Religion Bestsellers

These are the top-selling religion books:

HARDCOVER

1. Just as I Am, by Billy Graham. (HarperCollins/Zondervan, $28.50)

2. Conversations With God, Book 1, by Neale Donald Walsch. (Putnam, $19.95)

3. Conversations With God, Book 2, by Neale Donald Walsch. (Hampton Roads, $19.95)

4. Living Faith, by Jimmy Carter. (Times Books, $23)

5. The Gift of Peace, by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. (Loyola Press, $17.95)

6. The Good Book: Reading the Bible With Mind and Heart, by Peter J. Gomes. (Morrow, $25)

7. In the Grip of Grace, by Max Lucado. (Word, $19.99)

8. The Bible Code, by Michael Drosnin. (Simon & Schuster, $25)

9. Paul: The Mind of an Apostle, by A.N. Wilson. (Norton, $25)

10. If It’s Going to Be, It’s Up to Me, by Robert H. Schuller. (HarperSanFrancisco, $22)

PAPERBACK

1. A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul, edited by J. Canfield, M.V. Hansen, H. McCarty and M. McCarty. (Health Communications, $12.95)

2. The Cloister Walk, by Kathleen Norris. (Riverhead, $12.50)

3. Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul, edited by J. Canfield, M. Hansen, J. Hawthorne and M. Shirnoff. (Health Communications, $12.95)

4. Small Miracles: Extraordinary Coincidences From Everyday Life, by Yitta Halbertstam and Judith Leventhal. (Adams Media Corp., $7.95)

5. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, edited by J. Canfield, M.V. Hansen and K. Kirberger. (Health Communications, $12.95)

6. Tribulation Force, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. (Tyndale, $12.99)

7. Left Behind, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. (Tyndale, $12.99)

8. Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis. (Macmillan, $3.95)

9. Day of Deception, by John Hagee. (Thomas Nelson, $12.99)

10. Chocolate for the Woman’s Soul, by Kay Allenbaugh. (S&S;/Fireside, $11)

Source: Religion News Service, compiled by Publishers Weekly magazine from data received from general independent bookstores, chain stores and wholesalers in May.