Best Selling Paperbacks of 2025

The 55 best selling paperbacks of 2025 on Amazon UK, taken from the year’s top 100 books.

The #1 best selling paperback of 2025 is “The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist (The housemaid series, 1)”.

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These are the paperbacks that sold the most on Amazon UK in 2025. 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 55 Paperbacks of 2025

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#4 — The Housemaid's Secret

The Housemaid's Secret

by Freida McFadden

#11 in all books

Rating: 4.4
#12 — Where's Spidey?: A Marvel Spider-Man Search & Find Book

Where's Spidey?: A Marvel Spider-Man Search & Find Book

by Marvel Entertainment International Ltd

#24 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#14 — Where's Stitch?: A Disney search-and-find activity book

Where's Stitch?: A Disney search-and-find activity book

by Walt Disney

#26 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#24 — The Official Highway Code

The Official Highway Code

by Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Department for Transport

#42 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#26 — The Trading Game: The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller

The Trading Game: The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller

by Gary Stevenson

#47 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#29 — Stick Man

Stick Man

by Julia Donaldson

#54 in all books

#38 — The Tiger Who Came to Tea

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

by Judith Kerr

#66 in all books

#42 — Ultra-Processed People: The Definitive #1 Bestseller You Nee...

Ultra-Processed People: The Definitive #1 Bestseller You Nee...

by Chris van Tulleken

#77 in all books

Rating: 4.6
#47 — James: Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

James: Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

by Percival Everett

#85 in all books

Rating: 4.5
#48 — The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Heali...

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Heali...

by Bessel van der Kolk

#86 in all books

Rating: 4.7
#55 — Tiddler

Tiddler

by Julia Donaldson

#100 in all books

Frequently asked questions

What is the best selling paperback of 2025 in the UK?

"The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist (The housemaid series, 1)" is the best selling paperback of 2025 on Amazon UK. It is number 1 in the overall top 100 books of the year.

What are the top 10 paperbacks of 2025?

The top 10 paperbacks of 2025 on Amazon UK are: 1. The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist (The housemaid series, 1); 2. Cozy Corner: A Calm and Comforting Colouring Book (Coco Wyo); 3. The 1% Club Book 1: The bestselling quiz book for everyone, as seen on TV; 4. The Housemaid's Secret; 5. The Women: The Bestselling, Unforgettable Novel That Has Captured Millions of Hearts; 6. Cozy Cuties: A Cute and Comfy Colouring Book (Coco Wyo); 7. Fourth Wing: DISCOVER THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT!: Discover the instant Sunday Times and number one global bestselling phenomenon!* (The Empyrean); 8. Atomic Habits: The life-changing million-copy #1 bestseller; 9. The Housemaid Is Watching: An Instant Sunday Times Bestseller (The housemaid series, 3); 10. Iron Flame: DISCOVER THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT! (The Empyrean).

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.