2022 Top Shelf Winners
Bibles
CSB Notetaking Bible, Stained Glass Editions
Designer: Jeff Godby, Art Director
Illustrator: Sarah Sparks
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
NIV The Jesus Bible Artist Edition
Designer: Joshua Noom
Art Directors: Rob Jelsema and Passion Publishing
Publisher: Zondervan
NLT One Step Closer Bible
In partnership with Candace Cameron Bure
Designer: Becca Barnett & Lauren Purtle
Publisher: DaySpring
The One Year Bible, Multiple Translations
Designers/ Art Directors: Jennifer Ghionzoli and Koko Toyama
Illustrator: Wenjia Tang
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Children's
A Saint a Day: 365 True Stories of Faith and Heroism
Author: Meredith Hinds
Designer: Tiffany Forrester
Illustrator: Isabel Muñoz
Art Director: Sabryna Lugge
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
Anxiety Elephants for Tween Girls &
Anxiety Elephants for Tween Boys
Author: Caris Snider
Designer: Gilbert & Carlson
Publisher: End Game Press
The Biggest Story Bible Storybook
Author: Kevin DeYoung
Designer/Illustrator: Don Clark
Publisher: Crossway
Darkest Night Brightest Day: A Family Devotional for the Easter Season
Author: Marty Machowski
Designer: Phil Schorr
Art Direction: New Growth Press
Publisher: New Growth Press
Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth
Author: Alice Faye Duncan
Designer: Tiffany Forrester
Illustrator: Keturah A. Bobo
Art Director: Sabryna Lugge
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
The Patricia St. John Series: Rainbow Garden; Secret at Pheasant Cottage; Star of Light; The Tanglewoods' Secret; Three Go Searching; Treasures of the Snow; Where the River Begins
Author: Patricia St. John
Designer: Tim Green, Faceout Studio
Art Director: Erik M. Peterson
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Roar Like a Lion: 90 Devotions to a Courageous Faith
Author: Levi Lusko with Tama Fortner
Designer: Tiffany Forrester
Illustrator: Catherine Pearson
Art Director: Sabryna Lugge
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
Fiction
The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip
Author: Sara Brunsvold
Designer: Laura Klynstra
Publisher: Revell/ Baker Publishing Group
The Lady’s Mine
Author: Francine Rivers
Designer/Art Director: Dean Renninger
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Shaped by the Waves
Author: Christina Suzann Nelson
Designer: Andrea Gjeldum
Publisher: Bethany House/ Baker Publishing Group
The Summer We Forgot
Author: Caroline George
Designer: Tim Green, Faceout Studio
Art Director: Halie Cotton
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
We Were Kings
Author: Court Stevens
Designer: Amanda Hudson, Faceout Studio
Art Directors: Kristen Ingebreston and Halie Cotton
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
Nonfiction
A Better Encouragement: Trading Self-Help for True Hope
Author: Lindsey Carlson
Designer: Crystal Courtney
Publisher: Crossway
A Dozen Things God Did with Your Sin (And Three Things He'll Never Do)
Author: Sam Storms
Designer: Spencer Fuller, Faceout Studio
Publisher: Crossway
A Rebel's Manifesto: Choosing Truth, Real Justice, and Love amid the Noise of Today’s World
Author: Sean McDowell
Designer: Eva M. Winters
Art Director: Dean Renninger
Publisher: Tyndale Momentum
(A)Typical Woman: Free, Whole, and Called in Christ
Author: Abigail Dodds
Designer: Lindy Martin, Faceout Studio
Publisher: Crossway
A Supreme Love: The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel
Author: William Edgar
Designer/Creative Director: David Fassett
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress and Equality
Author: Glen Scrivener
Designer: Molly con Borstel, Faceout Studio
Art direction and design: André Parker
Publisher: The Good Book Company USA
Blessed: Experiencing the Promise of the Book of Revelation
Author: Nancy Guthrie
Designer: Crystal Courtney
Publisher: Crossway
Cultural Counterfeits: Confronting 5 Empty Promises of Our Age and How We Were Made for So Much More
Author: Jen Oshman
Designer: Crystal Courtney
Publisher: Crossway
Do You Believe?: 12 Historic Doctrines to Change Your Everyday Life
Author: Paul David Tripp
Designer: Ordinary Folk
Publisher: Crossway
Enjoying the Old Testament: A Creative Guide to Encountering Scripture
Author: Eric A. Seibert
Designer/Creative Director: David Fassett
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
The Hiding Place: An Engaging Visual Journey
Author: Corrie Ten Boom with Elizabeth Sherrill and John Sherrill
Designer: Libby Dykstra
Illustrators: Jill De Haan, Daniel Strange, and Nicola Evans
Art Director: Jackie Nunez
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
How to Find Yourself: Why Looking Inward Is Not the Answer
Author: Brian Rosner
Designer: Spencer Fuller, Faceout Studio
Publisher: Crossway
Overcoming Apathy: Gospel Hope for Those Who Struggle to Care
Author: Uche Anizor
Designer: Jordan Singer
Publisher: Crossway
The Religion of American Greatness: What's Wrong with Christian Nationalism
Author: Paul D. Miller
Designer/Creative Director: David Fassett
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
The Risen One and The Expected One
Author: Scott James
Designer/Art Director: Jade Novak
Cover illustration & design: Stephen Crotts
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Say Yes: Discover the Surprising Life Beyond the Death of a Dream
Author: Scott Erickson
Designer: Scott Erickson
Senior Art Director: Curt Diepenhorst
Publisher: Zondervan
Stop Chasing Happy: And Start Pursuing Your Purpose
Author: Phil Waldrep
Designer: Amanda Hudson, Faceout Studio
Art Director: Kyler Dougherty
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
The Thing Beneath the Thing: What's Hidden Inside (and What God Helps Us Do About It)
Author: Steve Carter
Designer: Spencer Fuller, Faceout Studio
Art Director: Kristen Paige Andrews
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
WayMaker: Finding the Way to the Life You've Always Dreamed Of
Author: Ann Voskamp
Designer/Illustrator: Lindy Martin, Faceout Studio
Art Director: Kristen Paige Andrews
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough: A Shooting Survivor's Journey into the Realities of Gun Violence
Author: Taylor S. Schumann
Designer/Creative Director: David Fassett
Publisher: InterVarsity Press