Best Selling Paperbacks of 2008

The 46 best selling paperbacks of 2008 on Amazon UK, taken from the year’s top 100 books.

The #1 best selling paperback of 2008 is “Barack Obama: Dreams from My Father (A Story of Race and Inheritance)”.

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These are the paperbacks that sold the most on Amazon UK in 2008. We take the year’s top 100 best selling books, keep the ones whose charting edition is a paperback, and rank them in sales order. Each book also shows where it finished in the overall chart.

Top 46 Paperbacks of 2008

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#2 — The Book Thief

The Book Thief

#8 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#3 — Aliens Love Underpants!

Aliens Love Underpants!

#9 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#5 — A Quiet Belief In Angels

A Quiet Belief In Angels

#11 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#6 — New Moon: 2 (Twilight Saga)

New Moon: 2 (Twilight Saga)

#13 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#7 — The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

#14 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#8 — The Forgotten Garden

The Forgotten Garden

#23 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#9 — Eclipse: 3 (Twilight Saga)

Eclipse: 3 (Twilight Saga)

#25 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#10 — The Shack

The Shack

#27 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#12 — The Road Home

The Road Home

#32 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#13 — The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

#33 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#14 — Random Acts Of Heroic Love

Random Acts Of Heroic Love

#35 in all books

Rating: 3.9
#16 — Notes From An Exhibition

Notes From An Exhibition

#44 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#17 — I Can Make You Thin

I Can Make You Thin

#45 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#18 — The Outcast

The Outcast

#47 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#19 — On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach

#49 in all books

Rating: 3.7
#21 — Indian Food Made Easy

Indian Food Made Easy

#54 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#23 — The God Delusion

The God Delusion

#57 in all books

Rating: 4.0
#25 — No Time For Goodbye

No Time For Goodbye

#59 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#26 — A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns

#60 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#31 — Room on the Broom

Room on the Broom

#70 in all books

Rating: 4.9
#32 — Watchmen

Watchmen

#75 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#33 — The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

#79 in all books

Rating: 3.4
#34 — The Road

The Road

#80 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#36 — The House at Riverton

The House at Riverton

#83 in all books

Rating: 4.0
#40 — The Snail and the Whale

The Snail and the Whale

#88 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#41 — The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife

#90 in all books

Rating: 4.3
#42 — His Dark Materials Slipcase

His Dark Materials Slipcase

#94 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#43 — Tricks Of The Mind

Tricks Of The Mind

#95 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#44 — The Uncommon Reader

The Uncommon Reader

#96 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#46 — Mister Pip

Mister Pip

#98 in all books

Rating: 4.0

Frequently asked questions

What is the best selling paperback of 2008 in the UK?

"Barack Obama: Dreams from My Father (A Story of Race and Inheritance)" is the best selling paperback of 2008 on Amazon UK. It is number 6 in the overall top 100 books of the year.

What are the top 10 paperbacks of 2008?

The top 10 paperbacks of 2008 on Amazon UK are: 1. Barack Obama: Dreams from My Father (A Story of Race and Inheritance); 2. The Book Thief; 3. Aliens Love Underpants!; 4. Twilight: Twilight, Book 1: 1/4 (Twilight Saga); 5. A Quiet Belief In Angels; 6. New Moon: 2 (Twilight Saga); 7. The Kite Runner; 8. The Forgotten Garden; 9. Eclipse: 3 (Twilight Saga); 10. The Shack.

How is this chart worked out?

It is Amazon UK's top 100 best selling books of the year, filtered to the paperback editions and re-ranked. A book counts only when the edition in the chart is the paperback.