Best-Selling Books of 2008
The top 100 on Amazon UK that year.
A definitive look back at the 2008 Amazon UK chart. Click any cover to find it on Amazon.
With the main series done, The Tales of Beedle the Bard kept Rowling at number one on a spin-off fairy-tale. The defining pattern, though, is the arrival of Twilight: all four Stephenie Meyer books charted, signalling the young-adult vampire boom about to dominate. Barack Obama placed two titles, Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope, as election fever crossed the Atlantic. The surprises are quieter, Markus Zusak's The Book Thief and Aliens Love Underpants, the picture book that became a phenomenon. A transitional year where Hogwarts faded and Forks, Washington took over.
Born in 2008? See everything that topped the UK charts in 2008 — books, film, games and music.
![#50 — The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Board Book]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91mEWuez3IL._SL500_.jpg)
