(Editor’s note: This April list is compiled by Publishers Weekly magazine from data received from general independent bookstores, chain stores and wholesalers within the month of March. Copyright 2005 Publishers Weekly. Distributed by Religion News Service.)

HARDCOVER

1. The Purpose-Driven Life, by Rick Warren. (Zondervan, $19.99)

2. Your Best Life Now, by Joel Osteen. (Warner Faith, $19.95)

3. The Rising, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. (Tyndale House, $25.99)

4. Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith, by Anne Lamott. (Riverhead, $24.95)

5. God’s Politics, by Jim Wallis. (Harper San Francisco, $24.95)

6. Wild at Heart, by John Eldredge. (Nelson, $19.99)

7. He-Motions, by T.D. Jakes. (Putnam, $19.95)

8. Whose Bible Is It?, by Jaroslav Pelikan. (Viking, $24.95)

9. Come Thirsty, by Max Lucado. (W Publishing, $22.99)

10. It’s Not About Me, by Max Lucado. (Integrity, $18.99)

PAPERBACK

1. The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman. (Moody/Northfield, $12.99)

2. Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, by Joanna Weaver. (Waterbrook, $13.99)

3. Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis. (Harper San Francisco, $10)

4. The Power of a Praying Wife, by Stormie Omartian. (Harvest House, $9.99)

5. Battlefield of the Mind, by Joyce Meyer. (Warner Faith, $14.99)

6. Every Young Woman’s Battle, by Shannon Ethridge and Fred Stoeker. (Waterbrook, $13.99)

7. The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel. (Zondervan, $12.99)

8. The Spiral Staircase, by Karen Armstrong. (Anchor, $14)

9. Beyond Tuesday Morning, by Karen Kingsbury. (Zondervan, $13.99)

10. Every Young Man’s Battle, by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker. (Waterbrook, $13.99)

MO/PH END BESTSELLERS