Best-Selling Books of 2020

The top 100 on Amazon UK that year.

A definitive look back at the 2020 Amazon UK chart. Click any cover to find it on Amazon.

In a year indoors, comfort won: Charlie Mackesy's gentle The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse topped the chart, with Richard Osman's debut The Thursday Murder Club and Where the Crawdads Sing close behind. Pinch of Nom and Mrs Hinch placed multiple lockdown-kitchen titles. The defining pattern is the post-George Floyd reckoning, Reni Eddo-Lodge's Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Bernardine Evaristo's Booker-winning Girl, Woman, Other and Florence Given's Women Don't Owe You Pretty all surging. Barack Obama's A Promised Land arrived for the memoir crowd. A year reaching for both reassurance and reckoning.

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The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

by Charlie Mackesy

4.9 · 32579

The Thursday Murder Club: The Record-Breaking…

by Richard Osman

4.4 · 17079

Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens

4.7 · 118196

Pinch of Nom Everyday Light: 100 Tasty,…

by Kay Featherstone

4.8 · 18783

Pinch of Nom: 100 Slimming, Home-style Recipes

by Kay Featherstone

4.8 · 33512

Mrs Hinch: The Little Book of Lists

by Mrs Hinch

4.8 · 11054

Code Name Bananas: The hilarious and epic new…

by David Walliams

4.9 · 2479

Slime: The new children’s book from No. 1…

by David Walliams

4.8 · 7200

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama

4.8 · 14356

Girl, Woman, Other: WINNER OF THE BOOKER…

by Bernardine Evaristo

4.5 · 7074

Guinness World Records 2021

by Guinness World Records

4.8 · 2277

This Is Me: The Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller 2020

by Mrs Hinch

4.8 · 7502

The Mirror and the Light: Longlisted for the…

by Hilary Mantel

4.6 · 6408

7 Ways: Easy Ideas for Every Day of the Week

by Jamie Oliver

4.7 · 6247

Normal People

by Sally Rooney

4.4 · 14553

The World’s Worst Parents

by David Walliams

4.8 · 6167

Good Vibes, Good Life: How Self-Love Is the Key…

by Vex King

4.7 · 8810

Pinch of Nom Quick & Easy: 100 Delicious,…

by Kay Featherstone

4.9 · 927

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People…

by Reni Eddo-Lodge

4.7 · 7700

The Silent Patient: The Richard and Judy…

by Alex Michaelides

4.4 · 43637

Midnight Sun (Twilight series)

by Stephenie Meyer

4.6 · 76167

Skincare: The ultimate no-nonsense guide and…

by Caroline Hirons

4.8 · 5929

The Beekeeper of Aleppo: The Sunday Times…

by Christy Lefteri

4.5 · 7368

Wean in 15: Up-to-date Advice and 100 Quick…

by Joe Wicks

4.6 · 5039

The Family Upstairs: The #1 bestseller and…

by Lisa Jewell

4.5 · 11691

The Fast 800 Recipe Book: Low-carb,…

by Dr Clare Bailey

4.7 · 6077

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End (Book 15)

by Jeff Kinney

4.8 · 8932

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior…

by Adam Kay

4.7 · 23768

The Official DVSA Highway Code

by Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

4.7 · 9073

Mary Berry's Simple Comforts

by Mary Berry

4.8 · 2950

Giraffes Can't Dance

by Giles Andreae

4.8 · 26112

Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes and Stories

by Nigella Lawson

4.5 · 876

Women Don't Owe You Pretty: The debut book…

by Florence Given

4.8 · 3715

Nadiya Bakes: Includes all the delicious recipes…

by Nadiya Hussain

4.8 · 3026

Writing Workbook Ages 3-5: Prepare for…

by Collins Easy Learning

4.7 · 5762

Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living: THE NO.1…

by Glennon Doyle

4.5 · 28332

The Ickabog: A warm and witty fairy-tale…

by J.K. Rowling

4.8 · 858

Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike 5)

by Robert Galbraith

4.7 · 24242

Blood Orange: The gripping, bestselling Richard…

by Harriet Tyce

4.3 · 11246

The Boy At the Back of the Class

by Onjali Rauf

4.8 · 3552

What Mummy Makes: Cook just once for you and…

by Rebecca Wilson

4.8 · 4738

Happy: Finding joy in every day and letting go of…

by Fearne Cotton

4.6 · 5276

A Swear Word Coloring Book for Adults: Sweary…

by Honey Badger Coloring

4.8 · 9753

Hinch Yourself Happy: All The Best Cleaning Tips…

by Mrs Hinch

4.7 · 13653

BOSH!: Simple recipes. Unbelievable results. All…

by Henry Firth

4.6 · 7147

Telling the Time Ages 5-7: Ideal for home…

by Collins Easy Learning

4.7 · 3660

The Green Roasting Tin: Vegan and Vegetarian…

by Rukmini Iyer

4.7 · 3142

The Fast 800: How to combine rapid weight loss…

by Michael Mosley

4.6 · 6662

Mrs Hinch: The Activity Journal

by Mrs Hinch

4.8 · 11518

Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day: My…

by Captain Tom Moore

4.9 · 2664

Ottolenghi FLAVOUR

by Yotam Ottolenghi

4.7 · 1501

The Sentinel: (Jack Reacher 25)

by Lee Child

4.3 · 17846

A Del of a Life: The hilarious #1 bestseller from…

by David Jason

4.8 · 894

Shuggie Bain: Winner of the Booker Prize 2020

by Douglas Stuart

4.6 · 3569

The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Board Book]

by Eric Carle

4.8 · 34421

The Salt Path: The Sunday Times bestseller,…

by Raynor Winn

4.5 · 6116

My Life in Red and White: The Sunday Times…

by Arsene Wenger

4.5 · 1755

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

4.7 · 30301

Kay’s Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely…

by Adam Kay

4.8 · 1381

Where's Spot? (Spot - Original Lift The Flap)

by Eric Hill

4.8 · 12884

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire…

by Akala

4.8 · 4559

wagamama Feed Your Soul: Fresh + simple…

by Wagamama Limited

4.8 · 2435

First Words (Brighter Child Flash Cards)

4.7 · 24126

Dear Zoo: Lift the Flaps

by Rod Campbell

4.8 · 14654

The Midnight Library

by Matt Haig

4.6 · 11111

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger…

by Suzanne Collins

4.7 · 29502

The Giver of Stars: Fall in love with the…

by Jojo Moyes

4.5 · 19671

The Flatshare

by Beth O'Leary

4.5 · 10988

Unnatural Causes: 'An absolutely brilliant book. I…

4.7 · 5772

The Beast of Buckingham Palace: The epic new…

by David Walliams

4.8 · 8357

The official DVSA theory test for car drivers…

4.7 · 2862

Numbers Ages 3-5: Prepare for Preschool with…

by Collins Easy Learning

4.7 · 3527

Addition and Subtraction Ages 5-7: Prepare for…

by Collins Easy Learning

4.7 · 2834

Dishoom: The first ever cookbook from the much…

by Shamil Thakrar

4.8 · 3199

The Smeds and the Smoos

by Julia Donaldson

4.8 · 4645

Becoming: Now a Major Netflix Documentary

by Michelle Obama

4.7 · 71738

Spelling Ages 5-6: Ideal for home learning…

by Collins Easy Learning

4.7 · 3009

Five Minute Mum: Give Me Five: Five minute,…

by Daisy Upton

4.7 · 2234

1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Modern…

by George Orwell

4.7 · 32759

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their…

by Robert T. Kiyosaki

4.6 · 33308

Once Upon A Tyne: Our story celebrating 30…

4.7 · 3432

Easy Peasy Puppy Squeezy: Your simple step-by…

by Steve Mann

4.6 · 3457

Think Like a Monk: The secret of how to harness…

by Jay Shetty

4.8 · 4974

My Garden World: The Sunday Times bestseller…

by Monty Don

4.8 · 1456

Where's the Unicorn?: A Magical Search and Find…

by Sophie Schrey

4.7 · 5464

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and…

by David Attenborough

4.8 · 1344

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

by J.K. Rowling

4.8 · 22794

Harry Potter Children's Collection

by J.K. Rowling

4.9 · 28083

Veg: Easy & Delicious Meals for Everyone as seen…

by Jamie Oliver

4.6 · 6928

30 Day Kick Start Plan: 100 Delicious Recipes…

by Joe Wicks

4.8 · 571

Atomic Habits: The life-changing million copy…

by James Clear

4.7 · 18427

Ottolenghi SIMPLE

by Yotam Ottolenghi

4.7 · 3793

Wake Up: Why the world has gone nuts

by Piers Morgan

4.6 · 1665

Adult Coloring Book : Stress Relieving Designs…

by Cindy Elsharouni

4.6 · 12348

Conversations with Friends

by Sally Rooney

4.2 · 5328

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual…

by Eckhart Tolle

4.5 · 19295

The Secret

by Rhonda Byrne

4.6 · 18590

The Girl of Ink & Stars: Winner of the…

by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.6 · 2105

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

by Judith Kerr

4.8 · 6459

The Tattooist of Auschwitz: the heart-breaking…

by Heather Morris

4.7 · 29407

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