Source: Crosswalk, March 13, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The recent surge in Bible sales isn\u2019t just an American trend, as new data from the United Kingdom shows a similar rise across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NielsenIQ BookData found that Bible sales increased 19% in the UK and Ireland in 2025, reaching their highest level since 1998, when records began, according to reports in The Independent and GB News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the strong performance of certain titles, overall nonfiction book sales moved in the opposite direction. Spending in the non-fiction category fell to its lowest level since 2014 and was roughly 5% lower than the previous year. Unit sales also declined, dropping 6% to approximately 59 million copies. Meanwhile, adult fiction moved the other way, with spending climbing 5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bible sales in the United States have surged in recent years, reaching a 21-year high in 2025 with about 19 million copies sold, according to data from Circana BookScan released in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The full story<\/a> includes links and some commentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n March is Bible month in France<\/a>, where more than 200 bookstores are participating in a national initiative to place Scripture at the heart of public life again.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, consider the Ponyo Naga tribe in Myanmar. A powerful revival that began to transform their area in the 1970s. Though most Ponya Nagas are Christian, they have no Scripture in their language<\/a> (Asia Harvest). Keep praying for Bible translation and engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Crosswalk, March 13, 2026 The recent surge in Bible sales isn\u2019t just an American trend, as new data from the United Kingdom shows a similar rise across the Atlantic. NielsenIQ BookData found that Bible sales increased 19% in the UK and Ireland in 2025, reaching their highest level since 1998, when records began, according … Continue reading UK: Bible Sales Rise to Highest Levels in Decades<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14537,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14534\/revisions\/14537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}