Best Selling Hardbacks of 2011

The 50 best selling hardbacks of 2011 on Amazon UK, taken from the year’s top 100 books.

The #1 best selling hardback of 2011 is “Jamie's 30-Minute Meals: A Revolutionary Approach to Cooking Good Food Fast”.

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These are the hardbacks that sold the most on Amazon UK in 2011. 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 50 Hardbacks of 2011

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#5 — Jamie's Great Britain

Jamie's Great Britain

#8 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#6 — Baking Made Easy

Baking Made Easy

#9 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#7 — Guinness World Records 2012

Guinness World Records 2012

#10 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#9 — Home Cooking Made Easy

Home Cooking Made Easy

#13 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#11 — Frozen Planet

Frozen Planet

#19 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#12 — The World of Downton Abbey

The World of Downton Abbey

#20 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#17 — Death Comes to Pemberley

Death Comes to Pemberley

#35 in all books

Rating: 3.2
#20 — The Life of Lee

The Life of Lee

#41 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#21 — The Hummingbird Bakery Cake Days

The Hummingbird Bakery Cake Days

#42 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#22 — May I Have Your Attention Please?

May I Have Your Attention Please?

#43 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#23 — Wonders of the Universe

Wonders of the Universe

#44 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#24 — Madeleine

Madeleine

#46 in all books

Rating: 3.9
#25 — Plenty

Plenty

#47 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#27 — The Good Cook

The Good Cook

#53 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#28 — Charles Dickens: A Life

Charles Dickens: A Life

#54 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#33 — The Affair: (Jack Reacher 16)

The Affair: (Jack Reacher 16)

#61 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#34 — Kirstie Allsopp Craft

Kirstie Allsopp Craft

#62 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#36 — The Flavour Thesaurus

The Flavour Thesaurus

#67 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#37 — The Litigators

The Litigators

#69 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#39 — Mud, Sweat and Tears

Mud, Sweat and Tears

#71 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#40 — 11.22.63

11.22.63

#75 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#42 — Jerusalem: The Biography

Jerusalem: The Biography

#79 in all books

Rating: 4.3
#43 — The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook

The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook

#82 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#45 — 1Q84: Books 1 and 2

1Q84: Books 1 and 2

#84 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#47 — Where's the Meerkat?

Where's the Meerkat?

#87 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#48 — Scorpia Rising (Alex Rider)

Scorpia Rising (Alex Rider)

#89 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#50 — Beano Annual 2012 (Annuals 2012)

Beano Annual 2012 (Annuals 2012)

#98 in all books

Rating: 4.7

Frequently asked questions

What is the best selling hardback of 2011 in the UK?

"Jamie's 30-Minute Meals: A Revolutionary Approach to Cooking Good Food Fast" is the best selling hardback of 2011 on Amazon UK. It is number 2 in the overall top 100 books of the year.

What are the top 10 hardbacks of 2011?

The top 10 hardbacks of 2011 on Amazon UK are: 1. Jamie's 30-Minute Meals: A Revolutionary Approach to Cooking Good Food Fast; 2. River Cottage Veg Every Day! (River Cottage Every Day); 3. Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography; 4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever (Book 6); 5. Jamie's Great Britain; 6. Baking Made Easy; 7. Guinness World Records 2012; 8. Snuff: (Discworld Novel 39) (Discworld Novels); 9. Home Cooking Made Easy; 10. Great British Bake Off: How to Bake: The Perfect Victoria Sponge and Other Baking Secrets.

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.