Americans are quietly starting the year the way our founders would have wanted — by opening the Good Book. Early reporting shows a notable surge in people resolving to read the entire Bible in 2026, a grassroots move away from the hollow self-improvement fads peddled by the cultural elites and back toward something deeper and steadier. This is real renewal, not a trend, and hardworking families are the ones leading it.
The rise is showing up where it counts: in purchases and engagement. Industry trackers report Bible sales climbed about 11 percent in 2025, with more than 18 million copies sold so far — numbers on pace to eclipse a 20-year high and expose the lie that America is wholly abandoning faith. That uptick proves people are trading woke distractions for the timeless truths that built this nation.
This isn’t just paper and pixels; millions are signing up for yearlong reading plans because they want steady discipline, not instant gratification. App data and reporting show millions subscribing to Bible-in-a-year plans, with sites estimating millions started plans this season — although completion takes work and only a fraction truly finish. The point isn’t perfection; it is the return to reading, wrestling with Scripture, and leaning on God instead of the state or trendy influencers.
Scholars and pastors sensing the change put it plainly: Americans are hungry for truth because our public life has been stripped of it. Leaders like Regent University’s Dean of Divinity say cultural chaos is driving people back to what is eternal, and conservatives should celebrate that people are rejecting the moral void peddled by elites. This spiritual reawakening bolsters families, strengthens communities, and restores the moral fiber our country desperately needs.
Local churches are answering the call, organizing reading campaigns and creating communities of accountability so people won’t fall away after January. Stories abound of congregations where thousands completed a yearlong plan together and elders in their nineties keep reading the Bible dozens of times because God keeps revealing new truth. That communal discipline is how a free people holds fast to liberty — by anchoring hearts to a transcendent standard.
If you love America, you should welcome this. Polling and research continue to show that only a modest share of Americans have read the whole Bible, which means there is huge room for revival and for conservative leaders to promote habits that build character, reason, and courage. Encourage your family, your church, and your neighbors to pick up a Bible and read it through this year — do the hard work of forming a nation of readers and believers again, because liberty without virtue quickly becomes license.
