Christian Bestsellers, December 2022

Christian Bestsellers, December 2022
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) GOOD BOUNDARIES AND GOODBYES LYSA TERKEURST 9781400211760 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2022 $28.99
2 JESUS CALLING FOR CHRISTMAS SARAH YOUNG 9781400309184 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2018 $17.99
3 (3) THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES GARY CHAPMAN 9780802412706 MOODY PUBLISHERS Jan. 2015 $15.99
4 (2) THE RETURN OF THE GODS JONATHAN CAHN 9781636411422 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2022 $28.99
5 (4) JESUS CALLING SARAH YOUNG 9781591451884 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2004 $16.99
6 (16) TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER CLASSIC EDITION DAVE RAMSEY 9781595555274 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2013 $28.99
7 (NEW) MISSION POSSIBLE ONE-YEAR DEVOTIONAL TIM TEBOW WITH A. J. GREGORY 9780593194119 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Nov. 2022 $22.00
8 (42) EMMANUEL RUTH CHOU SIMONS 9780736984966 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2022 $29.99
9 (8) JESUS LISTENS SARAH YOUNG 9781400215584 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2021 $19.99
10 UNWRAPPING THE NAMES OF JESUS ASHERITAH CIUCIU 9780802416728 MOODY PUBLISHERS Oct. 2017 $12.99
11 (5) LETTER TO THE AMERICAN CHURCH ERIC METAXAS 9781684513895 SALEM BOOKS Sep. 2022 $22.99
12 (7) HELP IS HERE MAX LUCADO 9781400224814 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2022 $26.99
13 (NEW) ESTABLISHING HOME JEAN STOFFER WITH SEPTEMBER VAUDREY 9781496460417 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 2022 $27.99
14 (10) GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD ALLEN, JENNIE 9781601429643 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jan. 2020 $23.99
15 (26) THE ANGELS OF CHRISTMAS SUSAN ROBB 9781791024253 ABINGDON Sep. 2022 $16.99
16 (11) FORGIVING WHAT YOU CAN'T FORGET LYSA TERKEURST 9780718039875 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2020 $26.99
17 (27) PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE LORD ADAM HAMILTON 9781791023485 ABINGDON Sep. 2022 $19.99
18 COME, LET US ADORE HIM PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433556692 CROSSWAY Sep. 2017 $19.99
19 THE RUTHLESS ELIMINATION OF HURRY JOHN MARK COMER 9780525653097 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2019 $23.99
20 (14) GENTLE AND LOWLY DANE C. ORTLUND 9781433566134 CROSSWAY Apr. 2020 $19.99
21 (1) THE WORLD OF THE END DAVID JEREMIAH 9780785251996 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2022 $28.99
22 (12) FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH: A COLORING BOOK INK & WILLOW 9780593236024 Ink & Willow, a gift line from WaterBrook Sep. 2022 $15.00
23 PREPARE HIM ROOM SUSIE LARSON 9780764238079 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Sep. 2021 $16.99
24 (20) JESUS CALLING WITH SCRIPTURE REFERENCES SARAH YOUNG 9780718042820 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2015 $19.99
25 (19) NEW MORNING MERCIES PAUL DAVID TRIPP 9781433541384 CROSSWAY Oct. 2014 $22.99
26 (29) EMBRACED LYSA TERKEURST 9781400310296 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2018 $19.99
27 (NEW) SURE AS THE SUNRISE EMILY LEY 9781400231263 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2022 $22.99
28 (47) STAND STRONG OUR DAILY BREAD MINISTRIES WITH DAVE BRANON 9781627079006 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Oct. 2018 $16.99
29 (32) 40 DAYS THROUGH THE BIBLE LYSA TERKEURST 9780310145363 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Feb. 2022 $19.99
30 (NEW) BREATH AS PRAYER JENNIFER TUCKER 9781400234585 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2022 $16.99
31 (NEW) THE MARRIAGE DEVOTIONAL LEVI LUSKO AND JENNIE LUSKO 9780785291374 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Nov. 2022 $28.99
32 JESUS CALLING LARGE TEXT WITH FULL SCRIPTURES SARAH YOUNG 9781400318131 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2011 $26.99
33 (NEW) CHRISTMAS IDEALS 2022 MELINDA LEE RATHJEN 9781546002314 IDEALS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2022 $12.99
34 (18) IMAGINE HEAVEN JOHN BURKE 9780801015267 BAKER BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 2015 $16.99
35 (41) MAMA BEAR APOLOGETICS HILLARY MORGAN FERRER 9780736976152 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jun. 2019 $16.99
36 (38) MY JESUS ANNE WILSON 9781400238224 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2022 $19.99
37 (23) RESILIENT JOHN ELDREDGE 9781400208647 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jun. 2022 $26.99
38 (17) LOVING PEOPLE WHO ARE HARD TO LOVE JOYCE MEYER 9781546016090 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Sep. 2022 $28.00
39 THE HEART THAT GREW THREE SIZES MATT RAWLE 9781791017323 ABINGDON Sep. 2021 $16.99
40 (30) SEEING BEAUTIFUL AGAIN LYSA TERKEURST 9781400218912 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2021 $24.99
41 PEACE FOR EACH DAY BILLY GRAHAM 9781400224111 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2020 $24.99
42 (NEW) PRAYING LIKE MONKS, LIVING LIKE FOOLS TYLER STATON 9780310365358 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2022 $19.99
43 (43) AFTER THE RAPTURE DAVID JEREMIAH 9780785292340 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jun. 2022 $18.99
44 THE HIDING PLACE CORRIE TEN BOOM AND JOHN & ELIZABETH SHERRILL 9780800794057 CHOSEN BOOKS (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Jan. 2006 $15.99
45 (NEW) LITURGIES FOR HOPE AUDREY ELLEDGE AND ELIZABETH MOORE 9780593442807 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Nov. 2022 $20.00
46 (NEW) GOOD BOUNDARIES AND GOODBYES BIBLE STUDY GUIDE PLUS STREAMING VIDEO LYSA TERKEURST 9780310140351 HARPERCHRISTIAN RESOURCES Nov. 2022 $24.99
47 STRENGTH FOR EACH DAY JOYCE MEYER 9781546026457 FAITHWORDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2021 $18.00
48 (28) THE ROAD BACK TO YOU IAN MORGAN CRON AND SUZANNE STABILE 9780830846191 INTERVARSITY PRESS Oct. 2016 $24.00
49 FIGHTING WORDS DEVOTIONAL ELLIE HOLCOMB 9781087747798 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2021 $19.99
50 (21) BOUNDARIES UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION HENRY CLOUD AND JOHN TOWNSEND 9780310351801 ZONDERVAN Oct. 2017 $19.99

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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