Christian Bestsellers, Best of 2023

Christian Bestsellers, Best of 2023
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List does not include Bibles, Children's, or books under $6
Rank Title Author ISBN Publisher Pub Date List $ Award
1 THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES GARY CHAPMAN 9780802412706 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2015 $16.99
2 THE GREAT DISAPPEARANCE DAVID JEREMIAH 9780785252245 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2023 $29.99
3 JESUS CALLING SARAH YOUNG 9781591451884 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2004 $16.99
4 GOOD BOUNDARIES AND GOODBYES LYSA TERKEURST 9781400211760 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2022 $28.99
5 YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT LYSA TERKEURST 9781400239085 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2023 $26.99
6 FORGIVING WHAT YOU CAN'T FORGET LYSA TERKEURST 9780718039875 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2020 $26.99
7 THE RETURN OF THE GODS JONATHAN CAHN 9781636411422 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2022 $28.99
8 TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER CLASSIC EDITION DAVE RAMSEY 9781595555274 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $28.99
9 JESUS LISTENS SARAH YOUNG 9781400215584 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2021 $19.99
10 GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD JENNIE ALLEN 9781601429643 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jan. 2020 $23.99
11 THE RUTHLESS ELIMINATION OF HURRY JOHN MARK COMER 9780525653097 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2019 $25.00
12 THE AWE OF GOD JOHN BEVERE 9781400336708 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2023 $28.99
13 NEW MORNING MERCIES PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433541384 CROSSWAY Oct. 2014 $24.99
14 IMAGINE HEAVEN JOHN BURKE 9780801015267 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2015 $16.99
15 DISRUPTIVE THINKING T. D. JAKES WITH NICK CHILES 9781546004004 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. May. 2023 $27.00
16 BECOMING FREE INDEED JINGER VUOLO 9781400335817 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2023 $29.99
17 UPON WAKING JACKIE HILL PERRY 9781087783710 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2023 $22.99
18 THE JOSIAH MANIFESTO JONATHAN CAHN 9781636413327 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2023 $28.99
19 GENTLE AND LOWLY DANE C. ORTLUND 9781433566134 CROSSWAY Apr. 2020 $19.99
20 JESUS CALLING WITH SCRIPTURE REFERENCES SARAH YOUNG 9780718042820 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2015 $19.99
21 ALL MY KNOTTED-UP LIFE: A MEMOIR BETH MOORE 9781496472670 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2023 $27.99
22 JESUS CALLING LARGE TEXT WITH FULL SCRIPTURES SARAH YOUNG 9781400318131 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2011 $26.99
23 THE BIBLE RECAP TARA-LEIGH COBBLE 9780764237034 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Nov. 2020 $29.99
24 THE HIDING PLACE CORRIE TEN BOOM AND JOHN & ELIZABETH SHERRILL 9780800794057 CHOSEN BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jan. 2006 $15.99
25 HABITS OF THE HOUSEHOLD JUSTIN WHITMEL EARLEY 9780310362937 ZONDERVAN Nov. 2021 $19.99
26 BOUNDARIES UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION HENRY CLOUD AND JOHN TOWNSEND 9780310351801 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2017 $19.99
27 STAND STRONG OUR DAILY BREAD MINISTRIES; CONTRIUTION BY DAVE BRANON 9781627079006 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Oct. 2018 $16.99
28 40 DAYS THROUGH THE BIBLE LYSA TERKEURST 9780310145363 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Feb. 2022 $21.99
29 THE ANSWER TO ANXIETY JOYCE MEYER 9781546029175 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Feb. 2023 $26.00
30 THE BIBLE RECAP DELUXE EDITION TARA-LEIGH COBBLE 9780764239779 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2021 $39.99
31 DON'T GIVE THE ENEMY A SEAT AT YOUR TABLE LOUIE GIGLIO 9780785247227 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS May. 2021 $26.99
32 BREATH AS PRAYER JENNIFER TUCKER 9781400234585 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2022 $19.99
33 EMBRACED LYSA TERKEURST 9781400310296 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2018 $19.99
34 WILD AT HEART: DISCOVERING THE SECRET OF A MAN'S SOUL JOHN ELDREDGE 9781400225262 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2021 $19.99
35 100 DAYS OF BELIEVING BIGGER MARSHAWN EVANS DANIELS 9781644548110 DAYSPRING Sep. 2020 $18.99
36 CHANGE YOUR BRAIN EVERY DAY DANIEL G. AMEN MD 9781496454577 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Mar. 2023 $27.99
37 THE GARDEN WITHIN ANITA PHILLIPS 9781400232987 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2023 $28.99
38 LIKE A RIVER GRANGER SMITH 9781400334360 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2023 $29.99
39 THE WELL-WATERED WOMAN GRETCHEN SAFFLES 9781496445452 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Apr. 2021 $19.99
40 THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE RICK WARREN 9780310337508 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2013 $19.99
41 THE 5 LANGUAGES OF APPRECIATION IN THE WORKPLACE GARY CHAPMAN AND PAUL WHITE 9780802418401 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2019 $16.99
42 ABIDE BIBLE STUDY BOOK WITH VIDEO ACCESS JEN WILKIN 9781087768809 LIFEWAY CHURCH RESOURCES Jan. 2023 $34.75
43 WHEN YOU PRAY BIBLE STUDY BOOK WITH VIDEO ACCESS KELLY MINTER 9781087763491 LIFEWAY CHURCH RESOURCES Apr. 2023 $34.75
44 JESUS CALLING FOR CHRISTMAS WITH FULL SCRIPTURES SARAH YOUNG 9781400309184 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2018 $17.99
45 THE CASE FOR CHRIST LEE STROBEL 9780310345862 ZONDERVAN Sep. 2016 $19.99
46 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE CHOSEN? AMANDA JENKINS AND DALLAS JENKINS AND DOUGLAS S. HUFFMAN 9780830782680 DAVID C COOK Jan. 2021 $17.99
47 MORE THAN A CARPENTER JOSH MCDOWELL AND SEAN MCDOWELL 9781414326276 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jun. 2009 $6.99
48 GOOD BOUNDARIES AND GOODBYES BIBLE STUDY GUIDE PLUS STREAMING VIDEO LYSA TERKEURST 9780310140351 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Nov. 2022 $24.99
49 PRAYING LIKE MONKS, LIVING LIKE FOOLS TYLER STATON 9780310365358 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2022 $19.99
50 FERVENT PRISCILLA SHIRER 9781433688676 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Aug. 2015 $17.99
51 GOD'S PROMISES FOR YOUR EVERY NEED, NKJV THOMAS NELSON 9781404186651 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2008 $7.99
52 THE POWER TO CHANGE CRAIG GROESCHEL 9780310362777 ZONDERVAN Feb. 2023 $28.99
53 JESUS LISTENS--FOR ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS WITH FULL SCRIPTURES YOUNG, SARAH 9781400244249 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2023 $17.99
54 THE LOVE DARE ALEX KENDRICK AND STEPHEN KENDRICK 9781433679599 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Jan. 2013 $17.99
55 EXPERIENCING GOD - BIBLE STUDY BOOK WITH VIDEO ACCESS HENRY T. BLACKABY AND MIKE BLACKABY AND RICHARD BLACKABY 9781087741680 LIFEWAY CHURCH RESOURCES Apr. 2022 $30.75
56 THE ROAD BACK TO YOU IAN MORGAN CRON AND SUZANNE STABILE 9780830846191 INTERVARSITY PRESS Oct. 2016 $24.00
57 SEEING BEAUTIFUL AGAIN LYSA TERKEURST 9781400218912 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2021 $24.99
58 MISSION POSSIBLE ONE-YEAR DEVOTIONAL TIM TEBOW WITH A. J. GREGORY 9780593194119 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Nov. 2022 $22.00
59 WOMAN EVOLVE SARAH JAKES ROBERTS 9780785235545 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2021 $27.99
60 FIND YOUR PEOPLE JENNIE ALLEN 9780593193389 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Feb. 2022 $25.00
61 WINNING THE WAR IN YOUR MIND CRAIG GROESCHEL 9780310362722 ZONDERVAN Feb. 2021 $26.99
62 A SHEPHERD LOOKS AT PSALM 23 W. PHILLIP KELLER 9780310274414 ZONDERVAN Apr. 2007 $7.99
63 MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: UPDATED LANGUAGE PAPERBACK OSWALD CHAMBERS AND JAMES REIMANN (EDITOR) 9781627078757 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Jul. 2017 $9.99
64 THE BAIT OF SATAN JOHN BEVERE 9781621365488 CHARISMA HOUSE Jan. 2014 $16.99
65 THE POWER OF A PRAYING WIFE STORMIE OMARTIAN 9780736957496 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2014 $16.99
66 HEAVEN RANDY ALCORN 9780842379427 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2004 $26.99
67 ROSE BOOK OF BIBLE CHARTS, MAPS AND TIME LINES ROSE PUBLISHING 9781596360228 ROSE PUBLISHING (TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS ) Mar. 2015 $34.99
68 WOMEN OF THE WORD JEN WILKIN 9781433567148 CROSSWAY Aug. 2019 $12.99
69 DISCERNING THE VOICE OF GOD - BIBLE STUDY BOOK PRISCILLA SHIRER 9781462774043 LIFEWAY CHURCH RESOURCES Aug. 2017 $22.75
70 HE WHISPERS YOUR NAME C HILL 9781432118129 CHRISTIAN ART GIFTS Feb. 2017 $16.99
71 DON'T GIVE THE ENEMY A SEAT AT YOUR TABLE STUDY GUIDE LOUIE GIGLIO 9780310134244 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS May. 2021 $13.99
72 THE SECRETS TO DELIVERANCE ALEXANDER PAGANI 9781629995137 CHARISMA HOUSE May. 2018 $12.99
73 WHY DO I DO WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO? JONATHAN JP POKLUDA AND JON GREEN 9780801094965 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Mar. 2023 $16.99
74 GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD BIBLE STUDY GUIDE JENNIE ALLEN 9780310116370 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Apr. 2020 $16.99
75 ALL HOPE IS FOUND SARAH JAKES ROBERTS 9781400339877 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2023 $17.99
76 ELIJAH - BIBLE STUDY BOOK PRISCILLA SHIRER 9781087715421 LIFEWAY CHURCH RESOURCES Jan. 2021 $23.75
77 LOVE AND RESPECT EMERSON EGGERICHS 9781591451877 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2004 $29.99
78 OUTWITTING THE DEVIL NAPOLEON HILL 9781640951839 SOUND WISDOM (NORI MEDIA GROUP) Sep. 2020 $16.95
79 GOD HEARS HER OUR DAILY BREAD MINISTRIES WITH CONTRIBUTION BY XOCHITL DIXON 9781627078719 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Sep. 2017 $16.99
80 MAMA BEAR APOLOGETICS HILLARY MORGAN FERRER 9780736976152 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jun. 2019 $17.99
81 THE 40-DAY SUGAR FAST WENDY SPEAKE 9780801094576 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Nov. 2019 $16.99
82 SAVING AZIZ CHAD ROBICHAUX WITH DAVID L. THOMAS 9781400238132 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2023 $28.99
83 IMAGINE THE GOD OF HEAVEN JOHN BURKE 9781496479907 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 2023 $17.99
84 TRUST HENRY CLOUD 9781546003373 WORTHY, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Mar. 2023 $28.00
85 STRENGTH FOR EACH DAY JOYCE MEYER 9781546026457 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2021 $18.00
86 AFTER THE RAPTURE DAVID JEREMIAH 9780785292340 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jun. 2022 $19.99
87 LIVING FEARLESS JAMIE WINSHIP 9780800740290 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jun. 2022 $15.99
88 COURAGE, DEAR HEART: A COLORING BOOK OF EMPOWERING WORDS FROM INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN INK & WILLOW 9780593578315 Ink & Willow, a gift line from WaterBrook Mar. 2023 $15.00
89 THE TONY EVANS BIBLE COMMENTARY TONY EVANS AND CSB BIBLES BY HOLMAN 9780805499421 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2019 $44.99
90 THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER WORKBOOK DAVE RAMSEY 9781400206506 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2018 $24.99
91 BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND JOYCE MEYER 9780446691093 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2002 $18.99
92 FIGHTING WORDS DEVOTIONAL ELLIE HOLCOMB 9781087747798 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2021 $19.99
93 DAMAGED BUT NOT DESTROYED MICHAEL TODD 9780593444887 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2023 $27.00
94 MANTLED FOR GREATNESS JOSHUA GILES 9780800762391 CHOSEN BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2023 $18.99
95 OVERCOMING EVERY PROBLEM JOYCE MEYER 9781546029151 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. May. 2023 $26.00
96 IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY LYSA TERKEURST 9780718039851 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2018 $28.99
97 THE BIBLE RECAP STUDY GUIDE TARA-LEIGH COBBLE 9780764240324 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Dec. 2021 $21.99
98 THE RED SEA RULES ROBERT J. MORGAN 9780529104403 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS May. 2014 $14.99
99 THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES OF CHILDREN GARY CHAPMAN AND ROSS CAMPBELL 9780802412850 MOODY PUBLISHERS May. 2016 $16.99
100 30 DAYS TO UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE, 30TH ANNIVERSARY MAX ANDERS 9780785216186 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2018 $22.99

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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