Best Selling Paperbacks of 2018

The 46 best selling paperbacks of 2018 on Amazon UK, taken from the year’s top 100 books.

The #1 best selling paperback of 2018 is “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: Debut Sunday Times Bestseller and Costa First Novel Book Award winner”.

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These are the paperbacks that sold the most on Amazon UK in 2018. 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 2018

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#3 — Becoming

Becoming

#3 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#6 — The Wonky Donkey

The Wonky Donkey

#12 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#18 — The Official DVSA Highway Code

The Official DVSA Highway Code

#33 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#29 — Wonder

Wonder

#56 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#33 — The Midnight Gang

The Midnight Gang

#69 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#36 — Giraffes Can't Dance

Giraffes Can't Dance

#76 in all books

Rating: 4.8
#37 — Ready Player One

Ready Player One

#78 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#39 — Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

#81 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#40 — Norse Mythology

Norse Mythology

#88 in all books

Rating: 4.5

Frequently asked questions

What is the best selling paperback of 2018 in the UK?

"Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: Debut Sunday Times Bestseller and Costa First Novel Book Award winner" is the best selling paperback of 2018 on Amazon UK. It is number 1 in the overall top 100 books of the year.

What are the top 10 paperbacks of 2018?

The top 10 paperbacks of 2018 on Amazon UK are: 1. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: Debut Sunday Times Bestseller and Costa First Novel Book Award winner; 2. This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor; 3. Becoming ; 4. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind; 5. Where's the Unicorn? (Search and Find Activity); 6. The Wonky Donkey; 7. You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything; 8. The Keeper of Lost Things: winner of the Richard & Judy Readers' Award and Sunday Times bestseller; 9. The Chimp Paradox: The Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness; 10. The Tattooist of Auschwitz: the heart-breaking and unforgettable international bestseller.

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.