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With 1 million copies in print and 17 weeks on the New York Times Paperback Nonfiction list, Heaven Is for Real topped the Times' March 27th list. From Thomas Nelson, the book by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent has also held its own on several other charts, including USA Today and CBA's Top 50.   

In Mr. Awana: Sixty-Plus Years of Changing the World for Christ, Art Rorheim, co-founder and president emeritus, tells how Awana Clubs International started in 1950. The account of Awana's growth and impact includes a foreword by John Ankerberg. From Grace Acres Press, it is available through Spring Arbor and retails for $19.95.   ?

DeVon Franklin, vice president of production for Columbia Pictures, shares how being bold about his faith has helped him to excel in the film industry, in Produced by Faith: Enjoy Real Success Without Losing Your True Self. Written with Tim Vandehey, the Howard Books title ships May 3 and retails for $23.   ?

Best-selling author R.T. Kendall looks at a hallmark of the Christian life in The Power of Humility: Living Like Jesus, to release May 3 from Charisma House. Using personal illustrations and biblical examples, Kendall examines various types of pride and shows it is impossible to be Spirit-filled and self-righteous at the same time. The book retails for $14.99.   ?

Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?, a Zondervan title from Karen Spears Zacharias, has been nominated in the Nonfiction category for The 2011 Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Book Award. Southern independent booksellers will vote on the finalists, and winners will be picked by a jury of SIBA booksellers and announced in July.   

?A former contestant on The Biggest Loser, Abby Rike tells the story of the tragic death of her husband and two young children in Working It Out: A Journey of Love, Loss and Hope (FaithWords, May 4). The hardcover book retails for $21.99.

The Complete Visual Bible from best-selling author Stephen M. Miller features highlights of all 66 biblical books in brief text and in paintings, photographs, maps and other graphic features. The 528-page softcover volume releases this month from Barbour Publishing at $19.99 retail.   ?

In Undefending Christianity, Dillon Burroughs leads readers through a reassessment of hot-button topics such as what it means to be a friend of sinners and how believers should relate to homosexuals. The Harvest House Publishers title releases this month and retails for $11.99.

Max Lucado answers questions on a broad range of topics—from personal morality to societal issues—in Max on Life, releasing this month from Thomas Nelson. The best-selling author offers short replies with his thoughts on relationships, the hereafter and more in the hardcover book retailing for $24.99.   

?In Half the Church, author and speaker Carolyn Custis James aims to help readers recapture God’s global vision for women. She calls on women to become a compassionate force for good. The Zondervan book releases this month and retails for $18.99.   ?

Andy Andrews brings back character David Ponder in The Final Summit: The Quest to Find the One Principle That Will Save Humanity. In the new book, releasing this month, mankind is on the brink of disaster, but Ponder and historical figures—travelers—convene in a final summit to discover the words that can save humanity. The Thomas Nelson title retails for $19.99.   ?

Veteran newspaper reporter Frank Stanfield tells the story of grace and forgiveness in the wake of a heinous crime in Unbroken: The Dorothy Lewis Story, releasing this month from Kingstone Publishing. Lewis—a widow who was raped and shot, and whose two young daughters were murdered—today exhibits the strength she found in Christ. The book retails for $14.99.

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Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent hit No. 1 on the New York Times Paperback Nonfiction list Jan. 23 and stayed there the following week. USA Today ranked the title on its Jan. 16 Top 150 at No. 19, and it also made a strong showing on the Jan. 24 Publishers Weekly Top Trade Paper list (No. 3) and on the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association January list (No. 5). The Thomas Nelson title is also approaching a half-million copies shipped since the book’s November launch. 

Radical by David Platt has 500,000 copies in print, after less than 10 months in print. The book was at the top of the December 2010 CBA Top 50 and has spent 31 weeks on The New York Times Paperback Advice list, where it was No. 6 on the Jan. 30 list. This spring Multnomah Books release Platt’s Radical Together.

New York Times best-selling novelist Cindy Woodsmall and Miriam Flaud, an Old Order Amish mother of nine, share the truths that bring them together in Plain Wisdom: An Invitation into an Amish Home and the Hearts of Two Women. Releasing March 15 and retailing for $14.99, the WaterBrook Press book also includes Amish family recipes.

Listen to the Children humanizes the hot topic of immigration and allows the reader to eavesdrop on fictionalized conversations between immigrant parents, their children and their caregivers. Releasing this month, the Judson Press title by Elizabeth Conde-Frazier retails for $13.99.

With humor and compassion, Erin McPherson offers advice to moms—and dads—in The Christian Mama’s Guide to Having a Baby: Everything You Need to Know to Survive (and Love) Your Pregnancy. The Guideposts title releases this month and retails for $14.99.

Correction: In February 2011 Book Reviews, Christian Retailing misspelled June Hunt’s name in the review. Hunt’s book, Hope for Your Heart, released last month and is published by Crossway.

Family Christian Stores has named 2008’s Crazy Love by Francis Chan (David C. Cook) its 2011 Book of the Year. The book has now sold more than 1 million copies. Beginning last month, the book was to be featured in all Family Christian Store catalogs throughout the year and was to receive front placement in stores all year long.   ?

Thomas Nelson’s Jesus Callingby missionary Sarah Young has achieved platinum status, selling 1 million copies. Written from Jesus’ point of view, the devotional aims to help readers commune with God in dialogue.   ?

In Oneness Embraced, pastor and best-selling author Tony Evans offers a legacy message that details why oneness between the races is lacking, what to do to get it and what it looks like in practice. Evans offers kingdom-minded approaches for biblical justice and social restoration, and includes a section on black church history. Releasing from Moody Publishers this month, the book retails for $22.99.   ?

Released May 4 last year, Radical by David Platt—at No. 2 on the CBA’s Top 50 for January and on the New York Times Paperback Advice list for the 28th week, at No. 4—has become a sleeper hit.  Multnomah Books plans a follow-up, Radical Together, to release one year after the Platt’s debut released.   ?

Harvest House Publishers releases Running With Joy by the American half-marathon record holder, Ryan Hall, this month. Hall journals his training for the 2010 Boston Marathon and offers a glimpse into his path to joy and fulfillment in Christ. The book retails for $13.99.   ?

Through practical insights and inspiring stories, author Ryan Rush aims to guide readers to break through the walls holding them back from experiencing a freedom-based faith. Releasing this month from Tyndale House Publishers, Walls: Why Everybody’s Stuck (and nobody has to be)retails for $14.99.