{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"0000018c-7cd5-d8b8-abdd-7ffdc8230001","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/books-and-authors/amazon-bestselling-books-2023","headline":"Prince Harry’s Spare becomes Amazon’s bestselling book of 2023 ","description":"Bestsellers include Prince Harry's 'Spare', ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ by Bonnie Garmus and the autobiographies of Matt Perry and Britney Spears.","datePublished":"2023-12-20T16:21:53.064Z","dateModified":"2023-12-20T16:21:53.064Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amazon staff"}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/f2657f2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fa9%2F1e%2F615f86b946398b1532d97549e27e%2Fuk-bestsellerbooks2023-hero.jpg","width":"300","height":"200"},"articleBody":"![An image of 5 of the top-selling books on Amazon mentioned in the blog](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/f2657f2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fa9%2F1e%2F615f86b946398b1532d97549e27e%2Fuk-bestsellerbooks2023-hero.jpg)\n\n# Prince Harry’s Spare becomes Amazon’s bestselling book of 2023 \n\n*Other bestsellers include ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ by Bonnie Garmus and the autobiographies of Matthew Perry and Britney Spears. *\n\nAmazon today reveals the bestselling and most read books of the year. Prince Harry’s autobiography, *Spare*, released to the world in January, has taken the top spot in Amazon’s ‘Most Sold’ list. Harry’s autobiography isn’t the only big name making the best-sellers list this year, with *The Woman in Me* by Britney Spears making the top ten, and *Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing* by Matthew Perry sitting just outside the top twenty.\n\n## Conscious Eating: air fryers and slow cookers for the win\n\n![Book cover for Bored of Lunch](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/fee50a4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/650x700+0+0/resize/767x826!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F05%2F40%2F248cc8cd4f29a76eacfa5162afe1%2Fuk-topssellingbooks2023-inline-boredoflunchairfryer.jpg)\n\nThe nation’s obsession with cooking and food trends continues apace with Nathan Anthony boasting two books in the top five with *Bored of Lunch: The Healthy Slow Cooker Book* and *Bored of Lunch: The Healthy Air Fryer Book*. The kitchen gadget of choice in 2023 has clearly influenced cook books this year, with a further four air fryer related titles amongst this year's best-selling. *Ultra-Processed People* by Chris van Tulleken, *The Glucose Goddess Method* by Jessie Inchauspé and the latest books in the *Pinch of Nom* series by Kate Allinson make the top twenty best-selling books of the year.\n\n![Sue Perkins and Floella Benjamin present the Kindle Storyteller Award ](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/2da90bc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6192x4128+0+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fc5%2F34%2F1a8011e6414cb182045eac3c7cc2%2Fkindle-storyteller-award-02.JPG)\n\n- [Forsaken Commander by G.J Ogden named as winner of Amazon’s 2023 Kindle Storyteller Award](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/books-and-authors/amazon-self-publishing-award-2023)\n\n## Lessons in Chemistry pips Cosy Crime\n\n![Lessons in Chemistry book cover](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/f7dcdaa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/650x701+0+0/resize/767x827!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F16%2F19%2Ffc74bbed40f29cba1138d3665374%2Fuk-topssellingbooks2023-inline-lessonsinchemistry.jpg)\n\nBonnie Garmus’s much-loved debut *Lessons in Chemistry* has taken the top spot for best-selling fiction just beating perennial best-sellers from Richard Osman and Colleen Hoover, who have two books apiece in the top twenty, with Osman’s *The Last Devil To Die* and *The Bullet That Missed* and Hoover’s *It Ends With Us* and *Verity*. Amazon’s [Best Book of the Year](https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8&node=92379728031), *Yellowface* by Rebecca F. Kuang also makes the top 50 best-sellers of 2023.\n\n## The Harrys have it\n\n![Spare by Prince Harry book cover](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/b3710c5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/650x700+0+0/resize/767x826!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F31%2F76%2Fdfbd497c439db5fd6ae61f9ff488%2Fuk-topssellingbooks2023-inline-spare.jpg)\n\nThe two most famous Harrys in the world dominate Amazon’s Most Read list, with Prince Harry’s *Spare* and the Harry Potter series claiming the top ten spots. J.K. Rowling also features with two novels from her Cormoran Strike crime fiction series making the top twenty, under her pseudonym, Robert Galbraith.\n\n![An illustrated image of a woman writing in a book with a quill pin while drinking an espresso from a small cup.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/a754815/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1434x956+133+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F38%2F35%2F413f81844400bb8b75b1760bba38%2Famazon-kindle-direct-publishing-self-publishing.jpg)\n\n- [Tips for publishing on KDP, from award-winning authors ](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/books-and-authors/tips-for-publishing-on-kdp-from-award-winning-authors)\n\n*Lessons in Chemistry* follows the perennially popular Harry Potter series, appearing at number nine on the Most Read list. With four books in our top twenty, Richard Osman also dominates the list, with the first book in his cosy crime series *The Thursday Murder Club* in tenth spot. Barbara Kingsolver’s modern reimagining of Dickens’ *David Copperfield,* *Demon Copperhead,* makes the top twenty for the second year in a row, along with a return from J R R Tolkien’s *The Fellowship of the Ring.*\n\n“The bestselling books are always an interesting reflection of the year, and 2023 has given us an extremely eclectic mix. Whether people are looking for escapism through cosy crime, or rejoicing in how a remarkable woman takes on the world of science, or continuing to engage in conscious eating trends, our bestseller charts this year have it all,” commented Lisa de Meyer, UK Books Country Manager at Amazon.co.uk. “And that range was also reflected in our ‘Best Books of the Year’ list where, for the first time, we chose an overall winner in the shape of the sublimely talented Rebecca F. Kuang for Yellowface.”\n\n![An image with the text \"Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year 2023\"](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/ba32467/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x800+169+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fe3%2F93%2F69ac28784f25a1b091324ebfc006%2Fyellowface-1500x8001.jpg)\n\n- [Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang has been awarded Book of the Year 2023 by Amazon Books](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/books-and-authors/discover-yellowface-amazon-uk-book-of-the-year-2023)\n\nAmazon has also revealed its own [‘Best Books of the Year’](https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8&node=92379728031) shortlist curated by its editorial team, headed by Rebecca F. Kuang’s *Yellowface* and also featuring *The List* by Yomi Adegoke, *Weyward* by Emilia Hart and *The Fraud* by Zadie Smith. \n\n**To find out more visit** [**www.amazon.co.uk/booksof202**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8&node=92379728031)[**3**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8&node=92379728031)**.**\n\nThe Amazon Books ‘Most Sold’ list ranks books according to the number of copies sold and pre-ordered (in print and ebook), while Amazon’s ‘Most Read’ list ranks titles by the average number of daily Kindle readers and Audible listeners.\n\n**This Year in Books byAmazon: Top Twenty Amazon Books Most Sold (print and ebook)**\n\n*1.      Spare* by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex\n\n*2.      Bored of Lunch: The Healthy Slow Cooker Book* by Nathan Anthony\n\n*3.      Bored of Lunch: The Healthy Air Fryer Book* by Nathan Anthony\n\n*4.      Lessons in Chemistry* by Bonnie Garmus\n\n*5.      The Last Devil To Die: The Thursday Murder Club 4* by Richard Osman\n\n*6.      Pinch of Nom Enjoy* by Kate Allinson\n\n*7.      Guinness World Records 2024* by Guinness World Records\n\n*8.      It Ends With Us* by Colleen Hoover\n\n*9.      The Woman in Me* by Britney Spears\n\n*10.   Atomic Habits* by James Clear\n\n*11.   Verity* by Colleen Hoover\n\n*12.   Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow* by Gabrielle Zevin\n\n*13.   The Bullet That Missed: The Thursday Murder Club 3* by Richard Osman\n\n*14.   The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse* by Charlie Mackesey\n\n*15.   Where's Spidey?; Marvel Entertainment International Ltd*\n\n*16.   Ultra-Processed People* by Chris van Tulleken\n\n*17.   Pinch of Nom Budget* by Kate Allinson\n\n*18.   The Glucose Goddess Method* by Jessie Inchauspé\n\n*19.   Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?* by Julie Smith\n\n*20.   Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing* by Matthew Perry\n\n**This Year in Books byAmazon: Top Twenty Amazon Most Read**\n\n*1.      Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* by J.K. Rowling\n\n*2.      Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* by J.K. Rowling\n\n*3.      Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* by J.K. Rowling\n\n*4.      Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows* by J.K. Rowling\n\n*5.      Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* by J.K. Rowling\n\n*6.      Spare* by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex\n\n*7.      Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* by J.K. Rowling\n\n*8.      Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* by J.K. Rowling\n\n*9.      Lessons in Chemistry: The multi-million-copy bestseller* by Bonnie Garmus\n\n*10.   The Thursday Murder Club: The Thursday Murder Club 1* by Richard Osman\n\n*11.   The Bullet That Missed: The Thursday Murder Club 3* by Richard Osman\n\n*12.   The Ink Black Heart* by Robert Galbraith\n\n*13.   The Fellowship of the Ring* by J. R. R. Tolkien\n\n*14.   The Running Grave* by Robert Galbraith\n\n*15.   The Keeper of Stories* by Sally Page\n\n*16.   Atomic Habits* by James Clear\n\n*17.   The Last Devil To Die: The Thursday Murder Club 4* by Richard Osman\n\n*18.   Demon Copperhead* by Barbara Kingsolver\n\n*19.   The Man Who Died Twice: The Thursday Murder Club 2* by Richard Osman\n\n*20.    Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt* by Lucinda Riley","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}