2025 Top Shelf Winners

Bibles

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NIV Lectio Bible

Designer: Ryan Wesley Peterson
Senior Art Director: Rob Jelsema
Publisher: Zondervan

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CSB Explorer Bible for Kids

Art Director: Jeff Godby
Design and Illustration: Nate Farro
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

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The Message Women’s Devotional Bible, SERIES

Designer: Eva M. Winters
Art Director: Dean H. Renninger
Publisher: The Navigators, Tyndale House Publishers

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ESV Everyday Gospel Bible

Designer: Jordan Singer
Publisher: Crossway

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CSB Jesus Daily Bible

Art Director: Jeff Godby
Design and illustration: Stephen Crotts
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

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NKJV Kingdom Life Bible

Designer: Derek Thornton
Art Director: Kate Armstrong
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Children's

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The Dream Keeper Saga Set (5 Volumes), SERIES

Designer: Studio Muti
Art Director: Erik M. Peterson
Publisher: Crossway

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God's Farmyard Animals

Designer: Make Believe Ideas
Publisher: BroadStreet Publishing Group

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Little Christmas Carol

Designer: Joe Sutphin
Art Director: Erik M. Peterson
Publisher: Moody Publishers

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The Outsider

Designer: André Parker
Cover Illustration: Megan Parker
Publisher: The Good Book Company

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The Story of Katie Luther

Designer: T. Lively Fluharty
Publisher: Crossway

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The Storyteller's Bible

Designer: Diana Lawrence
Cover illustration: Alida Massari and Diana Lawrence
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

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The Unlikely Intrusion of Adams Klein

Designer: Aedan Peterson
Art Director: Kaylee Lockenour Dunn
Publisher: Moody Publishers

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When You Find a Hope

Art Director: Eve DeGrie
Illustrator: Anne Lambelet
Publisher: WorthyKids, Hachette Nashville

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The World Needs the Wonder You See

Designer: Jen Showalter-Greenwalt
Publisher: Tommy Nelson

Fiction

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The Collector of Burned Books

Designer: Sarah Susan Richardson
Art Director: Dean H. Renninger
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers

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The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House

Designer: Laura Klynstra
Publisher: Revell/ Baker Publishing Group

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The Summer of Yes

Designer: Sandra Chiu
Art Director: Halie Cotton
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Nonfiction

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Accessible Church

Designer: David Fassett, Art Director
Publisher: Crossway

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Chicken-Fried Women

Designer: Whitney J. Hicks, Art Director
Publisher: Worthy Books, Hachette Nashville

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Dangerous Calling

Designer: David Fassett, Art Director
Publisher: Crossway

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Disarming Leviathan

Designer: David Fassett, Art Director
Publisher: InterVarsity Press

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Front Porch Wisdom

Designer: Jeff Miller
Publisher: InterVarsity Press

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Gospel Mom

Designer: Nicole Dougherty and Bryce Williamson
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

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Grounded in Grace

Designer: Molly Von Borstel
Art Director: Dan Stelzer
Publisher: New Growth Press

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Home with God

Designer: Jeff Miller
Art Director: Susan Browne
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

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The Man the Moment Demands

Designer: Studio Gearbox
Art Director: Meg Schmidt
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

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No Elevator to Everest

Designer: Brian Mellema
Publisher: David C Cook

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Raised in Splendor

Designer: Jeff Miller
Art Director: Susan Browne
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

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Remember Death // Remember Heaven

Designer: David Fassett, Art Director
Publisher: Crossway

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