Selected Bestsellers

Byron has published several thousand fiction and non-fiction books, gift products, children’s books and multimedia products at Word, Thomas Nelson, Integrity and Worthy. Many became national bestsellers in mainstream retail at Target, Walmart, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and others.

He founded WordKids, which he transitioned to industry leading Tommy Nelson, and J Countryman gift books.

Of special note, the global bestseller, Jesus Calling, was imagined and first published by Williamson at Integrity Publishers in 2004. Sarah Young’s product line has sold 46 million copies, now with Harper-Collins Christian Publishers.

The books below represent only a few bestsellers that helped reinvent Christian books in global publishing.

Adult Trade Titles
This brief list of notable books represent only a few of the New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, as well as other million copy hits, Williamson has published over the years.

Hope for the Troubled Heart - Billy Graham

Love and Respect - Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

Children and Young Adult Books
These titles represent just a handful of the bestselling children’s books Williamson’s teams have conceived and published from the mid-1980s through 2019. At its peak, Tommy Nelson, which had spun-off WorthyKids/WordKids, achieved annual revenues of $25 million.

Bibles and New Translations
Williamson conceived and directed the development of two new translations—the multi-million copy selling International Children’s Bible (ICB) and the New Century Version (NCV), including The Everyday Bible edition. Over the years he also published major study Bibles with Max Lucado, John MacArthur, and David Jeremiah.

Selected Bestsellers

Adult Trade TitlesThis brief list of notable books represent only a few of the New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, as well as other million copy hits, Williamson has published over the years.

Children and Young Adult BooksThese titles represent just a handful of the bestselling children’s books Williamson’s teams have conceived and published from the mid-1980s through 2019. At its peak, Tommy Nelson, which had spun-off WorthyKids/WordKids, achieved annual revenues of $25 million.

Byron Williamson

Adult Trade Titles
This brief list of notable books represent only a few of the New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, as well as other million copy hits, Williamson has published over the years.

Children and Young Adult Books
These titles represent just a handful of the bestselling children’s books Williamson’s teams have conceived and published from the mid-1980s through 2019. At its peak, Tommy Nelson, which had spun-off WorthyKids/WordKids, achieved annual revenues of $25 million.