Best Selling Non-Fiction Books of 2012

The 41 best selling non-fiction books of 2012 on Amazon UK, taken from the year’s top 100 books.

The #1 best selling non-fiction book of 2012 is “The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight”.

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These are the non-fiction books that sold the most on Amazon UK in 2012. 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 41 Non-Fiction Books of 2012

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#2 — Is It Just Me?

Is It Just Me?

#9 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#3 — The Kitchen Diaries II

The Kitchen Diaries II

#17 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#6 — How to Bake

How to Bake

#21 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#10 — The Official Highway Code

The Official Highway Code

#27 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#11 — Rod: The Autobiography

Rod: The Autobiography

#30 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#12 — Gok Cooks Chinese

Gok Cooks Chinese

#32 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#13 — Cheryl: My Story

Cheryl: My Story

#35 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#16 — Jerusalem

Jerusalem

#38 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#23 — Bradshaw's Handbook

Bradshaw's Handbook

#55 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#24 — Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

#58 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#26 — Cath Kidston Small Diary 2013

Cath Kidston Small Diary 2013

#62 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#28 — Mary Berry's Baking Bible

Mary Berry's Baking Bible

#64 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#29 — 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
#37 — The Second World War

The Second World War

#87 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#38 — Heston Blumenthal at Home

Heston Blumenthal at Home

#89 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#40 — How To Be a Woman

How To Be a Woman

#93 in all books

Rating: 3.9
#41 — The Magic

The Magic

#95 in all books

Rating: 4.7

Frequently asked questions

What is the best selling non-fiction book of 2012 in the UK?

"The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight" is the best selling non-fiction book of 2012 on Amazon UK. It is number 5 in the overall top 100 books of the year.

What are the top 10 non-fiction books of 2012?

The top 10 non-fiction books of 2012 on Amazon UK are: 1. The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight; 2. Is It Just Me?; 3. The Kitchen Diaries II; 4. Bradley Wiggins: My Time - An Autobiography; 5. A Street Cat Named Bob: How one man and his cat found hope on the streets; 6. How to Bake; 7. Lorraine Pascale’s Fast, Fresh and Easy Food; 8. Nigellissima: Instant Italian Inspiration; 9. River Cottage Veg Every Day! (River Cottage Every Day); 10. The Official Highway Code.

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.