For Immediate Release — March 18, 2026

ECPA launches upgraded ReadGoodBooks.com with enhanced Bestseller lists and Awards search

New design expands bestseller lists, adds hardcover and paperback nonfiction categories, and introduces improved tools for discovering award-winning Christian books.

MARCH 18, 2026 – ECPA has launched a newly upgraded ReadGoodBooks.com, the home of ECPA’s award programs and the ECPA Christian Bestseller lists. The refreshed site offers a more intuitive design and enhanced tools to help readers, retailers, and media more easily discover bestselling and award-winning Christian books.

Among the improvements to ReadGoodBooks.com is a fully searchable awards database, allowing users to search for ECPA award recognitions held by a given title. The site also makes it easier to locate Milestone Sales Award–winning titles, now more clearly designated by award level.

Alongside the website upgrade, ECPA has released its March Christian Bestseller lists, based on Circana BookScan reporting, introducing several new features and an expanded layout.

For the first time, the ECPA lists now include separate Nonfiction Hardcover and Nonfiction Paperback categories. All lists also expand to Top 50 titles (instead of 25) where data allows, helping highlight both current bestsellers and notable backlist titles.

The redesigned lists present book covers for a more reader-friendly visual experience and include an at-a-glance view of all ECPA award recognitions held by each title. Users can also choose a condensed list view without covers and access easy-to-navigate archives of every list published since the inception of ECPA’s Circana-data-driven program.

Additional updates to the bestseller program include a new and improved monthly Bestsellers newsletter, as well as category refinements such as renaming Juvenile to Children’s and updating the Under $6 and Under $10 categories in Books, Bibles, and Spanish to Value-Priced.

“These upgrades strengthen the value of ECPA’s bestseller and awards programs for publishers, retailers, authors and readers,” said Cindy Carter, ECPA Awards & Recognition Manager.

“At the direction of the ECPA Bestsellers Committee, we focused on improving discoverability, expanding category depth, and providing clear and searchable features of the milestone sales and award achievements—tools that better support our industry. I’m thankful for the opportunity to elevate the ReadGoodBooks.com site and hope it is an even greater source of encouragement to all those involved in its content.”

Readers can explore the newly designed lists and discover award-winning titles at ReadGoodBooks.com.

To receive the ECPA Christian Bestseller lists in your inbox each month, sign up here. ECPA members subscribed to ECPA’s monthly newsletter E-Link, will automatically receive the lists with their subscription.

About ECPA Bestsellers
The ECPA Bestseller lists are based on monthly sales data from Circana BookScan, a division of Circana. These lists contain proprietary information of Circana. Titles appearing on the ECPA Bestseller lists represent content published by ECPA members in good standing. Placement on the list does not imply endorsement of content by ECPA or its member publishers, which represent diverse perspectives within the Christian tradition. For more information about Circana’s bestseller reporting, including qualifying event sales, visit ECPA.org/page/BestsellersReporting.

About ECPA
The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) is an international nonprofit trade organization comprised of member companies involved in the publishing and distribution of Christian content worldwide. ECPA programs include the Christian Book Award®, the ECPA Christian Bestseller lists, Milestone Sales Awards, and industry training and networking events.

Media Contacts:
Jeff Crosby, ECPA President, jcrosby@ecpa.org, 480-966-3998 ext. 802
Cindy Carter, ECPA Awards & Recognition Manager, ccarter@ecpa.org, 480-966-3998 ext. 806

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