Joel Osteen

== Books ==
Osteen's first book, ''[[Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential]]'', was released in October 2004, and reached the number 1 position on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hunter |first1=Bob |title=Your Best Life Now: Seven Steps to Living at Your Full Potential |url=https://www.equip.org/article/your-best-life-now-seven-steps-to-living-at-your-full-potential/ |website=equip.org |date=June 11, 2009 |publisher=Christian Research Institute |access-date=30 September 2020}}</ref>

He released his second book, titled ''Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day'', in October 2007. It also topped ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list<ref>{{cite book |title=Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qo3ulRddHiIC |isbn = 9780743296922|access-date=30 September 2020|last1 = Osteen|first1 = Joel|date = August 4, 2009| publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref> and had a first printing of three million copies.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6433682.html?nid=2286 |title = New Osteen Book at Three Million |last=Garrett |first=Lynn |work=Publishers Weekly |date=April 13, 2007 |access-date = September 20, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080118052203/https://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6433682.html?nid=2286 |archive-date=January 18, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Osteen has said that the book focuses more on relationships and not getting stuck where we are in life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/22/lkl.01.html |title=CNN Larry King Live: Interview With Joel and Victoria Osteen |website=CNN.com |date=December 22, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829164844/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/22/lkl.01.html |archive-date=August 29, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>