c. 2008 Religion News Service

RELIGION BEST-SELLERS

(Editor’s note: This February list is compiled by Publishers Weekly magazine from data received from general independent bookstores, chain stores and wholesalers within the month of January. Copyright 2008 Publishers Weekly. Distributed by Religion News Service.)

HARDCOVER

1. “Become a Better You,” by Joel Osteen (Free Press, $25.00)

2. “God’s Problem,” by Bart D. Ehrman (HarperOne, $25.95)

3. “One Month to Live: 30 Days to a No-Regrets Life,” by Kerry Shook and Chris Shook (WaterBrook, $19.99)

4. “What the Gospels Meant,” by Garry Wills (Viking, $24.95)

5. “The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America,” by Jim Wallis (HarperOne, $25.95)

6. “The Third Jesus,” by Deepak Chopra (Harmony, $24.00)

7. “Fasting,” by Jentezen Franklin (Charisma House, $15.99)

8. “Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires, the Respect He Desperately Needs,” by Emerson Eggerichs (Thomas Nelson, $21.99)

9. “3:16: The Numbers of Hope,” by Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson, $24.99)

10. “The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality,” by Andre Comte-Sponville (Viking, $19.95)

PAPERBACK

1. “90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life,” by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell, $12.99)

2. “The Five Love Languages,” by Gary Chapman (Moody/Northfield, $13.99)

3. “The God Delusion,” by Richard Dawkins (Mariner Books, $15.95)

4. “Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential,” by Joel Osteen (FaithWords, $13.99)

5. “The Purpose-Driven Life,” by Rick Warren (Zondervan, $14.99)

6. “Someday,” (Sunrise Series, Baxter 3) by Karen Kingsbury (Tyndale, $13.99)

7. “The Portable Atheist,” Selected and with introduction by Christopher Hitchens (Da Capo Press, $17.50)

8. “Battlefield of the Mind,” by Joyce Meyer (FaithWords, $14.99)

9. “Mere Christianity,” by C.S. Lewis (HarperOne, $11.95)

10. “23 Minutes in Hell,” by Bill Wiese (Charisma House, $12.99)

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