The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) has announced the winners for the 2014 Christian Book Award program. Presented annually to the finest in Christian publishing since 1978, the Christian Book Award program honors titles in seven categories: Bibles, Bible Reference, Nonfiction, Fiction, Children, Inspiration and New Author.

Five finalists are selected in each category following a stringent judging process by judging panels specially selected for each category. The top scoring book in each category is named the Christian Book Award winner. The Christian Book of the Year is chosen among the finalists to represent Christian publishing's highest quality and greatest impact for 2014.

The Christian Book Award program winners and Christian Book of the Year were announced at the ECPA Awards Banquet on April 28, 2014 at the Focus on the Family Headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO.

For more information, visit http://www.christianbookexpo.com/christianbookawards/
 

2014 Winners

The 2014 Christian Book of the Year
CRAZY BUSY: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem, by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway)

Bibles
The MacArthur Study Bible NIV, John MacArthur, General Editor (Thomas Nelson Publishers)

Bible Reference
DICTIONARY OF JESUS AND THE GOSPELS (2nd Edition) by Joel B. Green, Jeannine K. Brown and Nicholas Perrin (InterVarsity Press)

Children
THE SPARKLE BOX by Jill Hardie (Ideals Publications)

Fiction
ISCARIOT: A Novel of Judas, by Tosca Lee (Howard Books)

Inspiration
HE WALKS AMONG US: Encounters with Christ in a Broken World, by Richard and Renee Stearns (Thomas Nelson Publishers)

Nonfiction
C.S. LEWIS: A Life, by Alister McGrath (Tyndale House Publishers)

New Author
FALLING INTO PLACE by Hattie Kauffman (Baker Books)
 

2014 Finalists

Bibles

• The CEB Study Bible (Abingdon Press)
• Holman Study Bible NKJV Edition (B&H Publishing Group)
• The MacArthur Study Bible NIV, John MacArthur, General Editor (Thomas Nelson Publishers)
• The New Inductive Study Bible ESV, Precept Ministries International (Harvest House Publishers)
• The Wayfinding Bible NLT, Doris Rikkers, General Editor; Jeannette Taylor, Development Editor (Tyndale House Publishers)

Bible Reference

• THE BAKER ILLUSTRATED BIBLE DICTIONARY, Tremper Longman III, Ed. (Baker Books)
• CHRISTIANITY AND WORLD RELIGIONS by Derek Cooper (P&R Publishing Company)
• DICTIONARY OF JESUS AND THE GOSPELS (2nd Edition) by Joel B. Green, Jeannine K. Brown and Nicholas Perrin (InterVarsity Press)
• HANDBOOK OF WOMEN BIBLICAL INTERPRETERS, Marion Ann Taylor, Ed., Agnes Choi, Associate Ed. (Baker Academic)
• THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY by Thomas R. Schreiner (Baker Academic)
• SERMON ON THE MOUNT by Scot McKnight (Zondervan)

Children

• THE BOY AND THE OCEAN written by Max Lucado, illustrated by T. Lively Fluharty (Crossway)
• CIRCLE MAKER FOR KIDS by Mark Batterson (Zondervan)
• GOD'S LOVE FOR YOU BIBLE STORYBOOK by Richard and Renee Stearns (Thomas Nelson Publishers)
• ETERNITY by Randy Alcorn (Kingstone Comics)
• THE SPARKLE BOX by Jill Hardie (Ideals Publications)

Fiction

• BURNING SKY by Lori Benton (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
• DARK JUSTICE by Brandilyn Collins (B&H Publishing Group)
• ISCARIOT: A Novel of Judas, by Tosca Lee (Howard Books)
• THE PRAYER BOX by Lisa Wingate (Tyndale House Publishers)
• WINGS OF GLASS by Gina Holmes (Tyndale House Publishers)

Inspiration

• HE WALKS AMONG US: Encounters with Christ in a Broken World, by Richard and Renee Stearns (Thomas Nelson Publishers)
• LAUNCH YOUR LIFE by Kenny Silva (Thomas Nelson Publishers)
• SOBER MERCIES by Heather Kopp (Jericho Books)
• 20,000 DAYS AND COUNTING by Robert D. Smith (Thomas Nelson Publishers)
• WELCOME TO OUT TABLE: Sharing Favorite Recipes, Inspirational Stories, and Heartwarming Gatherings, by Shirley and Danae Dobson, photographs by Julie Johnson (Harvest House Publishers)

Nonfiction

• C.S. LEWIS: A Life, by Alister McGrath (Tyndale House Publishers)
• CRAZY BUSY: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem, by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway)
• THE CROSS IN THE SHADOW OF THE CRESCENT: An Informed Response to Islam’s War with Christianity, by Erwin W. Lutzer (Harvest House Publishers)
• GOD'S DOUBLE AGENT by Bob Fu with Nancy French (Baker Books)
• JONI AND KEN by Ken & Joni Eareckson Tada with Larry Libby (Zondervan)

New Author

• CALLED TO STAY: An Uncompromising Mission to Save Your Church, by Caleb Breakey (Harvest House Publishers)
• FALLING INTO PLACE by Hattie Kauffman (Baker Books)
• INSPIRED YOU by Marian Parsons (Thomas Nelson Publishers)
• PACKING LIGHT Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage, by Allison Vesterfelt (Moody Publishers)
• RESURRECTION YEAR by Sheridan Voysey (Thomas Nelson Publishers)