID C COOK Sep. 2010 $27.99
30 LOVE STORY KAREN KINGSBURY 9781451687590 HOWARD BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster Jun. 2017 $22.99
31 GOLIATH MUST FALL LOUIE GIGLIO 9780718088866 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS May. 2017 $16.99
32 GOD GAVE US EASTER LISA TAWN BERGREN 9780307730725 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jan. 2013 $10.99
33 THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS PATRICIA A. PINGRY 9780824918453 IDEALS/ WORTHY PUBLISHING Aug. 2010 $6.99
34 BLESSED IN THE DARKNESS JOEL OSTEEN 9781455534326 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Oct. 2017 $26.00
35 SOAR! T. D. JAKES 9781455553907 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Oct. 2017 $25.00
36 LOVE DOES BOB GOFF 9781400203758 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2012 $16.99
37 TOUCH AND FEEL NEVER TOUCH A MONSTER MAKE BELIEVE IDEAS LTD 9781785983955 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jul. 2016 $9.99
38 GOD GAVE US CHRISTMAS LISA TAWN BERGREN 9781400071753 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2006 $10.99
39 THE LOVE DARE ALEX KENDRICK AND STEPHEN KENDRICK 9781433679599 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Jan. 2013 $14.99
40 UNINVITED STUDY GUIDE LYSA TERKEURST 9781400206001 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2016 $12.99
41 OF MESS AND MOXIE JEN HATMAKER 9780718031848 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2017 $22.99
42 JESUS CALLING ADULT COLORING BOOK SARAH YOUNG 9780718091262 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2017 $15.99
43 PRECIOUS MOMENTS: LITTLE BOOK OF PRAYERS THOMAS NELSON 9781400322787 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $9.99
44 NLT ECONOMY BIBLE TYNDALE 9781414309477 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Mar. 2006 $5.99
45 THE MANUAL TO MANHOOD JONATHAN CATHERMAN 9780800722296 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Apr. 2014 $14.99
46 A LIFE BEYOND AMAZING DAVID JEREMIAH 9780718079901 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2017 $24.99
47 GRACE, NOT PERFECTION EMILY LEY 9780718085223 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2016 $16.99
48 I AM A CHURCH MEMBER THOM S. RAINER 9781433679735 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP May. 2013 $12.99
49 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AND THE EASTER STORY JAN & MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780310720874 ZONDERKIDZ Jan. 2012 $4.99
50 THINK BETTER, LIVE BETTER JOEL OSTEEN 9780892969678 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Oct. 2016 $24.00
51 GOD GAVE US YOU LISA TAWN BERGREN 9780307729910 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jul. 2011 $6.99
52 LOVE & RESPECT EMERSON EGGERICHS 9781591451877 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2004 $24.99
53 THE BROKEN WAY ANN VOSKAMP 9780310318583 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2016 $22.99
54 AWAKEN PRISCILLA SHIRER 9781462776344 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Aug. 2017 $16.99
55 NEW MORNING MERCIES PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433541384 CROSSWAY Oct. 2014 $22.99
56 JESUS CALLING: 365 DEVOTIONS FOR KIDS SARAH YOUNG 9781400316342 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2010 $15.99
57 STORY OF EASTER PATRICIA A. PINGRY 9780824918446 IDEALS/ WORTHY PUBLISHING Jan. 2010 $6.99
58 THE EBB TIDE BEVERLY LEWIS 9780764212505 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Apr. 2017 $15.99
59 SLAM DUNK JOKES FOR KIDS BOB PHILLIPS 9780736913461 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Mar. 2004 $4.99
60 THE BATTLE PLAN FOR PRAYER STEPHEN KENDRICK AND ALEX KENDRICK 9781433688669 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Aug. 2015 $16.99
61 THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS CLEMENT MOORE 9780824918842 IDEALS/ WORTHY PUBLISHING Oct. 2011 $6.99
62 POCKET PRAYERS MAX LUCADO 9780718014049 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2014 $2.99
63 ONLY LOVE TODAY RACHEL MACY STAFFORD 9780310346746 ZONDERVAN Mar. 2017 $22.99
64 THE 21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADERSHIP JOHN C. MAXWELL 9780785288374 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2007 $25.99
65 JESUS CALLING-Large Print, Deluxe Edition SARAH YOUNG 9781400318131 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2011 $24.99
66 CRAZY LOVE FRANCIS CHAN 9781434705945 DAVID C. COOK Apr. 2013 $16.99
67 RV-1909 SANTA BIBLIA BARBOUR PUBLISHING 9781586609733 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Mar. 2003 $2.99
68 IN THIS MOMENT KAREN KINGSBURY 9781451687620 HOWARD BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster Nov. 2017 $23.99
69 KNOW YOUR BIBLE PAUL KENT 9781602600157 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Feb. 2008 $2.49
70 WILD AT HEART JOHN ELDREDGE 9781400200399 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2011 $16.99
71 DRAW THE CIRCLE MARK BATTERSON 9780310327127 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2012 $16.99
72 JESUS ALWAYS Large Print, Deluxe Edition SARAH YOUNG 9780718095413 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2017 $24.99
73 THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CHILDRENS BIBLE JANICE EMMERSON 9780736962131 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jul. 2014 $24.99
74 THE POWER OF A PRAYING WIFE STORMIE OMARTIAN 9780736957496 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2014 $15.99
75 SHE'S STILL THERE CHRYSTAL EVANS HURST 9780310347811 ZONDERVAN Aug. 2017 $16.99
76 THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES OF CHILDREN GARY D. CHAPMAN 9780802412850 MOODY PUBLISHERS May. 2016 $15.99
77 COP UNDER FIRE DAVID CLARKE 9781617958571 WORTHY PUBLISHING Feb. 2017 $21.99
78 I PRAYED FOR YOU THOMAS NELSON 9780718049874 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2015 $8.99
79 WHEN GOD MADE YOU MATTHEW PAUL TURNER 9781601429186 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Feb. 2017 $11.99
80 LOTS OF KNOCK-KNOCK JOKES FOR KIDS WHEE WINN 9780310750628 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2016 $3.99
81 A CHILD'S FIRST BIBLE KENNETH N. TAYLOR 9780842331746 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2000 $12.99
82 NOTHING TO PROVE JENNIE ALLEN 9781601429612 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jan. 2017 $22.99
83 JESUS CALLING, Deluxe Edition SARAH YOUNG 9781400320110 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2013 $19.99
84 A SIMPLIFIED LIFE EMILY LEY 9780718098308 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2017 $19.99
85 CREED ADAM HAMILTON 9781501813719 ABINGDON PRESS Dec. 2016 $19.99
86 THE CHRISTMAS STORY PATRICIA PINGRY 9780824919115 IDEALS/ WORTHY PUBLISHING Aug. 2013 $6.99
87 NIV ADVENTURE BIBLE LAWRENCE O. RICHARDS 9780310727477 ZONDERKIDZ Jun. 2013 $29.99
88 3-MINUTE DEVOTIONS FOR TEEN GIRLS APRIL FRAZIER 9781630588564 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Apr. 2015 $4.99
89 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN JACK ROLLINS 9780824919108 IDEALS/ WORTHY PUBLISHING Sep. 2013 $12.99
90 THE ROAD BACK TO YOU IAN MORGAN CRON 9780830846191 INTERVARSITY PRESS Oct. 2016 $24.00
91 FINDING GOBI DION LEONARD 9780718098575 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jun. 2017 $16.99
92 AUDACIOUS BETH MOORE 9781433690525 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Nov. 2015 $17.99
93 THE CIRCLE MAKER MARK BATTERSON 9780310346913 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2016 $16.99
94 SEEKING ALLAH, FINDING JESUS NABEEL QURESHI 9780310527237 ZONDERVAN Apr. 2016 $17.99
95 THE DANIEL DILEMMA CHRIS HODGES 9780718091538 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2017 $16.99
96 20 WAYS TO MAKE EVERY DAY BETTER JOYCE MEYER 9781455560028 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Apr. 2017 $22.00
97 TOUCH AND FEEL: NEVER TOUCH A DINOSAUR MAKE BELIEVE IDEAS LTD 9781785989452 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2017 $9.99
98 SAY AND PRAY BIBLE DIANE STORTZ 9780718036577 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jul. 2015 $9.99
99 MORE LAUGH-OUT-LOUD JOKES FOR KIDS ROB ELLIOTT 9780800788216 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jun. 2014 $4.99
100 WITHOUT WARNING JOEL C. ROSENBERG 9781496406163 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Mar. 2017 $26.99
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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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