10th July 2026


Data source Date range 2026 weeks 1-26


Religion 1


The Greatest Story Ever Told 16,540 Bear Grylls John Murray, 9781399820141


2


ESV Church Bible -


Crossway, 9798874903398 3


ESV Holy Bible for Kids, Economy7,391 -


Crossway, 9781433554711 4


The Wisdom of Ancient Japan 7,208 Saori Okada


5


Michael O’Mara, 9781789298246 NKJV, Gift and Award Bible


- Thomas Nelson, 9780718075163 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20


Holy Bible Collins, 9780007259762


Mere Christianity CS Lewis William Collins, 9780007461219


5,903 5,226


Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever Lamorna Ash Bloomsbury, 9781526663122


NIV Holy Bible Hodder, 9781444701593


KJV Holy Bible Thomas Nelson, 9780718097905


ESV Economy Bible Crossway, 9798874903473


KJV Holy Bible Thomas Nelson, 9780718097950 KJV, Holy Bible Thomas Nelson, 9780785218005


KJV, Pew Bible, Large Print Thomas Nelson, 9780718095444


God’s Book Andrew Ollerton John Murray, 9781399806459


2,963 2,952 2,886


Eight Million Ways to Happiness Hiroko Yoda Bloomsbury Tonic, 9781526672162


The Little Book of Zen Astrid Carvel Summersdale, 9781800071971


NIV Holy Bible Hodder, 9781473618947


Liturgies of the Wild Martin Shaw Rider & Co, 9781846048913


The Screwtape Letters CS Lewis William Collins, 9780007461240


2,883 2,869 2,810 2,807 2,804 38 3,393 4,356 3,937 4,951 4,408 Charts


Keep the faith: religious sales continue to ascend


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t The Bookseller’s M arketing & P ublicity Conference at the end of June,


NielsenIQ’s Philip Stone highlighted the Bible category as being a small pocket within Non-Fiction that is experiencing something of a purple patch, and suggested that the growth of religious influencers on TikTok might be partially responsible. It is something that we high-


lighted ourselves at this same point in 2025, though we attrib- uted most of the growth to the election of Pope Leo XIV in May last year. At the time, NielsenIQ BookData’s Religion category had shown growth of 2.7% in the first


four months of the year, before accelerating to 10.1% growth in the two months immediately following that first sighting of white smoke above the Sistine Chapel. As Stone pointed out, that level


of growth was sustained across the remainder of 2025, with the Religion category ending 2025 with a sales figure of £27.9m, an all-time best (at least since records began) and up 10.5% compared with 2024. This growth is even more impressive when put in stark contrast with the rest of Non-Fiction, which saw sales drop by 3.5% in the same period. The Bibles & Liturgy sub- category was the biggest


Across the first half of the year, the Religion category is up 7.6%, putting it on course to deliver £30m if this increase can be sustained


6,284 7,553


Charts Market Spotlight


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