Thomas Nelson and Baker Publishing Group lead the field in this year’s Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Christian Book Awards, with five titles in the list of finalists in six categories.

Two hundred eighteen titles published in 2008 were reviewed by 72 judges, with the winners to be announced the first night of ECPA’s new, consumer-focused Christian Book Expo, March 19, in Dallas.

“For the first time, the award winners will be announced in the presence of the reading public,” said ECPA President Mark Kuyper. “This reader-to-author connection brings a new level of excitement and anticipation to the awards program.”

Bibles: ESV (English Standard Version) Study Bible (Crossway Books & Bibles); NKJV Study Bible: Second Edition (Thomas Nelson); NLT Study Bible (Tyndale House Publishers); The Grandmother’s Bible (Zondervan); and NIV Study Bible (Zondervan). Bible Reference & Study: A Visual History of the English Bible by Donald L. Brake (Baker Books/Baker Publishing Group); Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings by Tremper Longman and Peter Enns (InterVarsity Press); New International Biblical Commentary: Jeremiah, Lamentations by Tremper Longman (Hendrickson Publishers); New Testament Theology by Thomas Schreiner (Baker Academic/Baker Publishing Group); and Rose Guide to the Tabernacle (Rose Publishing).

Children & Youth: For Young Men Only by Jeff Feldhahn and Eric Rice with Shaunti Feldhahn (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group); Guys Like Girls Who… by Chad Eastham (Thomas Nelson); Lies Young Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss and Dannah Gresh (Moody Publishers); Mean by Hayley DiMarco (Revell/Baker Publishing Group); Secrets Young Women Keep by Jill Hubbard (Thomas Nelson); and Starlight Animal Rescue #1: Runaway by Dandi Daley Mackall (Tyndale House).

Christian Life: Following God With All Your Heart by Elizabeth George (Harvest House Publishers); Just Courage by Gary Haugen (InterVarsity Press); Living Water by Brother Yun (Zondervan); Love as a Way of Life by Gary Chapman (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group); Multiple Blessings by Jon & Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson (Zondervan); and Spectacular Sins by John Piper (Crossway Books & Bibles).

Fiction: Home Another Way by Christa Parrish (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); Less Than Dead by Tim Downs (Thomas Nelson); Riven by Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale House); The Outsider by Ann H. Gabhart (Revell/Baker Publishing Group); and The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group).

Inspiration & Gift: Holiness Day by Day by Jerry Bridges (NavPress); Hope … the Best of Things by Joni Eareckson Tada (Crossway Books & Bibles); My All in All by Robert J. Morgan (B&H Publishing Group); Reflections of God's Holy Land: A Personal Journey Through Israel by Eva Marie Everson and Miriam Feinberg Vamosh (Thomas Nelson); The Daily Bible Devotional by F. LaGard Smith (Harvest House); The Quotable Oswald Chambers by David McCasland (Discovery House Publishers).

For more information on the Christian Book Awards, visit www.christianbookexpo.com/christianbookawards.

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