Christian Non-Fiction Bestsellers, Christmas 2022

Christian Non-Fiction Bestsellers, Christmas 2022
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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 $17.99
2 EMMANUEL RUTH CHOU SIMONS 9780736984966 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2022 $29.99
3 UNWRAPPING THE NAMES OF JESUS ASHERITAH CIUCIU 9780802416728 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2017 $12.99
4 COME, LET US ADORE HIM PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433556692 CROSSWAY Sep. 2017 $19.99
5 CHRISTMAS IDEALS 2022 MELINDA LEE RATHJEN 9781546002314 IDEALS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2022 $12.99
6 PREPARE HIM ROOM SUSIE LARSON 9780764238079 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Sep. 2021 $16.99
7 THE ANGELS OF CHRISTMAS SUSAN ROBB 9781791024253 ABINGDON Sep. 2022 $16.99
8 THE GREATEST GIFT ANN VOSKAMP 9781414387086 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $19.99
9 CHRISTMAS - THE REST OF THE STORY RICK RENNER 9781680319088 HARRISON HOUSE Nov. 2022 $44.99
10 PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE LORD ADAM HAMILTON 9781791023485 ABINGDON Sep. 2022 $19.99
11 BECAUSE OF BETHLEHEM MAX LUCADO 9780785231349 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2020 $22.99
12 UNWRAPPING THE GREATEST GIFT ANN VOSKAMP 9781414397542 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 2014 $29.99
13 THE CHRISTMAS PROMISE STORYBOOK ALISON MITCHELL 9781910307113 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2014 $16.99
14 THE WONDER OF THE GREATEST GIFT ANN VOSKAMP 9781496427991 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 2017 $34.99
15 WAITING HERE FOR YOU LOUIE GIGLIO 9781949255119 PASSION PUBLISHING Oct. 2020 $14.99
16 HONEST ADVENT SCOTT ERICKSON 9780310361879 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2020 $19.99
17 THE GIFT OF JESUS: MEDITATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS CHARLES F. STANLEY 9781400238866 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2022 $17.99
18 BRING ON THE MERRY CANDACE CAMERON BURE 9781644549896 DAYSPRING Jul. 2021 $16.99
19 THE DAWNING OF INDESTRUCTIBLE JOY JOHN PIPER 9781433542367 CROSSWAY Aug. 2014 $9.99
20 HEAVEN AND NATURE SING HANNAH ANDERSON 9781087776781 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2022 $22.99
21 IN THE MANGER MAX LUCADO 9780849947582 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2014 $9.99
22 SHADOW AND LIGHT TSH OXENREIDER 9780736980609 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2020 $22.99
23 THE HEART THAT GREW THREE SIZES MATT RAWLE 9781791017323 ABINGDON Sep. 2021 $16.99
24 ALL CREATION WAITS GAYLE BOSS 9781612617855 PARACLETE PRESS Oct. 2016 $18.99
25 LOVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS SINCLAIR FERGUSON 9781784982898 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2018 $14.99
26 LIGHT OF THE WORLD AMY-JILL LEVINE 9781501884351 ABINGDON Sep. 2019 $16.99
27 THE ADVENT JESSE TREE DEAN LAMBERT SMITH 9781426712104 ABINGDON Jul. 2010 $16.99
28 THE WOMEN OF CHRISTMAS LIZ CURTIS HIGGS 9781601425416 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Sep. 2013 $14.99
29 THE 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS JAMES MERRITT 9780736973106 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2018 $22.99
30 THE CHARACTERS OF CHRISTMAS DANIEL DARLING 9780802419293 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2019 $13.99
31 THE LEGEND OF ST. NICHOLAS DANDI DALEY MACKALL 9780310731153 ZONDERKIDZ Sep. 2014 $16.99
32 ALL THE GOOD: A WESLEYAN WAY OF CHRISTMAS LACEYE C. WARNER AND JUNG CHOI AND AMY VALDEZ BARKER 9781791017972 ABINGDON Sep. 2021 $16.99
33 THE FIRST SONGS OF CHRISTMAS NANCY DEMOSS WOLGEMUTH 9780802425270 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2021 $14.99
34 GOD HEARS HER, A JOYFUL CHRISTMAS OUR DAILY BREAD 9781640701229 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Oct. 2021 $16.99
35 ALMOST CHRISTMAS MAGREY DEVEGA AND APRIL CASPERSON AND INGRID MCINTYRE 9781501890574 ABINGDON Sep. 2019 $16.99
36 A JESUS CHRISTMAS BARBARA REAOCH 9781784982270 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2018 $9.99
37 STORIES BEHIND THE BEST-LOVED SONGS OF CHRISTMAS ACE COLLINS 9780310115908 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2020 $14.99
38 MAKING ROOM IN ADVENT BETTE DICKINSON 9781514004838 INTERVARSITY PRESS Sep. 2022 $18.00
39 THREE WISE WOMEN DANDI DALEY MACKALL 9781640608054 PARACLETE PRESS Sep. 2022 $18.99
40 THE REDEMPTION OF SCROOGE MATT RAWLE 9781501823077 ABINGDON Sep. 2016 $14.99
41 THE JOURNEY: WALKING THE ROAD TO BETHLEHEM ADAM HAMILTON 9781791018184 ABINGDON Sep. 2021 $17.99
42 WHY THE NATIVITY? DAVID JEREMIAH 9781414333816 TYNDALE MOMENTUM Oct. 2009 $9.99
43 STORIES BEHIND THE GREAT TRADITIONS OF CHRISTMAS ACE COLLINS 9780310631606 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2018 $14.99
44 ALL CREATION WAITS -- GIFT EDITION GAYLE BOSS 9781640608047 PARACLETE PRESS Oct. 2022 $24.00
45 ADVENT OF THE SAVIOR CINDY BUNCH 9780830831364 INTERVARSITY PRESS Jun. 2009 $12.00
46 COME, THOU LONG-EXPECTED JESUS NANCY GUTHRIE 9781433573118 CROSSWAY Sep. 2020 $19.99
47 COME AND BEHOLD HIM: A CHRISTMAS DEVOTIONAL BROADSTREET PUBLISHING GROUP LLC 9781424560028 BROADSTREET PUBLISHING Nov. 2019 $14.99
48 THE CHRISTMAS WE DIDN'T EXPECT DAVID MATHIS 9781784984762 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2020 $14.99
49 GIFTS OF GRACE: 25 ADVENT DEVOTIONS JARED C. WILSON 9781784985950 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2022 $16.99
50 THE EXPECTED ONE SCOTT JAMES 9781087752419 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Sep. 2021 $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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