2009 Top 25 African American Christian Booklist

1. Reshonda Tate Billingsley, The Devil is a Lie (Pocket)
2. Kimberla Lawson Roby, A Deep Dark Secret
3. Victoria Christopher Murray, Lady Jasmine (Touchstone)
4. Tiffany L. Warren, The Bishop's Daughter (Grand Central)
5. Patricia Haley, Chosen (Simon & Schuster)
   
6. Stacy Hawkins Adams, The Someday List (Revell)
7. Marilynn Griffith, Mom's the Word (Steeple Hill)
   
8. Sherri Lewis, The List (Urban Christian)
9. Vanessa Davis Griggs, Practicing What you Preach (Dafina)
   
10. Angela Benson, Sins of the Father (Harper Collins)
    
11. Rhonda McKnight, Secrets & Lies (Urban Christian)
12. Claudia Mair Burney, Deadly Charm (Howard)
    
13. Pat G'Orge Walker, Someone's Sinning in My Bed (Dafina)
14. Jacquelin Thomas, The Ideal Wife (NAL)
15. Michelle Bowen, Up at the College (Grand Central)
16. Tia McCollors, The Last Woman Standing (Moody)
17. Angela Benson, Sins of the Father (Harper Collins)
18. Xavier Knight, God Only Knows (Grand Central)
19. Kendra Norman-Bellamy, the Lyons Den (Urban Christian)
    
20. Stacy Hawkins Adams, Worth a Thousand Words (Revell)
21. Vanessa Miller, Forsaken (Urban Christian)
22. Pat Simmons, Not Guilty of Love (Urban Christian)
23. Booker T. Mattison, Unsigned Hype (Revell)
    
24. Bonnie Hopkins, Now, Then & Again (Walk Worthy)
25. Zaria Garrison, Prodigal (Urban Christian)
    

honorable mentions

• Sherryle Kiser Jackson, The Manual (Urban Christian)
  
• Cecilia Dowdy, Milk Money (HeartSong)

Top Christian Suspense Novels 2009 Announced

 

1.  Claudia Mair Burney, Deadly Charm (Howard)
2. Brandilyn Collins, Exposure (Zondervan)
3. Terri Blackstock, Intervention (Zondervan)
4. Dekker and Healy Burn, (Thomas Nelson)
   
5. Amy Wallace, Enduring Justice (Multnomah)
   
6. James Scott Bell, Deceived (Zondervan)
   
7. Mindy Clark, Under the Cajun Moon (Harvest House)
   
8. Robin Parrish, Off World (Bethany House)
9. Tracey Bateman, Thirst (Random House)
10. Tom Davis, Scared (David C. Cook)
    

Christian Fiction Blog's 2009 Top Ten Reads Announced

1. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie That Thing Around Your Neck (Knopf)
   
2. Tosca Lee Havah (NavPress)
   
3. Athol Dickson Lost Mission (Bethany House)
   
4. Mary Demuth Slowburn (Zondervan)
   
5. Richard Dozier Crossing Lines (David C. Cook)
6. Bonnie Grove Talking to the Dead (David C. Cook)
   
7. Nicole Seitz, A Hundred Years of Happiness (Thomas Nelson)
8. Cindy Woodsmall The Hope of Refuge (Random House)
9. Deanne Gist, A Bride in the Bargain(Bethany House)
10. Rhonda McKnight Secrets & Lies (Urban Christian)
    

Top Ten Gospel Fiction Novels 2009 Announced

1. Pat Haley Chosen (Simon & Schuster)
   
2. Reshonda Tate Billingsley The Devil is a Lie Pocket)
   
3. Victoria Christopher Murray Lady Jasmine (Touchstone)
   
4. Tiffany L. Warren The Bishop's Daughter (Grand Central)
   
5. Stacy Hawkins Adams The Someday List (Revell)
   
6. Vanessa Davis Griggs Practice What You Preach (Dafina)
7. Sherri Lewis The List (Urban Christian)
8. Marilynn Griffith Songs of Deliverance (Revell)
9. Angela Benson Sins of the Father (Harper Collins)
10. Rhonda McKnight Secrets & Lies (Urban Christian)