Website design By BotEap.comAs I write this, the #1 Christian bestseller on Amazon is THE MEANING OF MARRIAGE by Timothy Keller, on Kindle. The best seller on paper is MERE CHRISTIANITY by CS Lewis.

Website design By BotEap.comIn Christian Literature & Fiction, the biggest bestseller on paper is TO THE MOON AND BACK by the wonderful Karen Kingsbury.

Website design By BotEap.comAlso in the Top 20 are THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA box set by CS Lewis, FULL DISCLOSURE by Dee Henderson, THE WEDDING BOND (A Christian Romance) by Lee Tobin McClain, THE FACE OF THE EARTH by Deborah Raney, THE GIRL IN THE GATEHOUSE by Julie Klassen and HIDE AND HIDE by Lauren K Denton.

Website design By BotEap.comFor those of you who enjoy, and are looking for, a good story with a genuine Christian heart, here are some of my favorite authors on today’s top Christian book lists.

Website design By BotEap.comJANETTE OK. Janette Oke was born in 1935 in Champion, Alberta. She grew up on the vast Canadian prairies, steeped in her customs and history. She graduated from Mountain View Bible College.

Website design By BotEap.comHis first novel was ONCE UPON A TIME, ONE SUMMER. Published in 1981 by Bethany House, it was a Christian novel that blended history, romance, and faith.

Website design By BotEap.comJanette’s second novel was WHEN THE HEART CALLS, the first in her Canadian West series, and a bestseller. WHEN THE HEART KNOCKS tells the story of Professor Elizabeth Marie Thatcher who arrives from the cultured East and faces a harsher place and culture than she expected. The novel was a success and has been adapted into a popular television series.

Website design By BotEap.comShe has sold millions of titles and is considered the creator of modern faith-based Christian fiction. Janette recently returned to Western Canada with WHERE COURAGE CALLS, WHERE TRUST LIES and WHERE HOPE PREVAILS.

Website design By BotEap.comJanette Oke received the 1992 ECPA President’s Award and the 1999 CBA Life Impact Award for her “significant contribution to the Christian book industry.” She also won the Gold Medallion Award and the Christy Award for Fiction. Janette and her husband, Edward, still live in Alberta, Canada.

Website design By BotEap.comFRANK PERETTI. Called “America’s Most Popular Christian Novelist” and “a sanctified Stephen King,” Frank Peritti is a best-selling, million-selling Christian author.

Website design By BotEap.comBorn in 1951, Peretti grew up in Seattle. After playing banjo in a bluegrass band and studying English, screenwriting and film at UCLA, he helped his father pastor an Assembly of God church and began a writing career.

Website design By BotEap.comPerretti published THE CURRENT DARKNESS in 1986. Considered the first of the new Christian fictional revival, THE CURRENT DARKNESS has been called his masterpiece and still sells and attracts new fans to his published novels. His concept of “Spiritual Warfare” continues to captivate readers.

Website design By BotEap.comFrank Peretti’s latest titles are in his Harbingers series: INVITATION, THE ASSUALT and PROBING.

Website design By BotEap.comKAREN KINGSBURY. Born in 1963, Karen Kingsbury lives with her husband, Donald, and six children in Washington state.

Website design By BotEap.comWith millions of sales, his titles include REDEMPTION, A TIME TO DANCE, REMEMBER, OCEANS APART and SUNSET.

Website design By BotEap.comTO THE MOON AND BACK is his latest novel.

Website design By BotEap.comCalled “the queen of Christian fiction” by TIME magazine, Karen said, “Fans say they are closer to God and each other after reading the stories the Lord has given me to write.”

Website design By BotEap.comTERRI BLACKSTOCK. Terri was born in Belleville, Illinois, in 1951.

Website design By BotEap.comWith over 30 published titles, Terri Blackstock’s book sales are in the millions. Her Christian fiction novels include LAST LIGHT, DAWN’S LIGHT, DOWNFALL and Christy’s Winning INTERVENTION. Terri’s latest title for 2018 is IF I LIVE.

Website design By BotEap.comTerri’s advice to aspiring authors is, “Don’t make it right, write it. I used to spend weeks writing and rewriting the first three chapters, until I heard this little piece of advice.”

Website design By BotEap.comTED DECKER. Ted was born in 1962 in the desert of Holland New Guinea. His parents were Canadian and American missionaries. In an interview, he said: “I grew up in one of the darkest places in the world you can imagine, in the jungle, with cannibals – we’re talking animism, heavy spiritualism, tremendous amounts of fear. My parents’ co-workers were killed and eaten by cannibals…”

Website design By BotEap.comNow living with his family in Austin, Texas, Ted has published more than 40 novels. He writes Christian fiction in the Thriller/Suspense genre. With titles on the New York Times Best Seller lists, his novel THE BRIDE COLLECTOR was nominated for a 2011 Christy Award.

Website design By BotEap.comHis 2018 publications are THE 49TH MYSTIC and RISE OF THE MYSTICS.

Website design By BotEap.comAnd here’s the good news for those of us who love Christian fiction: new works are being published every day!