Christian Bestsellers, December 2019

Christian Bestsellers, December 2019
Compiled and distributed by ECPA
List does not include Bibles, Children's, or books under $6
Rank (Prev) Title Author ISBN Publisher Pub Date List $ Award
1 (11) TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER CLASSIC EDITION DAVE RAMSEY 9781595555274 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $26.99
2 (2) THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES GARY CHAPMAN 9780802412706 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2015 $15.99
3 (7) GIRL, WASH YOUR FACE RACHEL HOLLIS 9781400201655 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2018 $24.99
4 (4) LIVE IN GRACE, WALK IN LOVE BOB GOFF 9781400203772 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2019 $16.99
5 (9) JESUS CALLING, Hardcover SARAH YOUNG 9781591451884 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2004 $16.99
6 (6) IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY LYSA TERKEURST 9780718039851 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2018 $24.99
7 (NEW) WHEN LESS BECOMES MORE EMILY LEY 9781400211289 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2019 $19.99
8 (3) THE ORACLE JONATHAN CAHN 9781629996295 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2019 $24.99
9 (40) BECAUSE OF BETHLEHEM MAX LUCADO 9780849947599 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2016 $19.99
10 (13) THE ROAD BACK TO YOU IAN MORGAN CRON AND SUZANNE STABILE 9780830846191 INTERVARSITY PRESS Oct. 2016 $24.00
11 JESUS CALLING FOR CHRISTMAS SARAH YOUNG 9781400309184 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2018 $15.99
12 (17) BOUNDARIES UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION HENRY CLOUD 9780310351801 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2017 $18.99
13 (NEW) TAKE THE DAY OFF ROBERT MORRIS 9781546010166 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Oct. 2019 $22.00
14 (NEW) ALMOST CHRISTMAS MAGREY DEVEGA 9781501890574 ABINGDON Sep. 2019 $16.99
15 (NEW) THE RUTHLESS ELIMINATION OF HURRY JOHN MARK COMER 9780525653097 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2019 $23.99
16 (NEW) LIGHT OF THE WORLD AMY-JILL LEVINE 9781501884351 ABINGDON Sep. 2019 $16.99
17 (46) THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER WORKBOOK DAVE RAMSEY 9781400206506 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2018 $19.99
18 UNWRAPPING THE NAMES OF JESUS ASHERITAH CIUCIU 9780802416728 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2017 $12.99
19 (14) HOW HAPPINESS HAPPENS MAX LUCADO 9780718096137 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2019 $24.99
20 (29) EMBRACED LYSA TERKEURST 9781400310296 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2018 $19.99
21 (8) JESUS IN ME ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ 9780525651048 MULTNOMAH, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2019 $23.99
22 (21) NEW MORNING MERCIES PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433541384 CROSSWAY Oct. 2014 $22.99
23 THE MANUAL TO MANHOOD JONATHAN CATHERMAN 9780800722296 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Apr. 2014 $14.99
24 (20) EAT YOUR WAY TO LIFE AND HEALTH JOSEPH PRINCE 9780785229278 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2019 $26.99
25 (15) YOUR BATTLES BELONG TO THE LORD JOYCE MEYER 9781546026273 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Sep. 2019 $25.00
26 (NEW) HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN DEVOTIONAL JOYCE MEYER 9781546039068 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Oct. 2019 $16.00
27 (32) WHATEVER IS LOVELY: A COLORING BOOK FOR REFLECTION AND WORSHIP WATERBROOK 9781601429285 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Dec. 2015 $14.99
28 (38) JESUS ALWAYS SARAH YOUNG 9780718039509 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2016 $16.99
29 (5) RHYTHMS OF RENEWAL REBEKAH LYONS 9780310356141 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2019 $24.99
30 (30) 100 DAYS TO BRAVE ANNIE F. DOWNS 9780310089629 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2017 $17.99
31 (NEW) BEHOLDING AND BECOMING RUTH CHOU SIMONS 9780736974929 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2019 $29.99
32 (33) LOVE DOES BOB GOFF 9781400203758 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2012 $17.99
33 (19) TO HELL WITH THE HUSTLE JEFFERSON BETHKE 9780718039202 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2019 $17.99
34 (36) JESUS CALLING LARGE PRINT SARAH YOUNG 9781400318131 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2011 $24.99
35 BECAUSE OF BETHLEHEM STUDY GUIDE MAX LUCADO 9780310687054 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2016 $10.99
36 TRUSTING GOD DAY BY DAY JOYCE MEYER 9780446538589 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Nov. 2012 $17.00
37 (35) THE 5 LANGUAGES OF APPRECIATION IN THE WORKPLACE GARY CHAPMAN 9780802418401 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2019 $16.99
38 COME, LET US ADORE HIM PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433556692 CROSSWAY Sep. 2017 $17.99
39 (NEW) GODWINK CHRISTMAS STORIES SQUIRE RUSHNELL 9781501199967 HOWARD BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster Oct. 2019 $15.99
40 (28) ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING MAX LUCADO 9780718074210 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2019 $17.99
41 WORRY LESS, PRAY MORE DONNA K. MALTESE 9781683228615 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Mar. 2019 $4.99
42 STAND STRONG OUR DAILY BREAD MINISTRIES 9781627079006 DISCOVERY HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2018 $15.99
43 (27) UNINVITED LYSA TERKEURST 9781400205875 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2016 $17.99
44 (NEW) THE NEW TESTAMENT IN ITS WORLD N. T. WRIGHT 9780310499305 ZONDERVAN ACADEMIC Nov. 2019 $59.99
45 (34) THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE RICK WARREN 9780310337508 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2013 $17.99
46 (NEW) JESUS CALLING, Textured Gray Leathersoft SARAH YOUNG 9781400215294 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2019 $22.99
47 (42) BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND JOYCE MEYER 9780446691093 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Oct. 2002 $14.99
48 (25) EVERYBODY, ALWAYS BOB GOFF 9780718078133 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2018 $16.99
49 (37) THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES OF CHILDREN GARY CHAPMAN 9780802412850 MOODY PUBLISHERS May. 2016 $15.99
50 (47) JESUS CALLING, Brown Leathersoft SARAH YOUNG 9780718042820 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2015 $19.99

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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