Christian Non-Fiction Bestsellers, Christmas 2023

Christian Non-Fiction Bestsellers, Christmas 2023
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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 JESUS LISTENS--FOR ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS SARAH YOUNG 9781400244249 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2023 $17.99
3 UNWRAPPING THE NAMES OF JESUS ASHERITAH CIUCIU 9780802416728 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2017 $13.99
4 EMMANUEL RUTH CHOU SIMONS 9780736984966 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2022 $29.99
5 THE GIFTS OF CHRISTMAS SHEILA WALSH 9781540902900 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2023 $19.99
6 COME, LET US ADORE HIM PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433556692 CROSSWAY Sep. 2017 $19.99
7 BECAUSE OF BETHLEHEM MAX LUCADO 9780785231349 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2020 $22.99
8 THE DAWNING OF INDESTRUCTIBLE JOY JOHN PIPER 9781433542367 CROSSWAY Aug. 2014 $9.99
9 THE GREATEST GIFT ANN VOSKAMP 9781414387086 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $19.99
10 O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL JONATHAN GIBSON 9781433587948 CROSSWAY Sep. 2023 $29.99
11 WINTER FIRE RYAN WHITAKER SMITH 9780802429285 MOODY PUBLISHERS Aug. 2023 $24.99
12 IN THE MANGER MAX LUCADO 9780849947582 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2014 $12.99
13 ALL CREATION WAITS GAYLE BOSS 9781612617855 PARACLETE PRESS Oct. 2016 $18.99
14 SHADOW AND LIGHT TSH OXENREIDER 9780736980609 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2020 $22.99
15 ADVENT: THE SEASON OF HOPE TISH HARRISON WARREN 9781514000182 INTERVARSITY PRESS Aug. 2023 $20.00
16 LOVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS SINCLAIR B. FERGUSON 9781784982898 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2018 $14.99
17 THE GIFT OF JESUS CHARLES F. STANLEY 9781400238866 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2022 $17.99
18 CHRISTMAS - THE REST OF THE STORY RICK RENNER 9781680319088 HARRISON HOUSE Nov. 2022 $44.99
19 THE ADVENT OF GLORY R. C. SPROUL 9781784988913 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2023 $14.99
20 THE WONDER OF THE GREATEST GIFT ANN VOSKAMP 9781496427991 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 2017 $34.99
21 UNWRAPPING THE GREATEST GIFT ANN VOSKAMP 9781414397542 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 2014 $29.99
22 BECAUSE OF BETHLEHEM BIBLE STUDY GUIDE MAX LUCADO 9780310687054 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Sep. 2016 $12.99
23 HONEST ADVENT SCOTT ERICKSON 9780310361879 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2020 $19.99
24 PREPARE HIM ROOM SUSIE LARSON 9780764238079 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Sep. 2021 $16.99
25 THE DAWN OF REDEEMING GRACE SINCLAIR B. FERGUSON 9781784986384 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2021 $14.99
26 SALVATION HAS COME GREGG MATTE 9781430091936 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2023 $12.99
27 CHRISTMAS MIRACLES KAREN KINGSBURY 9781546005520 WORTHY, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2023 $19.00
28 BORN A CHILD AND YET A KING NANCY DEMOSS WOLGEMUTH 9780802428172 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2023 $15.99
29 THE 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS JAMES MERRITT 9780736973106 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2018 $22.99
30 BRING ON THE MERRY CANDACE CAMERON BURE 9781644549896 DAYSPRING Jul. 2021 $16.99
31 THREE WISE WOMEN DANDI DALEY MACKALL 9781640608054 PARACLETE PRESS Sep. 2022 $18.99
32 MARY'S VOICE AMY ORR-EWING 9781546004523 WORTHY, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2023 $24.00
33 THE CHARACTERS OF CHRISTMAS DANIEL DARLING 9780802419293 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2019 $14.99
34 THE WONDER OF ADVENT LIFEWAY WOMEN 9781087758817 LIFEWAY CHURCH RESOURCES Sep. 2022 $25.00
35 WAITING HERE FOR YOU LOUIE GIGLIO 9781949255119 PASSION PUBLISHING Oct. 2020 $17.99
36 GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY JOHN PIPER 9781433573231 CROSSWAY Sep. 2021 $17.99
37 HEAVEN AND NATURE SING HANNAH ANDERSON 9781087776781 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2022 $22.99
38 STAR OF WONDER ANGELA HUNT 9780764241765 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Sep. 2023 $17.99
39 THE WOMEN OF CHRISTMAS LIZ CURTIS HIGGS 9781601425416 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Sep. 2013 $16.00
40 A JESUS CHRISTMAS BARBARA REAOCH 9781784982270 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2018 $9.99
41 STORIES BEHIND THE BEST-LOVED SONGS OF CHRISTMAS ACE COLLINS 9780310115908 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2020 $17.99
42 ALL CREATION WAITS -- GIFT EDITION GAYLE BOSS 9781640608047 PARACLETE PRESS Oct. 2022 $24.00
43 OUR HOPE HAS COME LIFEWAY WOMEN 9781087747866 LIFEWAY CHURCH RESOURCES Oct. 2021 $18.25
44 HEAVEN'S LIGHT BREAKING GREG LAURIE 9781954201484 K-LOVE BOOKS Oct. 2023 $24.95
45 52 LITTLE LESSONS FROM A CHRISTMAS CAROL BOB WELCH 9780785265917 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2021 $16.99
46 ADVENT OF THE SAVIOR CINDY BUNCH 9780830831364 INTERVARSITY PRESS Jun. 2009 $12.00
47 THE FIRST SONGS OF CHRISTMAS NANCY DEMOSS WOLGEMUTH 9780802425270 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2021 $14.99
48 STORIES BEHIND THE GREAT TRADITIONS OF CHRISTMAS ACE COLLINS 9780310631606 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2018 $14.99
49 MAKING ROOM IN ADVENT BETTE DICKINSON 9781514004838 INTERVARSITY PRESS Sep. 2022 $18.00
50 TIS THE SEASON FAMILY ADVENT ACTIVITY BOOK INK & WILLOW 9780593580479 Ink & Willow, a gift line from WaterBrook Sep. 2023 $19.95

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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