Christian Fiction Bestsellers, Best of 2022

Christian Fiction Bestsellers, Best of 2022
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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 LADY'S MINE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781496447579 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2022 $27.99
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 REDEEMING LOVE, Movie Tie-In FRANCINE RIVERS 9780593442944 MULTNOMAH, an imprint of Penguin Random House Nov. 2021 $16.00
6 UNDER THE MAGNOLIAS T. I. LOWE 9781496453617 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS May. 2021 $16.99
7 THE HARBINGER II, Paperback JONATHAN CAHN 9781629998954 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Mar. 2022 $18.99
8 A LINEAGE OF GRACE FRANCINE RIVERS 9780842356329 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2009 $16.99
9 OPERATION JOKTAN AMIR TSARFATI AND STEVE YOHN 9780736985208 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 2021 $15.99
10 BY WAY OF DECEPTION AMIR TSARFATI AND STEVE YOHN 9780736986427 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2022 $15.99
11 HINDS' FEET ON HIGH PLACES HANNAH HURNARD 9780842314299 TYNDALE MOMENTUM Nov. 1979 $7.99
12 THE MASTERPIECE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781496407917 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2019 $16.99
13 THE ORCHARD BEVERLY LEWIS 9780764237539 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Sep. 2022 $17.99
14 HINDS' FEET ON HIGH PLACES: AN ENGAGING VISUAL JOURNEY HANNAH HURNARD 9781496424679 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 2017 $15.99
15 THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES, Paperback JONATHAN CAHN 9781629991344 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Jun. 2018 $17.99
16 THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES, Hardcover JONATHAN CAHN 9781629989419 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2016 $21.99
17 THE POSTMODERN PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: AN ALLEGORICAL TALE KYLE MANN AND JOEL BERRY 9781684512751 SALEM BOOKS Jun. 2022 $17.99
18 BECOMING MRS. LEWIS: EXPANDED EDITION PATTI CALLAHAN 9780785218098 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2020 $17.99
19 THE SUGARCREEK SURPRISE: VOL 2 WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER 9781643529226 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Mar. 2022 $16.99
20 THE APPLE CREEK ANNOUNCEMENT: VOL 3 WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER 9781636091532 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Aug. 2022 $16.99
21 MEET ME IN THE MARGINS MELISSA FERGUSON 9780785231073 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2022 $16.99
22 THE ORACLE JONATHAN CAHN 9781629996295 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2019 $24.99
23 THE HARBINGER II, Hardcover JONATHAN CAHN 9781629998916 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2020 $24.99
24 UNTIL LEAVES FALL IN PARIS SARAH SUNDIN 9780800736378 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Feb. 2022 $15.99
25 A STRANGER'S GAME COLLEEN COBLE 9780785228578 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2022 $16.99
26 A VOICE IN THE WIND FRANCINE RIVERS 9781414375496 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2012 $16.99
27 LONG WAY HOME LYNN AUSTIN 9781496437402 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jun. 2022 $16.99
28 LEFT BEHIND 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION TIM LAHAYE AND JERRY B. JENKINS 9781496447562 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Aug. 2020 $7.99
29 BRIDGE TO HAVEN FRANCINE RIVERS 9781414368191 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Apr. 2015 $15.99
30 SENSIBLE SHOES SHARON GARLOUGH BROWN 9780830843053 INTERVARSITY PRESS Feb. 2013 $20.00
31 IF I WERE YOU: A NOVEL LYNN AUSTIN 9781496437303 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jun. 2020 $15.99
32 MULBERRY HOLLOW DENISE HUNTER 9780785240532 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2022 $16.99
33 LIFE FLIGHT LYNETTE EASON 9780800737337 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jan. 2022 $16.99
34 THIS PRESENT DARKNESS, Mass Market FRANK E. PERETTI 9780842361712 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Mar. 2002 $9.99
35 THIS PRESENT DARKNESS, Paperback FRANK E. PERETTI 9781581345285 CROSSWAY Jun. 2003 $14.99
36 CHASING FIREFLIES CHARLES MARTIN 9781595543257 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2008 $17.99
37 SONS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FRANCINE RIVERS 9781414348162 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS May. 2011 $17.99
38 ANYTHING BUT PLAIN SUZANNE WOODS FISHER 9780800739515 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2022 $16.99
39 THE SCARLET THREAD FRANCINE RIVERS 9781414370637 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jun. 2012 $15.99
40 A SEASON ON THE WIND SUZANNE WOODS FISHER 9780800739508 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2021 $16.99
41 SHADOWS OF SWANFORD ABBEY JULIE KLASSEN 9780764234248 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Dec. 2021 $16.99
42 AMISH MIDWIVES: THREE STORIES AMY CLIPSTON AND SHELLEY SHEPARD GRAY AND KELLY LONG 9780840706096 ZONDERVAN Apr. 2022 $9.99
43 THE BEGINNING BEVERLY LEWIS 9780764237508 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Sep. 2021 $16.99
44 CHASING SHADOWS LYNN AUSTIN 9781496437358 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jun. 2021 $16.99
45 HER MOTHER'S HOPE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781496441843 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Apr. 2020 $16.99
46 IN HIS STEPS CHARLES M. SHELDON 9780800786083 REVELL (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jan. 1985 $6.99
47 FOUNDATION OF LOVE AMY CLIPSTON 9780310364290 ZONDERVAN Feb. 2022 $15.99
48 THE ATONEMENT CHILD FRANCINE RIVERS 9781414370644 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jun. 2012 $15.99
49 HER DAUGHTER'S DREAM FRANCINE RIVERS 9781496441850 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Apr. 2020 $16.99
50 A PICTURE OF LOVE BETH WISEMAN 9780840716187 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2022 $8.99

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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