Best Selling Hardbacks of 2016

The 48 best selling hardbacks of 2016 on Amazon UK, taken from the year’s top 100 books.

The #1 best selling hardback of 2016 is “Harry Potter and The Cursed Child - Parts One and Two: The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production (Special Rehearsal Edition)”.

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These are the hardbacks that sold the most on Amazon UK in 2016. 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 48 Hardbacks of 2016

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#4 — Guinness World Records 2017

Guinness World Records 2017

#11 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#5 — The World’s Worst Children

The World’s Worst Children

#12 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#6 — Mary Berry: Foolproof Cooking

Mary Berry: Foolproof Cooking

#13 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#9 — Born to Run

Born to Run

#19 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#10 — Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook

#20 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#12 — Super Food Family Classics

Super Food Family Classics

#25 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#13 — Girl Online: Going Solo

Girl Online: Going Solo

#27 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#16 — The Christmasaurus

The Christmasaurus

#31 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#19 — The Unmumsy Mum

The Unmumsy Mum

#35 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#21 — Sidemen: The Book

Sidemen: The Book

#37 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#24 — Everyday Super Food

Everyday Super Food

#41 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#25 — Nigel: my family and other dogs

Nigel: my family and other dogs

#45 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#26 — Night School: (Jack Reacher 21)

Night School: (Jack Reacher 21)

#46 in all books

Rating: 3.8
#28 — Cook Happy, Cook Healthy

Cook Happy, Cook Healthy

#50 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#45 — Good + Simple

Good + Simple

#92 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#46 — Dear Zoo

Dear Zoo

#95 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#48 — Keeping On Keeping On

Keeping On Keeping On

#99 in all books

Rating: 4.6

Frequently asked questions

What is the best selling hardback of 2016 in the UK?

"Harry Potter and The Cursed Child - Parts One and Two: The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production (Special Rehearsal Edition)" is the best selling hardback of 2016 on Amazon UK. It is number 2 in the overall top 100 books of the year.

What are the top 10 hardbacks of 2016?

The top 10 hardbacks of 2016 on Amazon UK are: 1. Harry Potter and The Cursed Child - Parts One and Two: The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production (Special Rehearsal Edition); 2. Five on Brexit Island (Enid Blyton for Grown Ups); 3. Hello, is this planet Earth?: My View from the International Space Station (Official Tim Peake Book); 4. Guinness World Records 2017; 5. The World’s Worst Children; 6. Mary Berry: Foolproof Cooking; 7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 11); 8. Deliciously Ella Every Day: Simple recipes and fantastic food for a healthy way of life; 9. Born to Run; 10. Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook.

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.