Christian Book Review Statistics

This table shows the various "star" rankings on Amazon.com of popular and/or historically significant Christian titles, as a percentage of all reviews of a given book, as of March 5, 2008. Actual review counts are in parentheses. A graphical summary follows.

BookAuthorAverage Rating5 stars4 stars3 stars2 stars1 starTotal
Knowing the Will of God Bruce Waltke 0 0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0
The Prayer of Jabez Bruce Wilkinson 3.4 44.5%
(244)
11.3%
(62)
10.8%
(59)
6.2%
(34)
27.2%
(149)
548
Revolution George Barna 3.8 47.5%
(38)
20%
(16)
8.8%
(7)
12.5%
(10)
11.3%
(9)
80
The Case for Christ Lee Strobel 3.74 47.7%
(270)
16.6%
(94)
11.3%
(64)
10.8%
(61)
13.6%
(77)
566
The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict Josh McDowell 3.69 50%
(45)
16.7%
(15)
6.7%
(6)
5.6%
(5)
21.1%
(19)
90
The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren 3.74 53.9%
(582)
12%
(130)
6.8%
(73)
8.2%
(88)
19.1%
(206)
1079
More Than a Carpenter Josh McDowell 3.97 58.6%
(95)
16%
(26)
4.3%
(7)
5.6%
(9)
15.4%
(25)
162
Left Behind Tim LaHaye 4.02 61.5%
(1335)
12.4%
(270)
7%
(152)
4.8%
(105)
14.2%
(307)
2169
The Problem of Pain C.S. Lewis 4.42 64.2%
(52)
23.5%
(19)
6.2%
(5)
2.5%
(2)
3.7%
(3)
81
Conversations With God Neale Walsch 3.9 64.4%
(722)
7.2%
(81)
3.7%
(42)
3.3%
(37)
21.3%
(239)
1121
Secrets of the Vine Bruce Wilkinson 4.45 71.3%
(62)
14.9%
(13)
6.9%
(6)
1.1%
(1)
5.7%
(5)
87
Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis 4.34 73.7%
(320)
9.2%
(40)
3.7%
(16)
4.4%
(19)
9%
(39)
434
Confessions Saint Augustine 4.39 75.6%
(31)
9.8%
(4)
0%
(0)
7.3%
(3)
7.3%
(3)
41
If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat John Ortberg 4.35 76.1%
(54)
7%
(5)
1.4%
(1)
7%
(5)
8.5%
(6)
71
The Great Divorce C.S. Lewis 4.66 77.7%
(153)
17.3%
(34)
1.5%
(3)
1%
(2)
2.5%
(5)
197
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis 4.67 77.7%
(442)
16%
(91)
3.3%
(19)
1.4%
(8)
1.6%
(9)
569
Paradise Lost John Milton 4.6 80%
(16)
10%
(2)
5%
(1)
0%
(0)
5%
(1)
20
The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso Dante Alighieri 4.63 80.8%
(42)
7.7%
(4)
7.7%
(4)
1.9%
(1)
1.9%
(1)
52
The Screwtape Letters C.S. Lewis 4.7 82.9%
(290)
10.9%
(38)
2.3%
(8)
1.4%
(5)
2.6%
(9)
350
A Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan 4.67 83.3%
(15)
11.1%
(2)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
5.6%
(1)
18
Paradise Regained John Milton 4.73 86.4%
(19)
9.1%
(2)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
4.5%
(1)
22
The Shack William P. Young 4.7 87.8%
(180)
3.9%
(8)
3.4%
(7)
0.5%
(1)
4.4%
(9)
205
The Pursuit of Holiness Jerry Bridges 4.76 88.2%
(30)
5.9%
(2)
2.9%
(1)
0%
(0)
2.9%
(1)
34
Knowing God J.I. Packer 4.74 89%
(65)
4.1%
(3)
1.4%
(1)
2.7%
(2)
2.7%
(2)
73

Graphical Version

This graph (click to enlarge it) is a summary of the various "star" rankings on Amazon.com of popular and/or historically significant Christian titles, as a percentage of all reviews of a given book, as of March 5, 2008. That is, every book gets a line; the colors indicate how many reviews gave a book a certain number of stars.