The 100 Bestselling Christian Books of 2010

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The books in the table below represent the top 100 bestselling Christian books of 2010. It is based on unit sales for the twelve months ending December 31, 2010.

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We created these lists from a proprietary database we have assembled at Thomas Nelson. It is based on various point-of-sale systems from multiple sales channels.

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This list is not perfect. It is missing sales, for example, from large mass accounts that don’t report to the major services. Nor does it include ministry or direct sales. Nor does it include e-books or sales outside the U.S. It primarily represents sales through traditional bookstores, both general market and Christian specialty stores.

Rank	Author	Title	Publisher
1	Sarah Young	Jesus Calling	Thomas Nelson
2	William P. Young	The Shack	Hachette
3	Francis Chan	Crazy Love	David C. Cook
4	Gary Chapman	The Five Love Languages	Moody
5	Dave Ramsey	The Total Money Makeover	Thomas Nelson
6	Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick	The Love Dare	B&H
7	Ron Hall and Denver Moore	Same Kind of Different As Me	Thomas Nelson
8	Beth Moore	So Long Insecurity	Tyndale
9	Francis Chan	Forgotten God	David C. Cook
10	Don Piper	90 Minutes in Heaven	Revell
11	David Platt	Radical	Multnomah
12	Max Lucado	Fearless	Thomas Nelson
13	James C. Dobson	Bringing Up Girls	Tyndale
14	Kelly Pulley	The Beginner’s Bible	Zondervan
15	Drew Brees	Coming Back Stronger	Tyndale
16	Rick Warren	The Purpose Driven Life	Zondervan
17	Jack Countryman	Time with God for Mothers	Thomas Nelson
18	John Ortberg	The Me I Want to Be	Zondervan
19	Francine Rivers	Her Mother’s Hope	Tyndale
20	Karen Kingsbury	Take Three	Zondervan
21	Eric Metaxas	Bonhoeffer	Thomas Nelson
22	Henry Cloud and John Townsend	Boundaries	Zondervan
23	Emerson Eggerichs	Love & Respect	Thomas Nelson
24	Joyce Meyer	Battlefield of the Mind	FaithWords
25	Karen Kingsbury	Take Four	Zondervan
26	Francine Rivers	Redeeming Love	Multnomah
27	David Jeremiah	The Coming Economic Armageddon	FaithWords
28	Karen Kingsbury	Unlocked	Zondervan
29	Joyce Meyer	Power Thoughts	FaithWords
30	Mary Beth Chapman	Choosing to See	Revell
31	Beverly Lewis	The Telling	Bethany
32	N/A	KJV Standard Lesson Commentary 2010-2011	Standard
33	Joel C. Rosenberg	The Twelfth Imam	Tyndale
34	Jack Countryman	Time with God for Fathers	Thomas Nelson
35	Max Lucado	Outlive Your Life	Thomas Nelson
36	Francine Rivers	A Lineage of Grace	Tyndale
37	Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick	The Love Dare Day-by-Day	B&H
38	Tony Dungy	The Mentor Leader	Tyndale
39	Joel Osteen	Your Best Life Begins Each Morning	FaithWords
40	Ted Dekker	Boneman’s Daughters	Center Street
41	Sally Lloyd-Jones	The Jesus Storybook Bible	Zondervan
42	Robert Morris	The Blessed Life	Regal
43	Beverly Lewis	The Thorn	Bethany
44	John Hagee	Can America Survive?	Howard
45	Todd Burpo	Heaven Is for Real	Thomas Nelson
46	John and Stasi Eldredge	Captivating	Thomas Nelson
47	Max Lucado	Grace for the Moment	Thomas Nelson
48	John Eldredge	Wild at Heart	Thomas Nelson
49	Beth Moore	Esther	Lifeway
50	Kevin Malarkey and Alex Malarkey	The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven	Tyndale
51	Francine Rivers	Her Daughter’s Dream	Tyndale
52	Sarah Young	Jesus Calling—Deluxe Edition	Thomas Nelson
53	Stormie Omartian	The Power of a Praying Wife	Harvest House
54	Randy Alcorn	Heaven	Tyndale
55	Gary Chapman	The Five Love Languages	Northfield
56	Charles Capps	God's Creative Power for Healing	Harrison House
57	Lee Strobel	The Case for Christ	Zondervan
58	Dave Ramsey	The Total Money Makeover Workbook	Thomas Nelson
59	Kerry Shook and Chris Shook	One Month to Live	Waterbrook
60	Max Lucado, et. al.	Messiah, Come and Behold Him	Thomas Nelson
61	Mosab Hassan Yousef	Son of Hamas	SaltRiver
62	Joyce Meyer	Hearing from God Each Morning	FaithWords
63	Joyce Meyer	Starting Your Day Right	FaithWords
64	Oswald Chambers	My Utmost for His Highest— Special Edition	Barbour
65	Craig Groeschel	The Christian Atheist	Zondervan
66	Oswald Chambers	My Utmost for His Highest	Discovery House
67	Andy Andrews	The Traveler’s Gift	Thomas Nelson
68	Kevin Leman	Have a New Kid by Friday	Revell
69	Stormie Omartian	The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children	Harvest House
70	Donald Miller	A Million Miles in a Thousand Years	Thomas Nelson
71	Tim LaHaye and Craig Parshall	Edge of Apocalypse	Zondervan
72	Karen Kingsbury	Shades of Blue	Zondervan
73	Dodie Osteen	Healed of Cancer	Joel Osteen Publications
74	Joyce Meyer	Eat the Cookie...Buy the Shoes	FaithWords
75	Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick	The Love Dare [Imitation Leather]	B&H
76	Andrew Napolitano	Lies the Government Told You	Thomas Nelson
77	John C. Maxwell	The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership	Thomas Nelson
78	Tony Dungy	Quiet Strength	Tyndale
79	Andy Andrew	The Noticer	Thomas Nelson
80	John C. Dobson	Bringing Up Boys	Tyndale
81	Beth Moore	Breaking Free	Lifeway
82	Alex Harris and Brett Harris Chuck Norris	Do Hard Things	Multnomah
83	Kerry Shook and Chris Shook	Love at Last Sight	WaterBrook
84	Tony Dungy	Uncommon	Tyndale
85	Billy Graham	Storm Warning	Thomas Nelson
86	N/A	God's Promises for Graduates	Thomas Nelson
87	Sarah Young	Jesus Lives	Thomas Nelson
88	N/A	The Bible Promise Book	Barbour
89	Bill Wiese	23 Minutes in Hell	Charisma House
90	Foster Cline and Jim Fay	Parenting With Love And Logic	NavPress
91	Mike Berenstain, Stan Berenstain, and Jan Berenstain	The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule	Zondervan
92	William F. Harley, Jr.	His Needs, Her Needs	Revell
93	Max Lucado	Imagine Your Life Without Fear	Thomas Nelson
94	John Eckhardt	Prayers That Rout Demons	Charisma House
95	Joanna Weaver	Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World	WaterBrook
96	N/A	KJV Standard Lesson Commentary Large Print	Standard
97	Lisa Tawn Bergren Laura J. Bryant	God Gave Us You	Waterbrook
98	Donald Miller	Blue Like Jazz	Thomas Nelson
99	Max Lucado	Live to Make A Difference	Thomas Nelson
100	Doug Mauss and Sergio Cariello	The Action Bible	David C. Cook

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Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011

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Enayena

the only one I’d read is from Oswald Chambers. I’m amazed that some Christians have time to read so many books ahead of the Bible, God’s word to us.
Enayena

the only one I’d read is from Oswald Chambers. I’m amazed that some Christians have time to read so many books ahead of the Bible, God’s word to us.
jeanelane

What is great about this list is that so many older books are on it. This shows that they have staying power.
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Mandafarias

I didn’t read the book The Case for Christ, but I saw the documentary, WONDERFUL!! Amazing and full of facts I did not know about the Bible and Jesus
Mary

I’m glad I have this for a reading list, but I was disappointed that not all the books were from 2010. It would be nice to see a list of top new releases. Or maybe it would be nice to see new authors get a chance to get on the bookshelves so we could decide for ourselves?
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Elizabeth Lampi

With the ability for information to be passed around world wide in a flash there is a need to learn how to deal with the world as it is portrayed, day by day.

Hope is crucial and we find hope in the Word of God. There is a strong need to make ‘the corner of our world’ better. Reading books that speak of relationships, making a difference, a focused life based on Christian living, and self-improvement reach out and touch our hearts.

History may be important; as I see it the time we are living in calls for action both as individuals and as a nation, one world under God. Seeing the top 100 include books that guide and challenges Christian living, challenging and lifting us up as individuals to a higher calling makes sense.

One key phrase I have heard recently is “Living Intentionally” these books get us there.

Relationships start at home, books like The Five Love Languages help improve our relationships with family and friends, it lends to understanding . I also have the book The Five Languages of Apology, (Chapman and Thomas) this book also lends to understanding one another.

The need to reach out and make the world a better place is strong. There are books in this list calling us to action. Other books like The Shack are easy read. This book touches topics such as the God of Wrath -vs- the God of love; depression; objectification of other humans; trust and love; if God loves us why so much pain in the world; our will -vs- his purpose, to mention a few human conditions and FAQ (frequently asked questions). Put in an easy read format allows us to feel and does not require us to tax our interpretation abilities.

I have 5 books on this list and see several that will go on my wish list: Crazy Love, The Christian Atheist, and Boundaries.

Thanks for compositing this list, always interesting to see what is popular in respect to man’s current condition.
http://twitter.com/pkwhitford Philip Whitford

Does this list take into account books that have multiple ISBNs? For example the Bible and the Book of Mormon did not make the list. I imagine the combined sales of those two individual writings far outsold Jesus Calling.
- http://michaelhyatt.com Michael Hyatt
  
  I did not include any Bibles in the list, period. The bible has a gzillion ISBNs—different translations, bindings, formats, etc.
  - http://twitter.com/pkwhitford Philip Whitford
    
    Then I guess you can say this is a biased list.
    - http://michaelhyatt.com Michael Hyatt
      
      No, the Bible is considered a different product class altogether. (My company, Thomas Nelson, is one of the world’s largest Bible publishers.)
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Dr. Jenkins

I have recently proof read a book that has since changed mylife profoundly. It wasn’t that its language was exceedingly complex or the style of its composition exceedingly elligant but none the less the understanding I received was simply profound. The author pronounces plainly that he feels he has received this understanding from what he calls, “the universal source of knowledge”. All I understand is that I cannot get the validity of its profound truth out of my mind. The book was titled, THE TRUTH “The Illumination of Conscience” it is by a first tiime published author Jeff Simoneaux. of New Orleans, Louisiana. He talks about this universal connection we all have to everyone else and everything else and how this connection made of pure energy is our actually real self and that the body we incorporate in the world we sense is actually only a disquise for this other world in which we actually live, a world we manifest along with everything and everyone else, a world that our very Creator is readily available to us, it is His world. I strongly recommend to anyone seeming to be missing out on what life is about and why we are here and why we are the way we are to read this book. I understand his website to be http://www.thetruthbooksite.com Give yourself a gift and go there.
Daylenej

Why is Ted Dekker’s BoneMan’s Daughter on this list?
- http://michaelhyatt.com Michael Hyatt
  
  Because it sold well enough to make the list. Do mean, why did it sell that well? I can’t answer that. I haven’t read it.
Nikolyn

who is the best publisher for biography
- http://michaelhyatt.com Michael Hyatt
  
  The one who agrees to publish your book. ;-)
  
  Seriously, there are probably more than 100 publishers in the U.S. who publish biographies. Look at the biographies you love the most and note who published them.
  Thanks.
Kennydavies

Thanks
Very useful
Any chance of getting the list for 2011?

Michael Hyatt

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