4,318
2024 Religion The Bible according to BookScan
most popular version of the Bible with combined sales of the KJV and New KJV Bibles reaching nearly 54,000 copies sold. The New International Version is the next most popular with more than 30,000 copies sold, followed by the English Standard Version, indicating a preference for word-for-word translations over thought-led translations. Several devotionals and prayer journals targeting female worshippers join Bibles at the top, including Prayer Journal for Women by Shannon Roberts and Paige Tate. At £2.7m, or 24% of this year’s
total TCM value, the next biggest religious subcategory is General Christianity. Two classics by C S Lewis, who is best known for the Chronicles of Narnia, rank within the current top 10. Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, which were originally published in the 1940s and ‘50s, have together sold nearly 5,000 copies this year and more than 220,000 copies since 2001.
American writer Lysa
TerKeurst, who boasts almost one million followers on Instagram, holds 10th place with Forgiving What You Can’t Forget, which is also her bestselling title in the UK. Interestingly, Alpha Guide, which is the companion book for Alpha, a worldwide Christian outreach programme, has sold fewer than 1,000 copies so far this year. However, this may simply be because organisers often make purchases outside the retailer panel, rather than
Growth comes despite an increasing number of people across England and Wales claiming to have “no religion”
BOASTS ONE MILLION INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS
LYSA TERKEURST
because of a decline in demand. Meanwhile, BookScan’s
third-biggest subcategory, Non-Christian Religions, has experienced double-digit growth in six of the past 10 years. Last year, its TCM value rose to meet 2022’s record of £3.8m, up from £2m in 2014. Its value currently rests at £1.8m, accounting for 16% of the category as a whole. The Qur’an
2024 Top 5 Christian titles Title
Author
1 Practicing the Way 2 Tarry Awhile
3 Reading Genesis 4 Mere Christianity 5 Jesus Calling
John Mark Comer Selina Stone
Sarah Young
2024 Top 5 Non-Christian titles Title
Author
1 The Power of Du’a 2 The Qur’an
3 When Things Don’t Go Your Way Haemin Sunim 4 World Mythology in Bite-sized... Mark Daniels 5 The Greek and Roman Myths
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is the most popular religious text within this subcategory, and several books relating to Islam rank within the top
Imprint Form SPCK
Marilynne Robinson Virago C S Lewis
ISBN (+978) Volume 0281086672 0281090105 0349018744
William Collins 0007461219 Thomas Nelson 1591451884
6,365 4,121 3,317 2,949 2,447
Imprint
Aliyah Umm Raiyaan Rider & Co -
OUP Philip Matyszak
ISBN (+978) Volume 1846048180 0199535958
Penguin Life 0241457290 Michael O’Mara 1782435754 Thames & Hudson 0500251737
4,540 4,318 3,989 2,486 2,395
30. In pole position, The Power of Du’a by Aliyah Umm Raiyaan has sold more than 4,500 copies so far this year, joined in the top 10 by Ramadan Planner by Dina Aziz in eighth. Buddhism also features in the top 10, led by When Things Don’t Go Your Way by Haemin Sunim in third. Among world mythologies, which are classified as non-Christian religions, Greek and Roman myths are most popular, while Celtic and Egyptian mythology also appears within the top 20.
In the spotlight: Biblical bestsellers
Volume sales of OUP’s edition of The Qu’ran in 2024 to date
Holy Bible: King James Version 9780007259762 7,040 copies
Holy Bible: New International Version
9781444701593 3,697 copies
Prayer Journal for Women 9781941325827 2,555 copies
Data range 26 weeks to 29th June 2024 Source Nielsen BookScan
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