Best Selling Paperbacks of 2016

The 45 best selling paperbacks of 2016 on Amazon UK, taken from the year’s top 100 books.

The #1 best selling paperback of 2016 is “Lean in 15 - The Shift Plan: 15 Minute Meals and Workouts to Keep You Lean and Healthy”.

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These are the paperbacks that sold the most on Amazon UK in 2016. 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 45 Paperbacks of 2016

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#3 — The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

#5 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#5 — Me Before You

Me Before You

#7 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#7 — After You

After You

#15 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#8 — The GCHQ Puzzle Book

The GCHQ Puzzle Book

#16 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#10 — DVSA Official 2015 Highway Code

DVSA Official 2015 Highway Code

#22 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#11 — Behind Closed Doors

Behind Closed Doors

#23 in all books

Rating: 4.2
#13 — Harry Potter Colouring Book 1

Harry Potter Colouring Book 1

#26 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#22 — I Let You Go

I Let You Go

#54 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#26 — My Brilliant Friend: 1

My Brilliant Friend: 1

#66 in all books

Rating: 3.8
#28 — Gangsta Granny

Gangsta Granny

#70 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#29 — To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird

#73 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#32 — Reasons to Stay Alive

Reasons to Stay Alive

#78 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#33 — Awful Auntie

Awful Auntie

#81 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#39 — The Day The Crayons Quit

The Day The Crayons Quit

#88 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#44 — The Tiger Who Came to Tea

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

#98 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#45 — Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

#100 in all books

Rating: 4.4

Frequently asked questions

What is the best selling paperback of 2016 in the UK?

"Lean in 15 - The Shift Plan: 15 Minute Meals and Workouts to Keep You Lean and Healthy" is the best selling paperback of 2016 on Amazon UK. It is number 1 in the overall top 100 books of the year.

What are the top 10 paperbacks of 2016?

The top 10 paperbacks of 2016 on Amazon UK are: 1. Lean in 15 - The Shift Plan: 15 Minute Meals and Workouts to Keep You Lean and Healthy; 2. Lean in 15 - The Shape Plan: 15 Minute Meals With Workouts to Build a Strong, Lean Body; 3. The Girl on the Train; 4. The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet: Lose weight fast and reprogramme your body; 5. Me Before You; 6. Lean in 15 - The Sustain Plan: 15 Minute Meals and Workouts to Get You Lean for Life; 7. After You; 8. The GCHQ Puzzle Book; 9. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay; 10. DVSA Official 2015 Highway Code.

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.