For Christian booksellers, any good news about Bible sales has been few and far between. But recent retail figures have shown a revival.
Sales of the good book reached a record high in the UK in 2025, increasing by 134% since 2019 – the highest since records began – according to industry research. Last year, total sales of Bibles in the UK reached £6.3m, £3.61m up on 2019 sales.
The sudden uptick of interest has caused booksellers and scholars to ask some profound questions of their own, such as where these newly curious readers are coming from and whether faith, or another more modern phenomenon – namely social media influencers – have called them to the word of God.
View image in fullscreen Aude Pasquier, of Church House bookshop by Westminster Abbey, says she has seen a rise in people coming to the Bible for the first ti
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