The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) has announced the winners of the 2015 Christian Book Awards® and the 2015 Christian Book of the Year™ --- representing the best Christian book and Bible releases of the year in Nonfiction, Fiction, Inspiration, Children’s, Bible Reference, Bibles and New Author. The announcements were made at the ECPA Awards Banquet, held in conjunction with the ECPA Leadership Summit hosted in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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2015 Winners

Christian Book of the Year™
THE DANIEL PLAN: 40 Days to a Healthier Life by Rick Warren, Daniel Amen and Mark Hyman (Zondervan)

Nonfiction
SEEKING ALLAH, FINDING JESUS: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity, by Nabeel Qureshi (Zondervan)

Fiction
THE ADVOCATE by Randy Singer (Tyndale House Publishers)

Inspiration
THE HARDEST PEACE: Expecting Grace in the Midst of Life’s Hard, by Kara Tippetts (David C Cook)

Bibles
NIV FIRST-CENTURY STUDY BIBLE with notes by Kent Dobson (Zondervan)

Bible Reference
1, 2 AND 3 JOHN: Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, by Karen H. Jobes (Zondervan)

Children
MY BIBLE ANIMALS STORYBOOK written by Dandi Daley Mackall, illustrated by Heather Heyworth (Tyndale House Publishers)

New Author
SEEKING ALLAH, FINDING JESUS: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity, by Nabeel Qureshi (Zondervan)
 

2015 Finalists

Nonfiction

• A LOVING LIFE: In a World of Broken Relationships, by Paul E. Miller (Crossway)

• AUTOPSY OF A DECEASED CHURCH: 12 Ways to Keep Yours Alive, by Thom S. Rainer (B&H Publishing Group)

• THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS: Uncovering Biblical Perspective on Women, Work and the Home, by Carolyn McCulley with Nora Shank (B&H Publishing Group)

• MISSION DRIFT: The Unspoken Crisis Facing Leaders, Charities, and Churches, by Peter Greer and Chris Horst, with Anna Haggard (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group)

• SEEKING ALLAH, FINDING JESUS: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity, by Nabeel Qureshi (Zondervan)

Fiction

• THE ADVOCATE by Randy Singer (Tyndale House Publishers)

• THE AUSCHWITZ ESCAPE by Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale House Publishers)

• THE LEGEND OF SHEBA: Rise of a Queen, by Tosca Lee (Howard Books)

• THE PURSUIT OF TAMSEN LITTLEJOHN by Lori Benton (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

• THE SENTINELS OF ANDERSONVILLE by Tracy Groot (Tyndale House Publishers)

Inspiration

• THE DANIEL PLAN: 40 Days to a Healthier Life, by Rick Warren, Daniel Amen and Mark Hyman (Zondervan)

• THE HARDEST PEACE: Expecting Grace in the Midst of Life’s Hard, by Kara Tippetts (David C Cook)

• I LIKE GIVING: The Transforming Power of a Generous Life, by Brad Formsma (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

• STAND STRONG: You Can Overcome Bullying, by Nick Vujicic (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

• THE WONDER OF HIS NAME by Nancy Leigh DeMoss (Moody Publishers)

Bibles

• EVERY MAN'S BIBLE NIV by Stephen Arterburn and Dean Merrill, General Editors (Tyndale House Publishers)

• NIV FIRST-CENTURY STUDY BIBLE with notes by Kent Dobson (Zondervan)

• LIFE APPLICATION STUDY BIBLE HCSB (Tyndale House Publishers)

• NKJV STUDY BIBLE, Full Color Edition (Thomas Nelson Publishers)

• THE STUDY BIBLE FOR WOMEN HCSB by Dorothy Kelley Patterson, Rhonda Harrington Kelley, Holman Bible Staff, Editors (B&H Publishing Group)

Bible Reference

• 1, 2 AND 3 JOHN: Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, by Karen H. Jobes (Zondervan)

• FOR THE GLORY OF GOD: Recovering a Biblical Theology of Worship, by Daniel I. Block (Baker Academic/ Baker Publishing Group)

• GALATIANS: Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, by Douglas J. Moo (Baker Academic/Baker Publishing Group)

• MARK: Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, by Mark L. Strauss (Zondervan)

• Lutheran Bible Companion Set, Edward A. Engelbrecht | Concordia Publishing House, 9780758647856

• REVELATION (Teach the Text Commentary Series) by J. Scott Duvall (Baker Books/ Baker Publishing Group)

Children

• 101 COLOR & SING BIBLE STORIES by Stephen Elkins (Tyndale House Publishers)

• GOODNIGHT, ARK! written by Laura Sassi, illustrated by Jane Chapman (ZonderKidz)

• LOVE LETTERS FROM GOD written by Glenys Nellist, illustrated by Sophie Allsopp (ZonderKidz)

• MY BIBLE ANIMALS STORYBOOK written by Dandi Daley Mackall, illustrated by Heather Heyworth (Tyndale House Publishers)

• ONE GOD, ONE PLAN, ONE LIFE: A 365 Devotional, by Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson Publishers)

New Author

• AND LIFE COMES BACK: A Wife’s Story of Love, Loss, and Hope Reclaimed, by Tricia Lott Williford (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)

• DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT: Stories of Gospel Advance in the World’s Difficult Places, by Tim Keesee (Crossway)

• JESUS OR NOTHING by Dan DeWitt (Crossway)

• THE SKELETONS IN GOD'S CLOSET by Joshua Ryan Butler (Thomas Nelson Publishers)

• TEACH US TO WANT: Longing, Ambition and the Life of Faith, by Jen Pollock Michel (InterVarsity Press)

• SEEKING ALLAH, FINDING JESUS: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity, by Nabeel Qureshi (Zondervan)