Best-Selling Books of 2016

The top 100 on Amazon UK that year.

A definitive look back at the 2016 Amazon UK chart. Click any cover to find it on Amazon.

Joe Wicks's Lean in 15 led, with three more of his Shift, Shape and Sustain plans in the top ten, one fitness brand dominating an entire chart. The Harry Potter and the Cursed Child script came second, reviving the franchise as a play. The defining pattern is comedy parody, the Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups (the Husband, the Wife, the Dad, the Hangover) and Five on Brexit Island repurposing nostalgia for laughs in a politically charged year. The Little Book of Hygge sold Danish cosiness to a jittery public. The surprise is Tim Peake's Hello, is this planet Earth?, photographs from the space station. A year of bodyweight workouts and ironic Ladybirds.

Born in 2016? See everything that topped the UK charts in 2016 — books, film, games and music.

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Lean in 15 - The Shift Plan: 15 Minute Meals and Workouts to...

4.6 · 4

Harry Potter and The Cursed Child - Parts One and Two: The O...

4.1 · 4

Lean in 15 - The Shape Plan: 15 Minute Meals With Workouts t...

4.7 · 925

The Midnight Gang

4.8 · 680

The Girl on the Train

4.2 · 43

The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet: Lose weight fast and reprogramm...

4.5 · 4

Me Before You

4.8 · 9

Five on Brexit Island (Enid Blyton for Grown Ups)

4.1 · 417

Hello, is this planet Earth?: My View from the International...

4.8 · 699

Lean in 15 - The Sustain Plan: 15 Minute Meals and Workouts ...

4.7 · 456

Guinness World Records 2017

4.8 · 379

The World’s Worst Children

4.7 · 702

Mary Berry: Foolproof Cooking

4.8 · 9

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book...

4.7 · 467

After You

4.4 · 2

The GCHQ Puzzle Book

4.7 · 428

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screen...

4.6 · 428

Deliciously Ella Every Day: Simple recipes and fantastic foo...

4.4 · 682

Born to Run

4.8 · 426

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook

4.6 · 464

The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well (Pengu...

4.5 · 505

DVSA Official 2015 Highway Code

4.7 · 7

Behind Closed Doors

4.2 · 5

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A simple, effective way ...

4.5 · 5

Super Food Family Classics

4.6 · 368

Harry Potter Colouring Book 1

4.7 · 2

Girl Online: Going Solo

4.8 · 249

The Chimp Paradox: The Mind Management Programme to Help You...

4.5

How It Works: The Mum (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups)

4.6 · 324

Hurrah for Gin: A book for perfectly imperfect parents

4.9 · 503

The Christmasaurus

4.7 · 330

Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom - A Colouring Book Adventure

4.8 · 1

The Ladybird Book of the Hangover (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups)

4.6 · 435

The Official Minecraft Annual 2017 (Annuals 2017)

4.7 · 196

The Unmumsy Mum

4.8 · 739

How it Works: The Husband (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups)

4.6 · 468

Sidemen: The Book

4.8 · 343

How it Works: The Wife (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups)

4.5 · 400

Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic...

4.6

How it Works: The Dad (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups)

4.3 · 219

Everyday Super Food

4.5 · 5

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: 1/7 (Harry Potter ...

4.8 · 36

Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (Children’s Pa...

4.8 · 36

All the Light We Cannot See

4.6 · 8

Nigel: my family and other dogs

4.8 · 551

Night School: (Jack Reacher 21)

3.8 · 6

DanTDM: Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal

4.8 · 424

The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Board Book]

4.7 · 1

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

4.6 · 9

Cook Happy, Cook Healthy

4.5 · 284

A God in Ruins: Costa Novel Award Winner 2015

4.3 · 815

Five Give Up the Booze (Enid Blyton for Grown Ups)

4.2 · 170

Pokemon: Deluxe Essential Handbook

4.9 · 402

I Let You Go

4.6 · 8

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Illustrated Edition...

4.8 · 36

How to Win Friends and Influence People

4.6 · 8

The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island...

4.3 · 3

The Ladybird Book of the Meeting (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups)

4.5 · 172

An Inspector Calls (Heinemann Plays For 14-16+)

4.5 · 531

Five Go On A Strategy Away Day (Enid Blyton for Grown Ups)

4.3 · 148

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Illustrated Editio...

4.8 · 36

The Ladybird Book of the Zombie Apocalypse (Ladybirds for Gr...

4.4 · 177

Guess How Much I Love You

4.7 · 8

The Hairy Dieters: Fast Food (Hairy Bikers)

4.6 · 406

The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups)

4.4 · 395

My Brilliant Friend: 1

3.8 · 699

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Wordsworth Classics)

4.4 · 198

How it Works: The Grandparent (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups)

4.4 · 160

The Girl on the Train

4.2 · 43

Gangsta Granny

4.7 · 2

Grandpa’s Great Escape

4.8 · 6

Tom Gates: DogZombies Rule (For now)

4.7 · 171

To Kill A Mockingbird

4.7 · 5

How it Works: The Cat (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups)

4.4 · 200

The Sirtfood Diet: The revolutionary plan for health and wei...

4.1 · 351

Spiralize Now: 80 Delicious, Healthy Recipes for your Spiral...

4.4 · 431

The Secret 10th Anniversary Edition

4.2 · 9

Reasons to Stay Alive

4.5 · 7

The Ladybird Book of the Mid-Life Crisis (Ladybirds for Grow...

4.5 · 328

Deliciously Ella: Awesome ingredients, incredible food that ...

4.3 · 8

Awful Auntie

4.8

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine'...

4.3

Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest and Colouring Book

4.8 · 3

1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Modern Classics)

4.6 · 4

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: 2/7 (Harry Potter 2...

4.8 · 36

Black Box Thinking: Marginal Gains and the Secrets of High P...

4.6 · 416

Five Go Gluten Free (Enid Blyton for Grown Ups)

4.1 · 137

The Day The Crayons Quit

4.7 · 613

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book ...

4.8 · 913

The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet Recipe Book

4.6 · 741

Sirocco: Fabulous Flavours from the East

4.6 · 214

Good + Simple

4.6 · 227

Giraffes Can't Dance: International No.1 Bestseller

4.7 · 735

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: 3/7 (Harry Potter ...

4.8 · 36

Dear Zoo

4.8 · 5

GCSE English Text Guide - An Inspector Calls

4.7 · 236

Ripley's Believe It or Not! 2017 (Annuals 2017)

4.7 · 126

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

4.7

Keeping On Keeping On

4.6 · 226

Thinking, Fast and Slow

4.4 · 811

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