(Editor’s note: This list is compiled by Publishers Weekly magazine from data received from general independent bookstores, chain stores and wholesalers within the month of November. Copyright 2003 Publishers Weekly. Distributed by Religion News Service.)

HARDCOVER

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

2. Shepherds Abiding, by Jan Karon. (Viking, $24.95)

3. Babylon Rising, by Tim LaHaye and Greg Dinallo. (Bantam, $24.95)

4. Dream Giver: Follow Your God-Given Destiny, by Bruce Wilkinson with David Kopp. (Multnomah, $16.99)

5. Beyond Belief, by Elaine Pagels. (Random House, $24.95)

6. The Lord is My Shepherd, by Harold S. Kushner. (Knopf, $19.95)

7. The Faith of George W. Bush, by Stephen Mansfield. (Tarcher, $19.99)

8. Wild at Heart, by John Eldredge. (Thomas Nelson, $16.95)

9. Bringing Elizabeth Home, by Ed and Lois Smart with Laura Morton. (Doubleday, $22.95)

10. Waking the Dead, by John Eldredge. (Thomas Nelson, $21.99)

PAPERBACK

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

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

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

4. Holy Blood, Holy Grail, by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln. (Dell, $7.99)

5. Return, by Karen Kingsbury with Gary Smalley. (Tyndale, $12.99)

6. Matters of the Heart: Stop Trying to Fix the Old, Let God Give You Something New, by Juanita Bynum. (Charisma House, $13.99)

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

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

9. The Woman with the Alabaster Jar, by Margaret Starbird. (Bear & Co., $16.95)

10. Line of Duty, by Terri Blackstock. (Zondervan, $12.99)

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