Christian Bestsellers, Best of 2019

Christian Bestsellers, Best of 2019
Compiled and distributed by ECPA
List does not include Bibles, Children's, or books under $6
Rank Title Author ISBN Publisher Pub Date List $ Award
1 GIRL, WASH YOUR FACE RACHEL HOLLIS 9781400201655 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2018 $24.99
2 THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES GARY CHAPMAN 9780802412706 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2015 $15.99
3 IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY LYSA TERKEURST 9780718039851 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2018 $24.99
4 TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER CLASSIC EDITION DAVE RAMSEY 9781595555274 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $26.99
5 JESUS CALLING SARAH YOUNG 9781591451884 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2004 $16.99
6 THE ROAD BACK TO YOU HARDCOVER IAN MORGAN CRON AND SUZANNE STABILE 9780830846191 INTERVARSITY PRESS Oct. 2016 $24.00
7 GRATEFUL AMERICAN GARY SINISE 9781400208128 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2019 $26.99
8 BOUNDARIES UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION HENRY CLOUD AND JOHN TOWNSEND 9780310351801 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2017 $18.99
9 THE ORACLE JONATHAN CAHN 9781629996295 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2019 $24.99
10 EVERYBODY, ALWAYS BOB GOFF 9780718078133 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2018 $16.99
11 100 DAYS TO BRAVE ANNIE F. DOWNS 9780310089629 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2017 $17.99
12 EMBRACED LYSA TERKEURST 9781400310296 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2018 $19.99
13 NEW MORNING MERCIES PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433541384 CROSSWAY Oct. 2014 $22.99
14 LOVE DOES BOB GOFF 9781400203758 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2012 $17.99
15 UNINVITED LYSA TERKEURST 9781400205875 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2016 $17.99
16 IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY STUDY GUIDE LYSA TERKEURST 9780310094340 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2018 $14.99
17 CRUSHING T. D. JAKES 9781455595372 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Apr. 2019 $25.00
18 JESUS CALLING LARGE PRINT SARAH YOUNG 9781400318131 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2011 $24.99
19 THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER WORKBOOK DAVE RAMSEY 9781400206506 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2018 $19.99
20 LIVE IN GRACE, WALK IN LOVE BOB GOFF 9781400203772 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2019 $16.99
21 THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE RICK WARREN 9780310337508 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2013 $17.99
22 THE THEFT OF AMERICA'S SOUL PHIL ROBERTSON 9781400210046 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2019 $24.99
23 JESUS ALWAYS SARAH YOUNG 9780718039509 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2016 $16.99
24 WHATEVER IS LOVELY: A COLORING BOOK FOR REFLECTION AND WORSHIP WATERBROOK 9781601429285 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Dec. 2015 $14.99
25 LETTERS TO THE CHURCH FRANCIS CHAN 9780830776580 DAVID C COOK Sep. 2018 $16.99
26 OWN YOUR EVERYDAY JORDAN LEE DOOLEY 9780735291492 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House May. 2019 $18.99
27 THE BOOK OF SIGNS DAVID JEREMIAH 9780785229544 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2019 $26.99
28 THE MANUAL TO MANHOOD JONATHAN CATHERMAN 9780800722296 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Apr. 2014 $15.99
29 THE 5 LANGUAGES OF APPRECIATION IN THE WORKPLACE GARY CHAPMAN 9780802418401 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2019 $16.99
30 ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING MAX LUCADO 9780718096120 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2017 $22.99
31 BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND JOYCE MEYER 9780446691093 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Oct. 2002 $14.99
32 THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES OF CHILDREN GARY CHAPMAN 9780802412850 MOODY PUBLISHERS May. 2016 $15.99
33 FERVENT PRISCILLA SHIRER 9781433688676 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Aug. 2015 $16.99
34 TRUSTING GOD DAY BY DAY JOYCE MEYER 9780446538589 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Nov. 2012 $17.00
35 HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN JOYCE MEYER 9781455560240 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Sep. 2018 $24.00
36 LOVE AND RESPECT EMERSON EGGERICHS 9781591451877 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2004 $26.99
37 THE LOVE DARE ALEX KENDRICK AND STEPHEN KENDRICK 9781433679599 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Jan. 2013 $16.99
38 A LOVE LETTER LIFE JEREMY ROLOFF 9780310353621 ZONDERVAN Apr. 2019 $26.99
39 JESUS CALLING BROWN LEATHERSOFT SARAH YOUNG 9780718042820 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2015 $19.99
40 UNSHAKABLE HOPE MAX LUCADO 9780718096144 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2018 $22.99
41 THE CASE FOR CHRIST LEE STROBEL 9780310345862 ZONDERVAN Sep. 2016 $18.99
42 THE WEEKLY PRAYER PROJECT ZONDERVAN 9780310087489 ZONDERVAN Jul. 2017 $16.99
43 EVERYTHING YOU NEED DAVID JEREMIAH 9780785223931 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2019 $26.99
44 TWO WEEKS KAREN KINGSBURY 9781476707433 HOWARD BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster Apr. 2019 $26.00
45 NOT FORSAKEN LOUIE GIGLIO 9781535956956 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP May. 2019 $17.99
46 HOW HAPPINESS HAPPENS MAX LUCADO 9780718096137 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2019 $24.99
47 DRAW THE CIRCLE MARK BATTERSON 9780310327127 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2012 $16.99
48 IMAGINE HEAVEN JOHN BURKE 9780801015267 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2015 $16.99
49 PRESENT OVER PERFECT SHAUNA NIEQUIST 9780310342991 ZONDERVAN Aug. 2016 $24.99
50 HOPE FOR EACH DAY BILLY GRAHAM 9780718075125 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2017 $24.99
51 WILD AT HEART REVISED AND UPDATED JOHN ELDREDGE 9781400200399 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2011 $17.99
52 INSPIRED RACHEL HELD EVANS 9780718022310 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jun. 2018 $16.99
53 SWITCH ON YOUR BRAIN CAROLINE LEAF 9780801018398 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Aug. 2015 $14.99
54 I DECLARE WAR LEVI LUSKO 9780785220862 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2018 $16.99
55 THE GREATEST YOU TRENT SHELTON 9781400207930 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS May. 2019 $24.99
56 THE TRUTH ABOUT MEN DEVON FRANKLIN 9781982101275 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2019 $26.00
57 THE POWER OF A PRAYING(R) WIFE STORMIE OMARTIAN 9780736957496 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2014 $15.99
58 THE TINDERBOX BEVERLY LEWIS 9780764232831 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Apr. 2019 $15.99
59 BEHOLDING AND BECOMING RUTH CHOU SIMONS 9780736974929 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2019 $29.99
60 LIVE FEARLESS SADIE ROBERTSON 9781400309399 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2018 $19.99
61 THE NEXT RIGHT THING EMILY P. FREEMAN 9780800736521 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Apr. 2019 $19.99
62 RHYTHMS OF RENEWAL REBEKAH LYONS 9780310356141 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2019 $24.99
63 THE PERSIAN GAMBLE JOEL C. ROSENBERG 9781496406187 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Mar. 2019 $27.99
64 BEYOND BLESSED ROBERT MORRIS 9781546010098 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Jan. 2019 $22.00
65 EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY SPIRITUALITY PETER SCAZZERO 9780310348498 ZONDERVAN Apr. 2017 $17.99
66 YOUR BATTLES BELONG TO THE LORD JOYCE MEYER 9781546026273 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Sep. 2019 $25.00
67 WOMEN OF THE WORD JEN WILKIN 9781433541766 CROSSWAY Jul. 2014 $12.99
68 IN HIS IMAGE JEN WILKIN 9781433549878 CROSSWAY May. 2018 $12.99
69 JESUS IN ME ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ 9780525651048 MULTNOMAH, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2019 $23.99
70 BREAKTHROUGH JOYCE SMITH 9781546010609 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Mar. 2019 $14.99
71 THE ROAD BACK TO YOU PAPERBACK IAN MORGAN CRON AND SUZANNE STABILE 9780830846207 INTERVARSITY PRESS Oct. 2016 $10.00
72 GOD HEARS HER OUR DAILY BREAD MINISTRIES 9781627078719 DISCOVERY HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2017 $15.99
73 PARENTING PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433551932 CROSSWAY Sep. 2016 $22.99
74 THE HIDEAWAY LAUREN K. DENTON 9780718084226 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2017 $15.99
75 THE CONFIDENT WOMAN DEVOTIONAL, Hardcover JOYCE MEYER 9781546009924 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Oct. 2018 $17.00
76 I AM A CHURCH MEMBER THOM S. RAINER 9781433679735 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP May. 2013 $12.99
77 COLE AND SAV COLE LABRANT 9780785222903 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2018 $24.99
78 CRAZY LOVE FRANCIS CHAN 9781434705945 DAVID C COOK Apr. 2013 $16.99
79 OVERCOMER CHRIS FABRY 9781496438621 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jul. 2019 $15.99
80 FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN RANDY TRAVIS 9781400207985 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS May. 2019 $26.99
81 NONE LIKE HIM JEN WILKIN 9781433549830 CROSSWAY Apr. 2016 $12.99
82 THE PATH BETWEEN US SUZANNE STABILE 9780830846429 INTERVARSITY PRESS Apr. 2018 $24.00
83 THE GOSPEL COMES WITH A HOUSE KEY ROSARIA BUTTERFIELD 9781433557866 CROSSWAY Apr. 2018 $19.99
84 JESUS ALWAYS SMALL DELUXE SARAH YOUNG 9781400310579 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2018 $19.99
85 AWAKEN PRISCILLA SHIRER 9781462776344 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Aug. 2017 $19.99
86 THE CIRCLE MAKER MARK BATTERSON 9780310346913 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2016 $17.99
87 OVERCOMER DAVID JEREMIAH 9780718079857 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2018 $24.99
88 THE SHACK WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG 9780964729230 WINDBLOWN MEDIA, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Jul. 2008 $15.00
89 REDEEMING LOVE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781590525135 MULTNOMAH, an imprint of Penguin Random House May. 2005 $15.99
90 THE CONFIDENT WOMAN DEVOTIONAL, Leather JOYCE MEYER 9781546010906 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group USA Dec. 2018 $19.00
91 THIS IS THE DAY TIM TEBOW 9780525650300 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Sep. 2018 $25.00
92 THE MAGNOLIA STORY CHIP AND JOANNA GAINES 9780718079185 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2016 $26.99
93 SIMON PETER ADAM HAMILTON 9781501845987 ABINGDON Dec. 2018 $19.99
94 WHEN LESS BECOMES MORE EMILY LEY 9781400211289 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2019 $19.99
95 SEARCHING FOR SUNDAY RACHEL HELD EVANS 9780718022129 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2015 $16.99
96 JESUS CALLING, LARGE TEXT CLOTH BOTANICAL SARAH YOUNG 9781400209286 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2019 $24.99
97 THE HIDING PLACE CORRIE TEN BOOM 9780800794057 CHOSEN BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jan. 2006 $13.99
98 JESUS CALLING FOR CHRISTMAS SARAH YOUNG 9781400309184 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2018 $15.99
99 PARENTING WITH LOVE AND LOGIC FOSTER CLINE 9781576839546 NAVPRESS May. 2006 $24.99
100 GAY GIRL, GOOD GOD JACKIE HILL PERRY 9781462751228 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Sep. 2018 $16.99

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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