Best Selling Hardbacks of 2008

The 42 best selling hardbacks of 2008 on Amazon UK, taken from the year’s top 100 books.

The #1 best selling hardback of 2008 is “Dear Fatty”.

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These are the hardbacks that sold the most on Amazon UK in 2008. We take the year’s top 100 best selling books, keep the ones whose charting edition is a hardback, and rank them in sales order. Each book also shows where it finished in the overall chart.

Top 42 Hardbacks of 2008

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#1 — Dear Fatty

Dear Fatty

#2 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#3 — Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking

Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking

#4 in all books

Rating: 3.6
#5 — The Big Book of Top Gear 2009

The Big Book of Top Gear 2009

#12 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#6 — Guinness World Records 2009

Guinness World Records 2009

#15 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#7 — Chinese Food Made Easy

Chinese Food Made Easy

#16 in all books

Rating: 4.3
#9 — Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle)

Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle)

#18 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#12 — At My Mother's Knee ...

At My Mother's Knee ...

#21 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#13 — The Mighty Book of Boosh

The Mighty Book of Boosh

#24 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#15 — Nigella Express

Nigella Express

#29 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#16 — Parky - My Autobiography

Parky - My Autobiography

#30 in all books

Rating: 3.7
#18 — Top Gear The Official Annual 2009

Top Gear The Official Annual 2009

#36 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#20 — QI: Advanced Banter

QI: Advanced Banter

#38 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#21 — Devil May Care (James Bond)

Devil May Care (James Bond)

#39 in all books

Rating: 3.2
#22 — Nation

Nation

#40 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#23 — Azincourt

Azincourt

#43 in all books

Rating: 4.3
#25 — The Gift

The Gift

#48 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#29 — Ottolenghi: The Cookbook

Ottolenghi: The Cookbook

#65 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#30 — Fern: My Story

Fern: My Story

#68 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#31 — Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite

Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite

#69 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#32 — Stephen Fry in America

Stephen Fry in America

#72 in all books

Rating: 4.0
#33 — This Charming Man

This Charming Man

#73 in all books

Rating: 3.8
#34 — Bake

Bake

#74 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#36 — Revelation (The Shardlake Series)

Revelation (The Shardlake Series)

#77 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#38 — Carra: My Autobiography

Carra: My Autobiography

#86 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#40 — High School Musical Annual 2009

High School Musical Annual 2009

#91 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#42 — The Beano Annual 2009

The Beano Annual 2009

#99 in all books

Rating: 4.8

Frequently asked questions

What is the best selling hardback of 2008 in the UK?

"Dear Fatty" is the best selling hardback of 2008 on Amazon UK. It is number 2 in the overall top 100 books of the year.

What are the top 10 hardbacks of 2008?

The top 10 hardbacks of 2008 on Amazon UK are: 1. Dear Fatty; 2. Jamie's Ministry of Food: Anyone Can Learn to Cook in 24 Hours; 3. Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking; 4. Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life; 5. The Big Book of Top Gear 2009; 6. Guinness World Records 2009; 7. Chinese Food Made Easy; 8. Nigella Christmas: Food, Family, Friends, Festivities; 9. Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle); 10. The Secret 10th Anniversary Edition.

How is this chart worked out?

It is Amazon UK's top 100 best selling books of the year, filtered to the hardback editions and re-ranked. A book counts only when the edition in the chart is the hardback.