Christian Fiction Bestsellers, Best of 2021

Christian Fiction Bestsellers, Best of 2021
Compiled and distributed by the
Evangelical Christian Publishers Association
(ECPA)
Rank
Title Author ISBN Publisher Pub
Date
List
Price
Award
1 REDEEMING LOVE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781590525135 MULTNOMAH, an imprint of Penguin Random House May. 2005 $16.00
2 THE HARBINGER II: THE RETURN JONATHAN CAHN 9781629998916 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2020 $24.99
3 THE HARBINGER JONATHAN CAHN 9781616386108 CHARISMA HOUSE Jan. 2012 $16.99
4 THE SHACK WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG 9780964729230 WINDBLOWN MEDIA, in association with Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jul. 2008 $15.99
5 OPERATION JOKTAN AMIR TSARFATI AND STEVE YOHN 9780736985208 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 2021 $15.99
6 THE BEIRUT PROTOCOL JOEL C. ROSENBERG 9781496437891 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Mar. 2021 $27.99
7 REMEMBER ME: A SPANISH CIVIL WAR NOVEL MARIO ESCOBAR 9780785236610 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jun. 2021 $16.99
8 THE BEGINNING BEVERLY LEWIS 9780764237508 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Sep. 2021 $16.99
9 A LINEAGE OF GRACE FRANCINE RIVERS 9780842356329 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2009 $16.99
10 UNDER THE MAGNOLIAS T. I. LOWE 9781496453617 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS May. 2021 $16.99
11 THE ROBIN'S GREETING WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER 9781643524795 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Mar. 2021 $15.99
12 THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES JONATHAN CAHN 9781629991344 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Jun. 2018 $17.99
13 THE RETURN TO THE BIG VALLEY WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER AND JEAN BRUNSTETTER AND RICHELLE BRUNSTETTER 9781643528717 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Jun. 2021 $15.99
14 THE MASTERPIECE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781496407917 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2019 $16.99
15 THE WALNUT CREEK WISH, 1 WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER 9781643527413 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Aug. 2021 $16.99
16 THE CHOSEN I HAVE CALLED YOU BY NAME JERRY B. JENKINS 9781646070206 BROADSTREET PUBLISHING Mar. 2021 $27.99
17 THE PARIS DRESSMAKER KRISTY CAMBRON 9780785232162 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2021 $16.99
18 THE ORACLE JONATHAN CAHN 9781629996295 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2019 $24.99
19 BOOKSHOP BY THE SEA DENISE HUNTER 9780785240471 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2021 $15.99
20 BECOMING MRS. LEWIS EXPANDED EDITION PATTI CALLAHAN 9780785218098 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2020 $17.99
21 AFTERMATH TERRI BLACKSTOCK 9780310345978 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS May. 2021 $16.99
22 IF I WERE YOU LYNN AUSTIN 9781496437303 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jun. 2020 $15.99
23 CHASING SHADOWS LYNN AUSTIN 9781496437358 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jun. 2021 $16.99
24 THE JAM AND JELLY NOOK AMY CLIPSTON 9780310356547 ZONDERVAN May. 2021 $15.99
25 INDIANA COUSINS WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER 9781643527321 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Feb. 2021 $17.99

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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