Best Selling Hardbacks of 2012

The 42 best selling hardbacks of 2012 on Amazon UK, taken from the year’s top 100 books.

The #1 best selling hardback of 2012 is “Jamie's 15-Minute Meals”.

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These are the hardbacks that sold the most on Amazon UK in 2012. 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 2012

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#1 — Jamie's 15-Minute Meals

Jamie's 15-Minute Meals

#4 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#3 — Is It Just Me?

Is It Just Me?

#9 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#4 — The Casual Vacancy

The Casual Vacancy

#12 in all books

Rating: 3.5
#5 — Guinness World Records 2013

Guinness World Records 2013

#13 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#6 — The Kitchen Diaries II

The Kitchen Diaries II

#17 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#8 — How to Bake

How to Bake

#21 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#12 — Ratburger

Ratburger

#29 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#13 — Rod: The Autobiography

Rod: The Autobiography

#30 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#14 — Gok Cooks Chinese

Gok Cooks Chinese

#32 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#15 — My Animals and Other Family

My Animals and Other Family

#33 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#16 — Cheryl: My Story

Cheryl: My Story

#35 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#18 — Jerusalem

Jerusalem

#38 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#24 — Bradshaw's Handbook

Bradshaw's Handbook

#55 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#25 — Dodger

Dodger

#60 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#27 — Mary Berry's Baking Bible

Mary Berry's Baking Bible

#64 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#28 — Baking Made Easy

Baking Made Easy

#66 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#32 — Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook

Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook

#74 in all books

Rating: 4.0
#36 — The Second World War

The Second World War

#87 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#37 — Heston Blumenthal at Home

Heston Blumenthal at Home

#89 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#40 — A Week in Winter

A Week in Winter

#96 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#42 — 1356

1356

#100 in all books

Rating: 4.5

Frequently asked questions

What is the best selling hardback of 2012 in the UK?

"Jamie's 15-Minute Meals" is the best selling hardback of 2012 on Amazon UK. It is number 4 in the overall top 100 books of the year.

What are the top 10 hardbacks of 2012?

The top 10 hardbacks of 2012 on Amazon UK are: 1. Jamie's 15-Minute Meals; 2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel (Book 7) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7); 3. Is It Just Me?; 4. The Casual Vacancy; 5. Guinness World Records 2013; 6. The Kitchen Diaries II; 7. Bradley Wiggins: My Time - An Autobiography; 8. How to Bake; 9. Lorraine Pascale’s Fast, Fresh and Easy Food; 10. Nigellissima: Instant Italian Inspiration.

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.