Christian Bestsellers, January 2023

Christian Bestsellers, January 2023
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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) GOOD BOUNDARIES AND GOODBYES LYSA TERKEURST 9781400211760 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2022
2 (5) JESUS CALLING SARAH YOUNG 9781591451884 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2004
3 (9) JESUS LISTENS SARAH YOUNG 9781400215584 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2021
4 (3) THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES GARY CHAPMAN 9780802412706 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2015
5 (6) TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER CLASSIC EDITION DAVE RAMSEY 9781595555274 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013
6 (28) STAND STRONG OUR DAILY BREAD MINISTRIES WITH CONTRIBUTION BY DAVE BRANON 9781627079006 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Oct. 2018
7 (4) THE RETURN OF THE GODS JONATHAN CAHN 9781636411422 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2022
8 (2) JESUS CALLING FOR CHRISTMAS SARAH YOUNG 9781400309184 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2018
9 (7) MISSION POSSIBLE ONE-YEAR DEVOTIONAL TIM TEBOW WITH A. J. GREGORY 9780593194119 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Nov. 2022
10 (14) GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD JENNIE ALLEN 9781601429643 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jan. 2020
11 (25) NEW MORNING MERCIES PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433541384 CROSSWAY Oct. 2014
12 (20) GENTLE AND LOWLY DANE C. ORTLUND 9781433566134 CROSSWAY Apr. 2020
13 (47) STRENGTH FOR EACH DAY JOYCE MEYER 9781546026457 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2021
14 (19) THE RUTHLESS ELIMINATION OF HURRY JOHN MARK COMER 9780525653097 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2019
15 (26) EMBRACED LYSA TERKEURST 9781400310296 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2018
16 (16) FORGIVING WHAT YOU CAN'T FORGET LYSA TERKEURST 9780718039875 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2020
17 (NEW) LEVELING UP RYAN LEAK 9780785261629 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Dec. 2022
18 (8) EMMANUEL RUTH CHOU SIMONS 9780736984966 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2022
19 (24) JESUS CALLING WITH SCRIPTURE REFERENCES SARAH YOUNG 9780718042820 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2015
20 (41) PEACE FOR EACH DAY BILLY GRAHAM 9781400224111 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2020
21 GOD HEARS HER OUR DAILY BREAD MINISTRIES WITH CONTRIBUTION BY XOCHITL DIXON 9781627078719 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Sep. 2017
22 (NEW) JESUS LISTENS NOTE-TAKING EDITION SARAH YOUNG 9781400235476 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2022
23 (11) LETTER TO THE AMERICAN CHURCH ERIC METAXAS 9781684513895 SALEM BOOKS Sep. 2022
24 (34) IMAGINE HEAVEN JOHN BURKE 9780801015267 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2015
25 (40) SEEING BEAUTIFUL AGAIN LYSA TERKEURST 9781400218912 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2021
26 MISSION POSSIBLE TIM TEBOW WITH A. J. GREGORY 9780593194003 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Mar. 2022
27 (32) JESUS CALLING LARGE TEXT WITH FULL SCRIPTURES YOUNG, SARAH 9781400318131 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2011
28 (12) HELP IS HERE MAX LUCADO 9781400224814 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2022
29 (NEW) DAILY WISDOM FOR WOMEN 2023 DEVOTIONAL COLLECTION COMPILED BY BARBOUR STAFF 9781636093581 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Oct. 2022
30 (29) 40 DAYS THROUGH THE BIBLE LYSA TERKEURST 9780310145363 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Feb. 2022
31 THE BIBLE RECAP TARA-LEIGH COBBLE 9780764237034 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Nov. 2020
32 FIND YOUR PEOPLE JENNIE ALLEN 9780593193389 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Feb. 2022
33 BE JOYFUL JOYCE MEYER 9781546029281 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. May. 2022
34 THEY WALKED WITH GOD MAX LUCADO 9780785294597 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jun. 2022
35 BE STILL CLEERE CHERRY 9781684086238 DAYSPRING Oct. 2019
36 (30) BREATH AS PRAYER JENNIFER TUCKER 9781400234585 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2022
37 (49) FIGHTING WORDS DEVOTIONAL ELLIE HOLCOMB 9781087747798 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2021
38 (42) PRAYING LIKE MONKS, LIVING LIKE FOOLS TYLER STATON 9780310365358 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2022
39 (NEW) THE GOD OF THE WAY KATHIE LEE GIFFORD AND RABBI JASON SOBEL 9780785290438 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2022
40 (27) SURE AS THE SUNRISE EMILY LEY 9781400231263 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2022
41 (38) LOVING PEOPLE WHO ARE HARD TO LOVE JOYCE MEYER 9781546016090 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Sep. 2022
42 ROSE BOOK OF BIBLE CHARTS, MAPS AND TIME LINES ROSE PUBLISHING 9781596360228 ROSE PUBLISHING (TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS ) Mar. 2015
43 (21) THE WORLD OF THE END DAVID JEREMIAH 9780785251996 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2022
44 (44) THE HIDING PLACE CORRIE TEN BOOM AND JOHN & ELIZABETH SHERRILL 9780800794057 CHOSEN BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jan. 2006
45 (37) RESILIENT JOHN ELDREDGE 9781400208647 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jun. 2022
46 (NEW) CONFIDENTLY YOU JOYCE MEYER 9781546013518 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jul. 2022
47 REDEEMING LOVE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781590525135 MULTNOMAH, an imprint of Penguin Random House May. 2005
48 (NEW) DAILY WISDOM FOR MEN 2023 DEVOTIONAL COLLECTION COMPILED BY BARBOUR STAFF 9781636093567 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Oct. 2022
49 EVERY MOMENT HOLY, VOLUME 1 DOUGLAS KAINE MCKELVEY 9781951872021 RABBIT ROOM PRESS Jun. 2020
50 JESUS CALLING WITH SCRIPTURE REFERENCES, Pink SARAH YOUNG 9781400320110 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2013
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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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