Christian Bestsellers, December 2023

Christian Bestsellers, December 2023
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 (1) THE GREAT DISAPPEARANCE DAVID JEREMIAH 9780785252245 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2023 $29.99
2 (4) FORGIVING WHAT YOU CAN'T FORGET LYSA TERKEURST 9780718039875 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2020 $26.99
3 (11) JESUS CALLING FOR CHRISTMAS SARAH YOUNG 9781400309184 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2018 $17.99
4 (10) JESUS LISTENS--FOR ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS SARAH YOUNG 9781400244249 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2023 $17.99
5 (NEW) EVERY MOMENT HOLY, VOLUME III DOUGLAS KAINE MCKELVEY 9781951872168 RABBIT ROOM PRESS Nov. 2023 $35.00
6 (9) JESUS CALLING SARAH YOUNG 9781591451884 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2004 $16.99
7 (7) THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES GARY CHAPMAN 9780802412706 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2015 $16.99
8 (16) TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER CLASSIC EDITION DAVE RAMSEY 9781595555274 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $28.99
9 (2) UPON WAKING JACKIE HILL PERRY 9781087783710 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2023 $22.99
10 (NEW) A PATH THROUGH PAIN ED YOUNG AND LISA YOUNG 9780310366935 ZONDERVAN Nov. 2023 $27.99
11 (5) THE JOSIAH MANIFESTO JONATHAN CAHN 9781636413327 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2023 $28.99
12 (12) THE GARDEN WITHIN ANITA PHILLIPS 9781400232987 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2023 $28.99
13 (NEW) IMAGINE THE GOD OF HEAVEN JOHN BURKE 9781496479907 TYNDALE ELEVATE Nov. 2023 $17.99
14 (25) NEW MORNING MERCIES PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433541384 CROSSWAY Oct. 2014 $24.99
15 (14) THE AWE OF GOD JOHN BEVERE 9781400336708 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2023 $28.99
16 (30) IMAGINE HEAVEN JOHN BURKE 9780801015267 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2015 $16.99
17 (47) THE HOLLY AND THE IVY INK & WILLOW 9780593580455 Ink & Willow, a gift line from WaterBrook Sep. 2023 $17.00
18 (26) YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT LYSA TERKEURST 9781400239085 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2023 $26.99
19 (28) JESUS LISTENS SARAH YOUNG 9781400215584 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2021 $19.99
20 (13) HABITS OF THE HOUSEHOLD JUSTIN WHITMEL EARLE 9780310362937 ZONDERVAN Nov. 2021 $19.99
21 (27) JESUS CALLING, LARGE TEXT SARAH YOUNG 9781400318131 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2011 $26.99
22 (NEW) CREATE YOUR OWN COZY LIZ MARIE GALVAN 9781400243532 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2023 $24.99
23 (18) BOUNDARIES UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION HENRY CLOUD AND JOHN TOWNSEND 9780310351801 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2017 $19.99
24 (15) THE RUTHLESS ELIMINATION OF HURRY JOHN MARK COMER 9780525653097 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2019 $25.00
25 (20) GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD JENNIE ALLEN 9781601429643 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jan. 2020 $23.99
26 UNWRAPPING THE NAMES OF JESUS ASHERITAH CIUCIU 9780802416728 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2017 $13.99
27 (31) JESUS CALLING WITH SCRIPTURE REFERENCES SARAH YOUNG 9780718042820 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2015 $19.99
28 (NEW) 30 DAYS WITH JESUS BIBLE STUDY GUIDE LYSA TERKEURST AND JOEL MUDDAMALLE 9780310161080 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Oct. 2023 $21.99
29 SON OF HAMAS MOSAB HASSAN YOUSEF WITH RON BRACKIN 9781414333083 TYNDALE MOMENTUM Mar. 2011 $15.99
30 (21) GOOD BOUNDARIES AND GOODBYES LYSA TERKEURST 9781400211760 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2022 $28.99
31 (6) DAMAGED BUT NOT DESTROYED MICHAEL TODD 9780593444887 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2023 $27.00
32 AFTER THE RAPTURE DAVID JEREMIAH 9780785292340 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jun. 2022 $18.99
33 (NEW) THE GIFTS OF CHRISTMAS SHEILA WALSH 9781540902900 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2023 $19.99
34 (32) GENTLE AND LOWLY DANE C. ORTLUND 9781433566134 CROSSWAY Apr. 2020 $19.99
35 (43) THE HIDING PLACE CORRIE TEN BOOM AND JOHN & ELIZABETH SHERRILL 9780800794057 CHOSEN BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jan. 2006 $15.99
36 EMMANUEL RUTH CHOU SIMONS 9780736984966 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2022 $29.99
37 (40) THE BIBLE RECAP TARA-LEIGH COBBLE 9780764237034 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Nov. 2020 $29.99
38 (NEW) DAILY WISDOM FOR WOMEN 2024 DEVOTIONAL COLLECTION COMPILED BY BARBOUR STAFF 9781636095974 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Oct. 2023 $16.99
39 (17) HOW TO PUT LOVE FIRST SADIE ROBERTSON HUFF AND CHRISTIAN HUFF 9781400228645 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2023 $22.99
40 (NEW) UNTIL THE STREETLIGHTS COME ON GINNY YURICH M.Ed. 9781540903402 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Nov. 2023 $24.99
41 MIDNIGHT MOM DEVOTIONAL BECKY THOMPSON AND SUSAN K. PITTS 9780525654292 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Mar. 2020 $15.99
42 (46) THE LOVE EVERYBODY WANTS MADISON PREWETT TROUTT 9780593445242 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Sep. 2023 $26.00
43 (36) BLESSED IN THE MESS JOYCE MEYER 9781546037347 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Sep. 2023 $28.00
44 (33) THE RETURN OF THE GODS JONATHAN CAHN 9781636411422 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2022 $28.99
45 (42) THE CASE FOR CHRIST LEE STROBEL 9780310345862 ZONDERVAN Sep. 2016 $19.99
46 (NEW) IS GOD REAL? LEE STROBEL 9780310367871 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2023 $28.99
47 (NEW) DAILY WISDOM FOR MEN 2024 DEVOTIONAL COLLECTION COMPILED BY BARBOUR STAFF 9781636096186 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Oct. 2023 $16.99
48 THE BIBLE RECAP DELUXE EDITION TARA-LEIGH COBBLE 9780764239779 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2021 $39.99
49 (NEW) O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL JONATHAN GIBSON 9781433587948 CROSSWAY Sep. 2023 $29.99
50 (NEW) CHRISTMAS IDEALS 2023 MELINDA LEE RATHJEN 9781546003564 IDEALS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2023 $14.99

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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