Best Selling Paperbacks of 2012

The 50 best selling paperbacks of 2012 on Amazon UK, taken from the year’s top 100 books.

The #1 best selling paperback of 2012 is “Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey Series)”.

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These are the paperbacks that sold the most on Amazon UK in 2012. 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 50 Paperbacks of 2012

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#4 — Before I Go To Sleep

Before I Go To Sleep

#7 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#5 — Me Before You

Me Before You

#10 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#6 — The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

#11 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#7 — Bared to You (Crossfire, Book 1)

Bared to You (Crossfire, Book 1)

#14 in all books

Rating: 4.3
#12 — Reflected in You

Reflected in You

#23 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#15 — The Help

The Help

#31 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#16 — Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall

#34 in all books

Rating: 3.8
#18 — Fifty Shades Trilogy Boxed Set

Fifty Shades Trilogy Boxed Set

#40 in all books

Rating: 3.8
#20 — The Thread

The Thread

#44 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#22 — War Horse

War Horse

#46 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#23 — Steel and Snow

Steel and Snow

#47 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#24 — The Dukan Diet

The Dukan Diet

#48 in all books

Rating: 4.1
#30 — Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

#58 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#33 — Life Of Pi

Life Of Pi

#67 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#38 — The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

#76 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#39 — Mr Stink

Mr Stink

#78 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#40 — To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird

#79 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#41 — A Song of Ice and Fire, 7 Volumes

A Song of Ice and Fire, 7 Volumes

#80 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#43 — The Sense of an Ending

The Sense of an Ending

#84 in all books

Rating: 3.9
#45 — Billionaire Boy

Billionaire Boy

#88 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#47 — How To Be a Woman

How To Be a Woman

#93 in all books

Rating: 3.9
#48 — The Magic

The Magic

#95 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#49 — The Snail and the Whale

The Snail and the Whale

#98 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#50 — The Boy in the Dress

The Boy in the Dress

#99 in all books

Rating: 4.7

Frequently asked questions

What is the best selling paperback of 2012 in the UK?

"Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey Series)" is the best selling paperback of 2012 on Amazon UK. It is number 1 in the overall top 100 books of the year.

What are the top 10 paperbacks of 2012?

The top 10 paperbacks of 2012 on Amazon UK are: 1. Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey Series); 2. ifty Shades Darker: Book Two of the Fifty Shades Trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey Series): 2/3; 3. Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey Series): 3/3; 4. Before I Go To Sleep; 5. Me Before You; 6. The Hunger Games; 7. Bared to You (Crossfire, Book 1); 8. Catching Fire (Hunger Games, Book 2); 9. Mockingjay (part III of The Hunger Games Trilogy): 3/3; 10. A Street Cat Named Bob: How one man and his cat found hope on the streets.

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.