Christian Fiction Bestsellers, Best of 2023

Christian Fiction Bestsellers, Best of 2023
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Evangelical Christian Publishers Association
(ECPA)
Rank
Title Author ISBN Publisher Pub
Date
List
Price
Award
1 REDEEMING LOVE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781590525135 MULTNOMAH, an imprint of Penguin Random House May. 2005 $16.00
2 THE HARBINGER JONATHAN CAHN 9781616386108 CHARISMA HOUSE Jan. 2012 $16.99
3 THE SHACK WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG 9780964729230 WINDBLOWN MEDIA, in association with Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jul. 2008 $15.99
4 A LINEAGE OF GRACE FRANCINE RIVERS 9780842356329 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2009 $16.99
5 THE LIBYAN DIVERSION JOEL C. ROSENBERG 9781496437945 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS May. 2023 $28.99
6 OUT OF THE FAR NORTH AMIR TSARFATI AND STEVE YOHN 9780736986441 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2023 $15.99
7 HINDS' FEET ON HIGH PLACES HANNAH HURNARD 9780842314299 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 1979 $7.99
8 HINDS' FEET ON HIGH PLACES: AN ENGAGING VISUAL JOURNEY HANNAH HURNARD 9781496424679 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Nov. 2017 $15.99
9 THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES, Paperback JONATHAN CAHN 9781629991344 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Jun. 2018 $17.99
10 THE HARBINGER II JONATHAN CAHN 9781629998954 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Mar. 2022 $18.99
11 THE HEIRLOOM BEVERLY LEWIS 9780764237560 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Sep. 2023 $17.99
12 LETTERS OF TRUST WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER 9781636093345 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Mar. 2023 $16.99
13 THE LADY'S MINE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781496447586 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Apr. 2023 $18.99
14 THE MASTERPIECE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781496407917 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2019 $16.99
15 THE LADY'S MINE FRANCINE RIVERS 9781496447579 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2022 $27.99
16 BY WAY OF DECEPTION AMIR TSARFATI AND STEVE YOHN 9780736986427 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2022 $15.99
17 LEFT BEHIND 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION TIM LAHAYE AND JJERRY B. JENKINS 9781496447562 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Aug. 2020 $7.99
18 THE COFFEE CORNER AMY CLIPSTON 9780840715791 ZONDERVAN Jul. 2023 $9.99
19 LETTERS OF COMFORT: VOLUME 2 WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER 9781636094878 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Aug. 2023 $16.99
20 SISTERS BY THE SEA WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER AND JEAN BRUNSTETTER AND RICHELLE BRUNSTETTER 9781636096605 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Oct. 2023 $17.99
21 KENTUCKY BROTHERS WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER 9781636094496 BARBOUR PUBLISHING Jan. 2023 $19.99
22 BECOMING MRS. LEWIS: EXPANDED EDITION PATTI CALLAHAN 9780785218098 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Mar. 2020 $18.99
23 VOICE IN THE WIND (ANNIVERSARY) FRANCINE RIVERS 9781414375496 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2012 $16.99
24 SENSIBLE SHOES SHARON GARLOUGH BROWN 9780830843053 INTERVARSITY PRESS Feb. 2013 $20.00
25 THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES, Hardcover JONATHAN CAHN 9781629989419 FRONTLINE (CHARISMA HOUSE) Sep. 2016 $21.99

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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