Best Selling Non-Fiction Books of 2004

The 56 best selling non-fiction books of 2004 on Amazon UK, taken from the year’s top 100 books.

The #1 best selling non-fiction book of 2004 is “You Are What You Eat : The Plan that Will Change Your Life”.

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These are the non-fiction books that sold the most on Amazon UK in 2004. We take the year’s top 100 best selling books, keep the non-fiction: cookbooks, memoirs, self-help, reference and the rest, and rank them in sales order. Each book also shows where it finished in the overall chart. Children’s books are not included here — see the best children’s books by age.

Top 56 Non-Fiction Books of 2004

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#3 — Himalaya

Himalaya

#4 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#4 — Jamie's Dinners

Jamie's Dinners

#6 in all books

Rating: 4.3
#5 — Feast: Food that Celebrates Life

Feast: Food that Celebrates Life

#9 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#6 — What You Wear Can Change Your Life

What You Wear Can Change Your Life

#10 in all books

Rating: 3.8
#8 — Long Way Round

Long Way Round

#16 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#9 — Feel: Robbie Williams

Feel: Robbie Williams

#18 in all books

Rating: 4.3
#12 — The Bookseller Of Kabul

The Bookseller Of Kabul

#27 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#13 — The Timewaster Letters

The Timewaster Letters

#29 in all books

Rating: 3.6
#17 — Chronicles: Volume One

Chronicles: Volume One

#35 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#19 — My Life

My Life

#38 in all books

Rating: 3.8
#20 — British Isles: A Natural History

British Isles: A Natural History

#39 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#22 — Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are?

#42 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#26 — Being Jordan

Being Jordan

#48 in all books

Rating: 4.0
#27 — The River Cottage Meat Book

The River Cottage Meat Book

#51 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#32 — Paula: My Story So Far

Paula: My Story So Far

#62 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#33 — Good To Great

Good To Great

#63 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#36 — Schott's Original Miscellany

Schott's Original Miscellany

#67 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#42 — Dude, Where's My Country?

Dude, Where's My Country?

#78 in all books

Rating: 3.6
#44 — Scar Tissue

Scar Tissue

#81 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#46 — Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down

Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down

#85 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#49 — A Year at Kew

A Year at Kew

#90 in all books

Rating: 4.0
#51 — My World

My World

#93 in all books

Rating: 4.3
#54 — 31 Songs

31 Songs

#97 in all books

Rating: 3.8
#55 — Postcards from the Boys

Postcards from the Boys

#99 in all books

Rating: 4.7

Frequently asked questions

What is the best selling non-fiction book of 2004 in the UK?

"You Are What You Eat : The Plan that Will Change Your Life" is the best selling non-fiction book of 2004 on Amazon UK. It is number 1 in the overall top 100 books of the year.

What are the top 10 non-fiction books of 2004?

The top 10 non-fiction books of 2004 on Amazon UK are: 1. You Are What You Eat : The Plan that Will Change Your Life; 2. Eats shoots and leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation; 3. Himalaya; 4. Jamie's Dinners; 5. Feast: Food that Celebrates Life; 6. What You Wear Can Change Your Life; 7. The Two of Us My Life with John Thaw; 8. Long Way Round; 9. Feel: Robbie Williams; 10. Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade: How to Survive Life's Smaller Challenges.

How is this chart worked out?

It is Amazon UK's top 100 best selling books of the year, filtered to non-fiction books using the subjects Amazon files each book under, and re-ranked. Children's books are left out and have their own charts.