Christian Bestsellers, September 2025

Christian Bestsellers, September 2025
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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 (NEW) TAME YOUR THOUGHTS MAX LUCADO 9781400256235 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2025 29.99
2 (NEW) I JUST WISH I HAD A BIGGER KITCHEN KATE STRICKLER 9780764243783 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Aug. 2025 26.99
3 (2) KJV STANDARD LESSON COMMENTARY® LARGE PRINT EDITION 2025-2026 STANDARD PUBLISHING 9780830787616 DAVID C COOK Jun. 2025 26.99
4 (NEW) STANDING ON THE EDGE OF ETERNITY GARY HAMRICK 9780736991452 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Aug. 2025 19.99
5 (5) PRACTICING THE WAY JOHN MARK COMER 9780593193822 WaterBrook, an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group Jan. 2024 26
6 (4) THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES GARY CHAPMAN 9780802412706 MOODY PUBLISHERS Dec. 2014 16.99
7 (1) JESUS CALLING SARAH YOUNG 9781591451884 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2004 16.99
8 (22) A JESUS-SHAPED LIFE BIBLE STUDY GUIDE PLUS STREAMING VIDEO LISA HARPER 9780310173892 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Jul. 2025 24.99
9 (NEW) THE STRONGHOLD OF THE CHOSEN AMANDA JENKINS. AND DALLAS JENKINS AND DOUGLAS S. HUFFMAN 9780830786763 DAVID C COOK Aug. 2025 17.99
10 (6) NEW MORNING MERCIES PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433592300 CROSSWAY Mar. 2024 24.99
11 (NEW) HELP IN A HURRY CAROLINE LEAF 9780801093265 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Aug. 2025 26.99
12 (13) THE RUTHLESS ELIMINATION OF HURRY JOHN MARK COMER 9780525653097 WaterBrook, an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group Oct. 2019 25
13 (25) KJV STANDARD LESSON COMMENTARY® 2025-2026 STANDARD PUBLISHING 9780830787586 DAVID C COOK Jun. 2025 24.99
14 (12) THE HIDING PLACE CORRIE TEN BOOM AND JOHN & ELIZABETH SHERRILL 9780800794057 CHOSEN BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jan. 2006 17.99
15 (19) TEN WOMEN OF THE BIBLE UPDATED EDITION MAX LUCADO 9780310172055 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Dec. 2024 21.99
16 (9) THE CASE FOR CHRIST LEE STROBEL 9780310345862 ZONDERVAN Sep. 2016 19.99
17 (20) BOUNDARIES UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION HENRY CLOUD AND JOHN TOWNSEND 9780310351801 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2017 19.99
18 (8) IMAGINE HEAVEN JOHN BURKE 9780801015267 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2015 18.99
19 (3) FORGIVING WHAT YOU CAN'T FORGET LYSA TERKEURST 9780718039875 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2020 29.99
20 (10) LIVING FEARLESS JAMIE WINSHIP 9780800740290 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jun. 2022 16.99
21 (21) NIV® STANDARD LESSON COMMENTARY® LARGE PRINT EDITION 2025-2026 STANDARD PUBLISHING 9780830787654 DAVID C COOK Jun. 2025 26.99
22 (18) GOD'S PROMISES FOR YOUR EVERY NEED, NKJV THOMAS NELSON 9781404186651 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2008 7.99
23 (15) ROSE BOOK OF BIBLE CHARTS, MAPS AND TIME LINES ROSE PUBLISHING 9781596360228 ROSE PUBLISHING (TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS) Mar. 2015 34.99
24 (27) GENTLE AND LOWLY DANE ORTLUND 9781433566134 CROSSWAY Apr. 2020 19.99
25 (36) THE BAIT OF SATAN JOHN BEVERE 9781621365488 CHARISMA HOUSE Jan. 2014 19.99
26 (33) THE AWE OF GOD JOHN BEVERE 9781400336708 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2023 29.99
27 (NEW) JOYSPAN KERRY BURNIGHT 9781546007357 WORTHY BOOKS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Aug. 2025 29
28 (7) BREATH AS PRAYER JENNIFER TUCKER 9781400234585 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2022 19.99
29 (14) JESUS CALLING LARGE TEXT WITH FULL SCRIPTURES SARAH YOUNG 9781400318131 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2011 26.99
30 (17) THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER UPDATED AND EXPANDED DAVE RAMSEY 9781400342525 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS May. 2024 29.99
31 JESUS LISTENS SARAH YOUNG 9781400215584 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2021 19.99
32 (40) HABITS OF THE HOUSEHOLD JUSTIN WHITMEL EARLEY 9780310362937 ZONDERVAN Nov. 2021 19.99
33 (43) DISCIPLINES OF A GODLY MAN UPDATED EDITION R. KENT HUGHES 9781433561306 CROSSWAY Jul. 2019 18.99
34 (28) A SHEPHERD LOOKS AT PSALM 23 W. PHILLIP KELLER 9780310274414 ZONDERVAN Apr. 2007 7.99
35 (31) THE BIBLE RECAP STUDY GUIDE TARA-LEIGH COBBLE 9780764240324 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Dec. 2021 21.99
36 (NEW) TAME YOUR THOUGHTS BIBLE STUDY GUIDE PLUS STREAMING VIDEO MAX LUCADO 9780310179931 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Aug. 2025 22.99
37 (24) THE BIBLE RECAP TARA-LEIGH COBBLE 9780764237034 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Nov. 2020 32.99
38 (NEW) BETTER WAYS TO READ THE BIBLE ZACH W. LAMBERT 9781587436680 BRAZOS PRESS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Aug. 2025 19.99
39 (42) THE WELL-WATERED WOMAN GRETCHEN SAFFLES 9781496445452 TYNDALE MOMENTUM Apr. 2021 19.99
40 THE PRACTICING THE WAY COURSE COMPANION GUIDE JOHN MARK COMER AND PRACTICING THE WAY 9780593602737 WaterBrook, an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group Sep. 2024 24
41 (30) THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE RICK WARREN 9780310337508 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2013 22.99
42 (47) THE BIBLE, SIMPLIFIED ZACH WINDAHL 9781400252534 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jul. 2025 32.99
43 (35) THE BIBLE RECAP DELUXE EDITION TARA-LEIGH COBBLE 9780764239779 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2021 39.99
44 GOOD BOUNDARIES AND GOODBYES LYSA TERKEURST 9781400211760 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2022 28.99
45 (26) WHAT HAPPENS NEXT MAX LUCADO 9781400260003 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2024 29.99
46 (29) THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD BROTHER LAWRENCE 9780883681053 WHITAKER HOUSE Jun. 1982 6.99
47 (11) I WANT TO TRUST YOU, BUT I DON'T LYSA TERKEURST 9781400211821 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2024 29.99
48 (23) GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD JENNIE ALLEN 9781601429643 WaterBrook, an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group Jan. 2020 23.99
49 (50) MORE THAN A CARPENTER JOSH MCDOWELL AND SEAN MCDOWELL 9781496488268 TYNDALE ELEVATE Aug. 2024 7.99
50 DON'T GIVE THE ENEMY A SEAT AT YOUR TABLE LOUIE GIGLIO 9780785247227 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS May. 2021 28.99
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