Christian Fiction Bestsellers, August 2022

Christian Fiction Bestsellers, August 2022
Compiled and distributed by the
Evangelical Christian Publishers Association
(ECPA)
Rank
Title Author ISBN Publisher Pub
Date
List
Price
Award
1 THE RECORD KEEPER CHARLES MARTIN 9780785255901 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jul. 2022 $26.99
2 REDEEMING LOVE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781590525135 MULTNOMAH, an imprint of Penguin Random House May. 2005 $16.00
3 UNDER THE MAGNOLIAS T. I. LOWE 9781496453617 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS May. 2021 $16.99
4 MATCHED AND MARRIED KATHLEEN FULLER 9780840706935 ZONDERVAN Jun. 2022 $9.99
5 THE LADY'S MINE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781496447579 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2022 $27.99
6 EDGE OF DUSK COLLEEN COBLE 9780785253709 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jul. 2022 $18.99
7 THE SHACK WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG 9780964729230 WINDBLOWN MEDIA, in association with Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jul. 2008 $15.99
8 THE HARBINGER JONATHAN CAHN 9781616386108 CHARISMA HOUSE Jan. 2012 $16.99
9 THE DEADLY SHALLOWS DANI PETTREY 9780764230868 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jul. 2022 $15.99
10 THE HARBINGER II: THE RETURN JONATHAN CAHN 9781629998954 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Mar. 2022 $18.99
11 A LINEAGE OF GRACE FRANCINE RIVERS 9780842356329 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2009 $16.99
12 THE WATER KEEPER CHARLES MARTIN 9780785230946 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2021 $17.99
13 THE POSTMODERN PILGRIM'S PROGRESS KYLE MANN AND JOEL BERRY 9781684512751 SALEM BOOKS Jun. 2022 $17.99
14 MEET ME IN THE MARGINS MELISSA FERGUSON 9780785231073 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2022 $16.99
15 THE MASTERPIECE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781496407917 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2019 $16.99
16 MARK OF THE LION GIFT COLLECTION FRANCINE RIVERS 9780842339520 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 1998 $39.99
17 THE AMISH GREENHOUSE MYSTERIES WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER 9781636092843 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Jun. 2022 $24.99
18 WHEN CRICKETS CRY CHARLES MARTIN 9781595540546 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2006 $17.99
19 HINDS' FEET ON HIGH PLACES HANNAH HURNARD 9780842314299 TYNDALE MOMENTUM Nov. 1979 $7.99
20 THE ITALIAN BALLERINA: A WORLD WAR II NOVEL KRISTY CAMBRON 9780785232193 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jul. 2022 $16.99
21 LONG WAY HOME LYNN AUSTIN 9781496437402 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jun. 2022 $16.99
22 THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES JONATHAN CAHN 9781629989419 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2016 $21.99
23 THIS PRESENT DARKNESS FRANK E. PERETTI 9780842361712 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Mar. 2002 $9.99
24 THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES JONATHAN CAHN 9781629991344 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Jun. 2018 $17.99
25 BEYOND THE DESERT SANDS TRACIE PETERSON 9780764237324 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jul. 2022 $16.99

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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