Christian Bestsellers, May 2021

Christian Bestsellers, May 2021
Compiled and distributed by ECPA
List does not include Bibles, Children's, or books under $6
Rank (Prev) Title Author ISBN Publisher Pub Date List $ Award
1 (NEW) WOMAN EVOLVE SARAH JAKES ROBERTS 9780785235545 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2021 $24.99
2 (NEW) FAULT LINES: SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT VODDIE T. BAUCHAM 9781684511808 SALEM BOOKS Apr. 2021 $24.99
3 (1) THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES GARY CHAPMAN 9780802412706 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2015 $15.99
4 (NEW) DON'T DROP THE MIC T. D. JAKES 9781455595358 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Apr. 2021 $26.00
5 (6) SEEING BEAUTIFUL AGAIN LYSA TERKEURST 9781400218912 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2021 $24.99
6 (11) TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER CLASSIC EDITION DAVE RAMSEY 9781595555274 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $26.99
7 (4) FORGIVING WHAT YOU CAN'T FORGET LYSA TERKEURST 9780718039875 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2020 $26.99
8 (10) GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD JENNIE ALLEN 9781601429643 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jan. 2020 $23.99
9 (8) JESUS CALLING SARAH YOUNG 9781591451884 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2004 $16.99
10 (NEW) SOUNDTRACKS JON ACUFF 9781540900807 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Apr. 2021 $26.99
11 (2) WINNING THE WAR IN YOUR MIND CRAIG GROESCHEL 9780310362722 ZONDERVAN Feb. 2021 $26.99
12 (NEW) NEW NORMAL JOHN LINDELL 9781629999104 CHARISMA HOUSE Apr. 2021 $22.99
13 (13) GENTLE AND LOWLY DANE C. ORTLUND 9781433566134 CROSSWAY Apr. 2020 $19.99
14 (14) BOUNDARIES UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION HENRY CLOUD AND JOHN TOWNSEND 9780310351801 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2017 $19.99
15 (NEW) HOW TO AGE WITHOUT GETTING OLD JOYCE MEYER 9781546026228 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Mar. 2021 $24.00
16 (NEW) THE MAKING OF BIBLICAL WOMANHOOD BETH ALLISON BARR 9781587434709 BRAZOS PRESS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Apr. 2021 $19.99
17 (15) EVERYBODY FIGHTS KIM HOLDERNESS AND PENN HOLDERNESS 9780785235729 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2021 $26.99
18 (NEW) THE WELL-WATERED WOMAN GRETCHEN SAFFLES 9781496445452 TYNDALE MOMENTUM Apr. 2021 $18.99
19 (22) EMBRACED LYSA TERKEURST 9781400310296 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2018 $19.99
20 (3) NO PAIN, NO GAINES CHIP GAINES 9780785237914 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2021 $26.99
21 (19) THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE RICK WARREN 9780310337508 ZONDERVAN Dec. 2013 $19.99
22 (NEW) KINGDOM MEN RISING TONY EVANS 9780764237058 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Apr. 2021 $24.99
23 (NEW) HOW FAR YOU HAVE COME MORGAN HARPER NICHOLS 9780310456599 ZONDERVAN Apr. 2021 $18.99
24 (21) GIRL, WASH YOUR FACE RACHEL HOLLIS 9781400201655 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2018 $24.99
25 (NEW) BIG, BOLD, AND BEAUTIFUL KIERRA SHEARD-KELLY 9780310770800 ZONDERKIDZ Apr. 2021 $18.99
26 (17) WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED ERWIN W. LUTZER 9780736981798 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 2020 $17.99
27 (18) THE ROAD BACK TO YOU IAN MORGAN CRON AND SUZANNE STABILE 9780830846191 INTERVARSITY PRESS Oct. 2016 $24.00
28 (23) THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES OF CHILDREN GARY CHAPMAN AND ROSS CAMPBELL 9780802412850 MOODY PUBLISHERS May. 2016 $15.99
29 (36) GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD STUDY GUIDE JENNIE ALLEN 9780310116370 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Apr. 2020 $14.99
30 (NEW) CHOSEN BY GOD R. C. SPROUL 9780842313353 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Apr. 2021 $17.99
31 (33) NEW MORNING MERCIES PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433541384 CROSSWAY Oct. 2014 $22.99
32 (20) WHATEVER IS LOVELY: A COLORING BOOK FOR REFLECTION AND WORSHIP WATERBROOK 9781601429285 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Dec. 2015 $14.99
33 (5) CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS CAROLINE LEAF 9780801093456 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Mar. 2021 $26.99
34 (49) IMAGINE HEAVEN JOHN BURKE 9780801015267 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2015 $16.99
35 (25) IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY LYSA TERKEURST 9780718039851 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2018 $24.99
36 (27) WHEN WOMEN PRAY T. D. JAKES 9781546015598 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Sep. 2020 $24.00
37 (40) JESUS CALLING WITH SCRIPTURE REFERENCES SARAH YOUNG 9780718042820 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2015 $19.99
38 (29) RELATIONSHIP GOALS MICHAEL TODD 9780593192573 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Apr. 2020 $23.00
39 (NEW) WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE CHOSEN? AMANDA AND DALLAS JENKINS AND DOUGLAS HUFFMAN 9780830782680 DAVID C COOK Jan. 2021 $15.99
40 (34) FLOODED KOZIARZ, NICKI 9780764236471 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Mar. 2021 $15.99
41 (47) THE RUTHLESS ELIMINATION OF HURRY COMER, JOHN MARK 9780525653097 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2019 $23.99
42 THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY SHEETS, DUTCH 9780764213335 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jan. 2015 $16.99
43 (NEW) ISRAEL AND THE CHURCH TSARFATI, AMIR 9780736982702 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Apr. 2021 $16.99
44 (NEW) WIN AT WORK AND SUCCEED AT LIFE MICHAEL HYATT AND MEGAN HYATT MILLER 9780801094699 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Apr. 2021 $26.99
45 (NEW) TEN WORDS TO LIVE BY WILKIN, JEN 9781433566349 CROSSWAY Mar. 2021 $14.99
46 (31) GROWING BOLDLY LEY, EMILY 9781400211319 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2021 $22.99
47 (46) BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND MEYER, JOYCE 9780446691093 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2002 $16.99
48 (9) YOUR BRAIN IS ALWAYS LISTENING AMEN, DANIEL 9781496438201 TYNDALE MOMENTUM Mar. 2021 $25.99
49 THE LOVE DARE ALEX KENDRICK AND STEPHEN KENDRICK 9781433679599 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Jan. 2013 $16.99
50 (26) LIFE LISA HARPER 9781433691959 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Feb. 2021 $15.99

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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