Christian Bestsellers, December 2020

Christian Bestsellers, December 2020
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 (NEW) FORGIVING WHAT YOU CAN'T FORGET LYSA TERKEURST 9780718039875 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2020 $26.99
2 (2) THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES GARY CHAPMAN 9780802412706 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2015 $15.99
3 (10) TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER CLASSIC EDITION DAVE RAMSEY 9781595555274 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $26.99
4 (NEW) THE FORGIVENESS JOURNAL LYSA TERKEURST 9781400224388 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2020 $19.99
5 (7) JESUS CALLING SARAH YOUNG 9781591451884 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2004 $16.99
6 (3) THE HARBINGER II: THE RETURN JONATHAN CAHN 9781629998916 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2020 $24.99
7 (NEW) EMPTY OUT THE NEGATIVE JOEL OSTEEN 9781546015994 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Nov. 2020 $24.00
8 (5) GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD JENNIE ALLEN 9781601429643 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jan. 2020 $23.99
9 (13) NEW MORNING MERCIES PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433541384 CROSSWAY Oct. 2014 $22.99
10 (23) INCARNATION: REDISCOVERING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRISTMAS ADAM HAMILTON 9781791005542 ABINGDON Sep. 2020 $19.99
11 (4) WHEN WOMEN PRAY T. D. JAKES 9781546015598 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Sep. 2020 $24.00
12 (29) QUIET TIMES WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL JOYCE MEYER 9781455560288 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2020 $17.00
13 (20) JESUS CALLING, Leather SARAH YOUNG 9780718042820 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2015 $19.99
14 (11) BOUNDARIES UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION HENRY CLOUD AND JOHN TOWNSEND 9780310351801 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2017 $19.99
15 (25) GENTLE AND LOWLY DANE C. ORTLUND 9781433566134 CROSSWAY Apr. 2020 $19.99
16 COME, LET US ADORE HIM PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433556692 CROSSWAY Sep. 2017 $17.99
17 (NEW) FORGIVING WHAT YOU CAN'T FORGET STUDY GUIDE LYSA TERKEURST 9780310104865 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2020 $15.99
18 JESUS CALLING FOR CHRISTMAS SARAH YOUNG 9781400309184 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2018 $16.99
19 UNWRAPPING THE NAMES OF JESUS ASHERITAH CIUCIU 9780802416728 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2017 $12.99
20 (NEW) DO LIFE DIFFERENTLY JEFF D. REETER WITH KRIS BEARSS 9781546036920 WORTHY, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Nov. 2020 $26.00
21 (14) RELATIONSHIP GOALS MICHAEL TODD 9780593192573 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Apr. 2020 $23.00
22 (8) DO IT AFRAID JOYCE MEYER 9781546026303 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Sep. 2020 $26.00
23 (NEW) ANNE NEILSON'S ANGELS ANNE NEILSON 9781400220403 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2020 $24.99
24 (9) YOU ARE NEVER ALONE MAX LUCADO 9781400217342 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2020 $26.99
25 THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER WORKBOOK DAVE RAMSEY 9781400206506 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2018 $21.99
26 (34) HONEST ADVENT SCOTT ERICKSON 9780310361879 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2020 $18.99
27 (33) LIVE SADIE ROBERTSON HUFF WITH BETH CLARK 9781400213061 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2020 $19.99
28 (15) THE ROAD BACK TO YOU IAN MORGAN CRON AND SUZANNE STABILE 9780830846191 INTERVARSITY PRESS Oct. 2016 $24.00
29 GOD HEARS HER OUR DAILY BREAD MINISTRIES WITH XOCHITL DIXON 9781627078719 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Sep. 2017 $15.99
30 (21) GIRL, WASH YOUR FACE RACHEL HOLLIS 9781400201655 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2018 $24.99
31 (NEW) DAILY GUIDEPOSTS 2021 GUIDEPOSTS 9780310354727 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2020 $24.99
32 (18) WHATEVER IS LOVELY: A COLORING BOOK FOR REFLECTION AND WORSHIP WATERBROOK 9781601429285 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Dec. 2015 $14.99
33 (NEW) PEACE FOR EACH DAY BILLY GRAHAM 9781400224111 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2020 $24.99
34 (12) IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY LYSA TERKEURST 9780718039851 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2018 $24.99
35 THE MANUAL TO MANHOOD JONATHAN CATHERMAN 9780800722296 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Apr. 2014 $15.99
36 (35) WORRY LESS, PRAY MORE DONNA K. MALTESE 9781683228615 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Mar. 2019 $4.99
37 (16) THE HARBINGER JONATHAN CAHN 9781616386108 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Jan. 2012 $16.99
38 (31) EMBRACED LYSA TERKEURST 9781400310296 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2018 $19.99
39 (17) JESUS POLITICS PHIL ROBERTSON 9781400210060 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2020 $26.99
40 (NEW) SHADOW AND LIGHT: A JOURNEY INTO ADVENT TSH OXENREIDER 9780736980609 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2020 $22.99
41 (30) THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE RICK WARREN 9780310337508 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2013 $19.99
42 (NEW) THE BIBLE RECAP TARA-LEIGH COBBLE 9780764237034 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Nov. 2020 $29.99
43 (1) FORWARD DAVID JEREMIAH 9780785224020 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2020 $26.99
44 (50) JESUS CALLING NOTE-TAKING EDITION SARAH YOUNG 9781400213702 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2020 $24.99
45 (43) TRUSTING GOD DAY BY DAY JOYCE MEYER 9780446538589 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Nov. 2012 $17.00
46 (44) MIDNIGHT MOM DEVOTIONAL BECKY THOMPSON AND SUSAN K. PITTS 9780525654292 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Mar. 2020 $15.99
47 (37) ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING MAX LUCADO 9780718074210 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2019 $17.99
48 (28) THE RUTHLESS ELIMINATION OF HURRY JOHN MARK COMER 9780525653097 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2019 $23.99
49 (NEW) DAILY WISDOM FOR MEN 2021 DEVOTIONAL COLLECTION COMPILED BY BARBOUR STAFF 9781643525181 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Oct. 2020 $15.99
50 THE DAWNING OF INDESTRUCTIBLE JOY JOHN PIPER 9781433542367 CROSSWAY Aug. 2014 $7.99

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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