Christian Non-Fiction Bestsellers, Christmas 2021

Christian Non-Fiction Bestsellers, Christmas 2021
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Evangelical Christian Publishers Association
(ECPA)
Rank
Title Author ISBN Publisher Pub
Date
List
Price
Award
1 JESUS CALLING FOR CHRISTMAS SARAH YOUNG 9781400309184 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2018 $16.99
2 BRING ON THE MERRY CANDACE CAMERON BURE 9781644549896 DAYSPRING Jul. 2021 $16.99
3 UNWRAPPING THE NAMES OF JESUS: AN ADVENT DEVOTIONAL ASHERITAH CIUCIU 9780802416728 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2017 $12.99
4 COME, LET US ADORE HIM PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433556692 CROSSWAY Sep. 2017 $17.99
5 THE HEART THAT GREW THREE SIZES MATT RAWLE 9781791017323 ABINGDON Sep. 2021 $16.99
6 CHRISTMAS IDEALS 2021 MELINDA LEE RATHJEN 9781546013952 IDEALS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2021 $12.99
7 HONEST ADVENT SCOTT ERICKSON 9780310361879 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2020 $18.99
8 BECAUSE OF BETHLEHEM MAX LUCADO 9780785231349 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2020 $22.99
9 THE GREATEST GIFT ANN VOSKAMP 9781414387086 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $19.99
10 PREPARE HIM ROOM SUSIE LARSON 9780764238079 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Sep. 2021 $16.99
11 THE DAWNING OF INDESTRUCTIBLE JOY: DAILY READINGS FOR ADVENT JOHN PIPER 9781433542367 CROSSWAY Aug. 2014 $7.99
12 UNWRAPPING THE GREATEST GIFT ANN VOSKAMP 9781414397542 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 2014 $26.99
13 ALL THE GOOD: A WESLEYAN WAY OF CHRISTMAS LACEYE C. WARNER AND JUNG CHOI AND AMY VALDEZ BARKER 9781791017972 ABINGDON Sep. 2021 $16.99
14 THE WONDER OF THE GREATEST GIFT ANN VOSKAMP 9781496427991 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 2017 $34.99
15 SHADOW AND LIGHT: A JOURNEY INTO ADVENT TSH OXENREIDER 9780736980609 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2020 $22.99
16 ALL CREATION WAITS: THE ADVENT MYSTERY OF NEW BEGINNINGS GAYLE BOSS 9781612617855 PARACLETE PRESS Oct. 2016 $18.99
17 THE DAWN OF REDEEMING GRACE: DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR ADVENT SINCLAIR FERGUSON 9781784986384 GOOD BOOK CO Oct. 2021 $14.99
18 THE WOMEN OF CHRISTMAS LIZ CURTIS HIGGS 9781601425416 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Sep. 2013 $14.99
19 THE FIRST SONGS OF CHRISTMAS NANCY DEMOSS WOLGEMUTH 9780802425270 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2021 $14.99
20 THE JOURNEY: WALKING THE ROAD TO BETHLEHEM ADAM HAMILTON 9781791018184 ABINGDON Sep. 2021 $16.99
21 LIGHT OF THE WORLD: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO ADVENT AMY-JILL LEVINE 9781501884351 ABINGDON Sep. 2019 $16.99
22 THE CHARACTERS OF CHRISTMAS DANIEL DARLING 9780802419293 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2019 $13.99
23 PEACE FOR THE SEASON JOEL OSTEEN 9781546000105 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2021 $22.00
24 IN THE MANGER MAX LUCADO 9780849947582 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2014 $9.99
25 LOVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS SINCLAIR FERGUSON 9781784982898 GOOD BOOK CO Oct. 2018 $14.99
26 THE ADVENT JESSE TREE DEAN LAMBERT SMITH 9781426712104 ABINGDON Jul. 2010 $16.99
27 BECAUSE OF BETHLEHEM STUDY GUIDE MAX LUCADO 9780310687054 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Sep. 2016 $12.99
28 WATCH FOR THE LIGHT DIETRICH BONHOEFFER AND ANNIE DILLARD AND THOMAS MERTON 9780874869170 PLOUGH PUBLISHING HOUSE Sep. 2014 $24.00
29 WAITING HERE FOR YOU LOUIE GIGLIO 9781949255119 PASSION PUBLISHING Oct. 2020 $14.99
30 ALMOST CHRISTMAS MAGREY DEVEGA AND APRIL CASPERSON AND INGRID MCINTYRE 9781501890574 ABINGDON Sep. 2019 $16.99
31 GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY JOHN PIPER 9781433573231 CROSSWAY Sep. 2021 $17.99
32 THE LEGEND OF ST. NICHOLAS DANDI DALEY MACKALL 9780310731153 ZONDERKIDZ Sep. 2014 $16.99
33 SEVEN WORDS OF CHRISTMAS ROBERT MORRIS 9781546017295 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2020 $22.00
34 COME, THOU LONG-EXPECTED JESUS NANCY GUTHRIE 9781433573118 CROSSWAY Sep. 2020 $19.99
35 GOD HEARS HER, A JOYFUL CHRISTMAS OUR DAILY BREAD 9781640701229 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Oct. 2021 $14.99
36 ALL THE GOOD DEVOTIONS FOR THE SEASON LACEYE C. WARNER AND JUNG CHOI AND AMY VALDEZ BARKER 9781791018092 ABINGDON Sep. 2021 $11.99
37 THE EXPECTED ONE SCOTT JAMES 9781087752419 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Sep. 2021 $12.99
38 INCARNATION: REDISCOVERING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRISTMAS, Paperback ADAM HAMILTON 9781791016418 ABINGDON Sep. 2020 $16.99
39 A JESUS CHRISTMAS BARBARA REAOCH 9781784982270 GOOD BOOK CO Oct. 2018 $9.99
40 THE REDEMPTION OF SCROOGE MATT RAWLE 9781501823077 ABINGDON Sep. 2016 $14.99
41 STORIES BEHIND THE GREAT TRADITIONS OF CHRISTMAS ACE COLLINS 9780310631606 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2018 $14.99
42 STORIES BEHIND THE BEST-LOVED SONGS OF CHRISTMAS ACE COLLINS 9780310115908 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2020 $14.99
43 THE 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS JAMES MERRITT 9780736973106 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2018 $22.99
44 THE JOURNEY A SEASON OF REFLECTIONS ADAM HAMILTON 9781791018313 ABINGDON Sep. 2021 $11.99
45 INCARNATION: REDISCOVERING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRISTMAS, Hardcover ADAM HAMILTON 9781791005542 ABINGDON Sep. 2020 $19.99
46 FAITHFUL: CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF JOSEPH ADAM HAMILTON 9781501814082 ABINGDON Oct. 2017 $19.99
47 PREPARE HIM ROOM MARTY MACHOWSKI 9781939946539 NEW GROWTH PRESS Sep. 2014 $15.99
48 PAUSES FOR ADVENT TREVOR HUDSON 9780835817103 ABINGDON Sep. 2017 $9.99
49 A BETTER THAN ANYTHING CHRISTMAS BARBARA REAOCH 9781784985301 GOOD BOOK CO Oct. 2020 $9.99
50 JESUS CAME FOR ME: THE TRUE STORY OF CHRISTMAS JARED KENNEDY 9781645070498 NEW GROWTH PRESS Oct. 2020 $12.99

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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