Christian Non-Fiction Bestsellers, Easter 2024

Christian Non-Fiction Bestsellers, Easter 2024
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Rank
Title Author ISBN Publisher Pub
Date
List
Price
Award
1 THE CASE FOR EASTER LEE STROBEL 9780310355984 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2018 $3.99
2 IT IS FINISHED CHARLES MARTIN 9781400338832 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2024 $29.99
3 EVERYONE'S WAY OF THE CROSS CLARENCE ENZLER 9781594714306 AVE MARIA PRESS Jan. 2014 $1.75
4 JESUS CALLING FOR EASTER WITH FULL SCRIPTURES SARAH YOUNG 9781400215102 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2020 $17.99
5 BODY OF PROOF JEREMIAH J. JOHNSTON 9780764230837 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Mar. 2023 $15.99
6 HE CHOSE THE NAILS MAX LUCADO 9780718085070 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2017 $19.99
7 A SAVIOR IS RISEN: AN EASTER DEVOTIONAL SUSAN HILL 9780310463238 ZONDERVAN Jan. 2024 $16.99
8 IS EASTER UNBELIEVABLE? REBECCA MCLAUGHLIN 9781784988302 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Feb. 2023 $3.99
9 THE WOOD BETWEEN THE WORLDS BRIAN ZAHND 9781514005620 INTERVARSITY PRESS Feb. 2024 $24.00
10 HE CHOSE THE NAILS BIBLE STUDY GUIDE MAX LUCADO 9780310687269 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Sep. 2016 $12.99
11 JOURNEY TO THE CROSS PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433567674 CROSSWAY Jan. 2021 $23.99
12 EASTER IDEALS 2024 MELINDA LEE RATHJEN 9781546006572 IDEALS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2024 $14.99
13 JESUS ROSE FOR ME JARED KENNEDY 9781645070450 NEW GROWTH PRESS Mar. 2020 $12.99
14 ON CALVARY'S HILL MAX LUCADO 9780718031329 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Dec. 2014 $9.99
15 CHRIST IN THE PASSOVER ROSE PUBLISHING 9781596361850 ROSE PUBLISHING (TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS) Feb. 2008 $4.99
16 THE ART OF LENT WENDY BECKETT 9781514004265 IVP FORMATIO Feb. 2022 $17.00
17 LENT: THE SEASON OF REPENTANCE AND RENEWAL ESAU MCCAULLEY 9781514000489 IVP FORMATIO Nov. 2022 $20.00
18 THE EASTER CODE O. S. HAWKINS 9781400211487 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2019 $2.99
19 O SACRED HEAD, NOW WOUNDED JONATHAN GIBSON 9781433587900 CROSSWAY Jan. 2024 $32.99
20 BITTER AND SWEET: A JOURNEY INTO EASTER TSH OXENREIDER 9780736985536 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2022 $22.99
21 A JESUS EASTER BARBARA REAOCH 9781784987039 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Feb. 2022 $12.99
22 UNCOVERING THE LOVE OF JESUS: A LENT DEVOTIONAL ASHERITAH CIUCIU 9780802419491 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2020 $12.99
23 THE WOMEN OF EASTER LIZ CURTIS HIGGS 9781601426826 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jan. 2017 $16.00
24 THE SHROUD OF JESUS GILBERT LAVOIE 9781644138861 SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS Jun. 2023 $19.95
25 DAILY GUIDEPOSTS: 40 DEVOTIONS FOR LENT GUIDEPOSTS 9780310350224 ZONDERVAN Jan. 2017 $3.99
26 ON THE INCARNATION SAINT ATHANASIUS 9780881414271 SPCK PUBLISHING Jan. 2011 $18.99
27 TO SEEK AND TO SAVE: DAILY REFLECTIONS ON THE ROAD TO THE CROSS SINCLAIR B. FERGUSON 9781784984458 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Jan. 2020 $16.99
28 WHY EASTER MATTERS BIBLE STUDY GUIDE ANDY STANLEY 9780310121091 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Oct. 2019 $10.99
29 ON THE RESURRECTION, VOLUME 1 GARY HABERMAS 9781087778600 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Jan. 2024 $79.99
30 THE FINAL DAYS OF JESUS ANDREAS J. KĂ–STENBERGER AND JUSTIN TAYLOR WITH ALEXANDER STEWART 9781433535109 CROSSWAY Jan. 2014 $19.99
31 THE CHARACTERS OF EASTER DANIEL DARLING 9780802423641 MOODY PUBLISHERS Feb. 2021 $13.99
32 THE GIFT OF THE CROSS CHARLES F. STANLEY 9781400232451 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2022 $17.99
33 SIX HOURS ONE FRIDAY MAX LUCADO 9781400207404 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2019 $19.99
34 THE CASE FOR EASTER BIBLE STUDY GUIDE LEE STROBEL WITH BILL BUTTERWORTH 9780310099277 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Nov. 2018 $10.99
35 HEAVEN, HOW I GOT HERE: THE STORY OF THE THIEF ON THE CROSS COLIN S. SMITH 9781781915585 CHRISTIAN FOCUS PUBLICATIONS Jan. 2015 $9.99
36 JOURNEY TO THE CROSS: DEVOTIONS FOR LENT WILL WALKER AND KENDAL HAUG 9781945270024 NEW GROWTH PRESS Jan. 2017 $17.99
37 PALM SUNDAY TO EASTER ROSE PUBLISHING 9781596367401 ROSE PUBLISHING (TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS ) Feb. 2014 $4.99
38 THE CASE FOR THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS GARY R HABERMAS AND MICHAEL R. LICONA 9780825427886 KREGEL PUBLICATIONS Mar. 2004 $25.99
39 THE ART OF HOLY WEEK AND EASTER WENDY BECKETT 9781514004272 IVP FORMATIO Feb. 2022 $17.00
40 AND THE ANGELS WERE SILENT MAX LUCADO 9780849947513 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $19.99
41 THE GIFT OF THORNS A. J. SWOBODA 9780310153283 ZONDERVAN Feb. 2024 $26.99
42 AQUINAS'S LENTEN MEDITATIONS SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS 9781644137062 SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS Jan. 2023 $17.95
43 GRACE FROM THE CROSS KYLE IDLEMAN 9780801093647 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jan. 2018 $3.99
44 THE TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST PATRICK SCHREINER 9781540965967 BAKER ACADEMIC (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Feb. 2024 $26.99
45 WHO MOVED THE STONE? FRANK MORISON 9780310295617 ZONDERVAN Aug. 1987 $10.99
46 THE SIX MIRACLES OF CALVARY WILLIAM R. NICHOLSON 9781572930728 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Nov. 2001 $12.99
47 THE CROSS: 13 STUDIES JOHN STOTT 9780830831272 INTERVARSITY PRESS Jan. 2009 $12.00
48 A JUST PASSION: A SIX-WEEK LENTEN JOURNEY RUTH HALEY BARTON AND SHEILA WISE ROWE AND TISH HARRISON WARREN 9781514006757 INTERVARSITY PRESS Nov. 2022 $12.00
49 THE WONDER OF EASTER ED DREW 9781784983352 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Jan. 2019 $12.99
50 THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS IN SLOW MOTION SUZAN M. SAMMONS 9798889110682 SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS Jan. 2024 $17.95
51 WOMEN WHO FOLLOWED JESUS: 40 DEVOTIONS ON THE JOURNEY TO EASTER DANDI DALEY MACKALL 9781640608511 PARACLETE PRESS Jan. 2024 $21.99
52 JESUS: UNDERSTANDING HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION KAY ARTHUR AND DAVID ARTHUR 9781601428042 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Dec. 2015 $7.99
53 A LENTEN JOURNEY WITH MOTHER MARY FR EDWARD L. LOONEY 9781622828487 SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS Jan. 2020 $14.95
54 40 DAYS. 40 WORDS.: EASTER READINGS TO TOUCH YOUR HEART KEN PETERSEN AND RANDY PETERSEN 9781640702134 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Feb. 2023 $15.99
55 JESUS, KEEP ME NEAR THE CROSS NANCY GUTHRIE 9781433501814 CROSSWAY Jan. 2009 $12.99
56 THE LENTEN COOKBOOK SCOTT HAHN AND DAVID GEISER 9781644134696 SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS Jan. 2022 $29.95
57 EVIDENCE FOR THE RESURRECTION ROSE PUBLISHING 9781890947972 ROSE PUBLISHING (TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS ) Sep. 2004 $4.99
58 AN EASTER BOOK OF DAYS GREGORY KENNETH CAMERON 9781640608573 PARACLETE PRESS Jan. 2023 $18.99
59 THE SEVEN SAYINGS OF THE SAVIOUR ON THE CROSS ARTHUR W. PINK 9780801065736 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Nov. 2005 $15.00
60 THE CROSS OF CHRIST JOHN STOTT 9780830839100 INTERVARSITY PRESS Apr. 2021 $35.00
61 IF THE TOMB IS EMPTY JOBY MARTIN WITH CHARLES MARTIN 9781546001553 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Feb. 2023 $17.99
62 SEASON OF BEAUTY EDITORS AT PARACLETE PRESS 9781640607736 PARACLETE PRESS Jan. 2024 $21.99
63 THE EASTER STORY ROSE PUBLISHING 9781596364820 ROSE PUBLISHING (TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS ) Feb. 2012 $4.99
64 EASTER - BIBLE STUDY BOOK LIFEWAY WOMEN 9781087715728 LIFEWAY CHURCH RESOURCES Oct. 2020 $18.25
65 OUR RADIANT REDEEMER: LENT DEVOTIONS TIM CHESTER 9781784989538 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Jan. 2024 $15.99
66 JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM JANE L. FRYAR 9780758606419 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jul. 2005 $2.49
67 WHAT JESUS SAW FROM THE CROSS (REVISED) A. G. SERTILLANGES 9780918477378 SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS Feb. 1997 $18.95
68 MEDITATIONS FOR LENT JACQUES-BENIGNE BOSSUET 9781933184999 SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS Dec. 2013 $12.95
69 JOURNEY TO THE CROSS: FORTY DAYS TO PREPARE YOUR HEART FOR EASTER (IN)COURAGE 9781535979825 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Feb. 2020 $17.99
70 WHAT HAPPENED FROM THE CROSS TO THE THRONE E. W. KENYON 9781641234498 WHITAKER HOUSE May. 2020 $16.99
71 EASTER IDEALS 2023 MELINDA LEE RATHJEN 9781546003571 IDEALS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2023 $12.99
72 APOLOGETICS AT THE CROSS: AN INTRODUCTION FOR CHRISTIAN WITNESS JOSHUA D. CHATRAW AND MARK D. ALLEN 9780310524687 ZONDERVAN ACADEMIC May. 2018 $34.99
73 FROM THE GRAVE: A 40-DAY LENT DEVOTIONAL A. W. TOZER 9780802432735 MOODY PUBLISHERS Dec. 2023 $12.99
74 THE GOOD OF GIVING UP: DISCOVERING THE FREEDOM OF LENT AARON DAMIANI 9780802415165 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2017 $12.99
75 HIS LAST WORDS: WHAT JESUS TAUGHT AND PRAYED IN HIS FINAL HOURS (JOHN 13-17) ERICKSON, KIM 9780802414670 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2017 $14.99

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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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