Best Selling Non-Fiction Books of 2009

The 50 best selling non-fiction books of 2009 on Amazon UK, taken from the year’s top 100 books.

The #1 best selling non-fiction book of 2009 is “Good Food: One-pot Dishes: Triple-tested Recipes: Tried-and-tested Recipes (Good Food 101)”.

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These are the non-fiction books that sold the most on Amazon UK in 2009. 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 50 Non-Fiction Books of 2009

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#2 — Guinness World Records 2010

Guinness World Records 2010

#13 in all books

Rating: 4.3
#3 — Bad Science

Bad Science

#14 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#6 — My Shit Life So Far

My Shit Life So Far

#18 in all books

Rating: 3.8
#8 — Where's Stig? (Top Gear)

Where's Stig? (Top Gear)

#20 in all books

Rating: 4.3
#9 — D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

#21 in all books

Rating: 4.3
#10 — Delia's Happy Christmas

Delia's Happy Christmas

#22 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#12 — Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey

Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey

#29 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#15 — The Official Highway Code

The Official Highway Code

#33 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#16 — The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook

The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook

#34 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#17 — Jamie's America

Jamie's America

#37 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#20 — Three Cups Of Tea

Three Cups Of Tea

#43 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#22 — River Cottage Every Day

River Cottage Every Day

#48 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#23 — Bake

Bake

#49 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#24 — Open: An Autobiography

Open: An Autobiography

#50 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#25 — It’s Not What You Think

It’s Not What You Think

#51 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#30 — Saturday Night Peter

Saturday Night Peter

#59 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#32 — The Time of My Life

The Time of My Life

#62 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#33 — Ottolenghi: The Cookbook

Ottolenghi: The Cookbook

#65 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#36 — The Big Book of Top Gear 2010

The Big Book of Top Gear 2010

#71 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#39 — Food For Free (Collins Gem)

Food For Free (Collins Gem)

#76 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#42 — I Can Make You Thin

I Can Make You Thin

#80 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#44 — Driven to Distraction

Driven to Distraction

#84 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#45 — Look Back in Hunger

Look Back in Hunger

#87 in all books

Rating: 3.9

Frequently asked questions

What is the best selling non-fiction book of 2009 in the UK?

"Good Food: One-pot Dishes: Triple-tested Recipes: Tried-and-tested Recipes (Good Food 101)" is the best selling non-fiction book of 2009 on Amazon UK. It is number 10 in the overall top 100 books of the year.

What are the top 10 non-fiction books of 2009?

The top 10 non-fiction books of 2009 on Amazon UK are: 1. Good Food: One-pot Dishes: Triple-tested Recipes: Tried-and-tested Recipes (Good Food 101); 2. Guinness World Records 2010; 3. Bad Science; 4. Jamie's Ministry of Food: Anyone Can Learn to Cook in 24 Hours; 5. Barack Obama: Dreams from My Father (A Story of Race and Inheritance); 6. My Shit Life So Far; 7. Grow Your Own Drugs: Fantastically Easy Recipes for Natural Remedies and Beauty Treats; 8. Where's Stig? (Top Gear); 9. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy; 10. Delia's Happy Christmas.

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.