2018 Awards
The following books have been awarded Platinum (1,000,000), Gold (500,000) and Silver (250,000) status at the Nielsen Bestseller Awards in 2018 based on UK sales figures in the 21st Century.
Awful Auntie
By David Walliams
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 2014
UK publisher: HarperCollins
Billionaire Boy
By David Walliams
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 2010
UK publisher: HarperCollins
Demon Dentist
By David Walliams
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 2013
UK publisher: HaperCollins
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
By Jeff Kinney
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 2008
UK publisher: Puffin/ PRH
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules
By Jeff Kinney
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 2008
UK publisher: Puffin/ PRH
Grandpa’s Great Escape
By David Walliams
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: HarperCollins
Killing Floor: Jack Reacher
By Lee Child
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 1997
UK publisher: Transworld Group
Matilda
By Roald Dahl
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 1998
UK publisher: Penguin Books
Monkey Puzzle
By Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 2000
UK publisher: Scholastic
Mr Stink
By David Walliams
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 2009
UK publisher: HaperCollins
My Autobiography
By Sir Alex Ferguson
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 2013
UK publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
PS I Love You
By Cecelia Ahern
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 2004
UK publisher: HarperCollins
Stick Man
By Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 2008
UK publisher: Scholastic
The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 1925
UK publisher: Penguin
The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight
By Dave Myers & Si King
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 2012
UK publisher: Orion
The Twits
By Roald Dahl
Platinum Bestseller
Published: 1980
UK publisher: Penguin Books
5 Ingredients
By Jamie Oliver
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Michael Joseph
Bad Dad
By David Walliams
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: HarperCollins
Dead Famous
By Ben Elton
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2002
UK publisher: Simon & Schuster
Origin
By Dan Brown
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Transworld
Sapiens
By Yuval Noah Harari
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2011
UK publisher: Harper & Brothers
Tales from Acorn Wood: Fox’s Socks
By Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2001
UK publisher: MacMillan Children's Books
The Couple Next Door
By Shari Lapena
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Penguin Books
The Handmaid’s Tale
By Margaret Atwood
Gold Bestseller
Published: 1985
UK publisher: Penguin Random House
The Martian
By Andy Weir
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2012
UK publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
The Miniaturist
By Jessie Burton
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2014
UK publisher: HarperCollins
The Muse
By Jessie Burton
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: HarperCollins
What the Ladybird Heard
By Jula Donaldson & Lydia Monks
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2009
UK publisher: MacMillan Children's Books
A Tiny Bit Lucky: Tom Gates
By Liz Pichon
Silver Bestseller
Published:
UK publisher: Scholastic
After You’d Gone
By Maggie O'Farrell
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2001
UK publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Apple Tree Yard
By Louise Doughty
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2013
UK publisher: Faber & Faber
Cartes Postales from Greece
By Victoria Hislop
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Headline Publishing
Christmasaurus
By Tom Fletcher
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Red Fox Picture Books
Conclave
By Robert Harris
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Hutchinson
Darker
By E L James
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Penguin Random House
Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
By Jill Mansell
Silver Bestseller
Published:
UK publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Homo Deus
By Yuval Noah Harari
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2015
UK publisher: Harper & Brothers
I See You
By Clare MacIntosh
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Penguin Random House
Instructions for a Heatwave
By Maggie O'Farrell
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2013
UK publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Into the Water
By Paula Hawkins
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Transworld
La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One
By Phillip Pullman
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Penguin Random House
My Not so Perfect Life
By Sophie Kinsella
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Bantam Press
Night School
By Lee Child
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Bantam Press
Payback
By Kimberley Chambers
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2014
UK publisher: HarperCollins
Prisoners of Geography
By Tim Marshall
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2015
UK publisher: Simon & Schuster
Rumour Has It
By Jill Mansell
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2009
UK publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Small Great Things
By Jodi Picoult
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
The Accident
By C. L. Taylor
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2014
UK publisher: Avon UK
The Churchill Factor
By Johnson
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2014
UK publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Author image credit: Boris Johnso
The Dinosaur that Pooped a Plane
By Tom Fletcher & Dougie Poynter
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2013
UK publisher: Red Fox Picture Books
The Essex Serpent
By Sarah Perry
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Serpent's Tail
The Hand that First Held Mine
By Maggie O'Farrell
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2010
UK publisher: Headline Publishing Group
The Keeper of Lost Things
By Ruth Hogan
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: HarperCollins
The Lie
By C.L. Taylor
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2015
UK publisher: Avon UK
The One You Really Want
By Jill Mansell
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Headline Publishing Group
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
By Joanna Cannon
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2015
UK publisher: HarperCollins
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
By Maggien O'Farrell
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2006
UK publisher: Headline Publishing Group
The Whistler
By John Grisham
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Doubleday
The World’s Worst Children 2
By David Walliams
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Harper Collins Children's
Three Sisters, Three Queens
By Phillipa Gregory
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Simon & Schuster
Top of the Class (Nearly): Tom Gates
By Liz Pichon
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Scholastic
Yes! No (Maybe…): Tom Gates
By Liz Pichon
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2015
UK publisher: Silver
You and Me Always
By Jill Mansell
Silver Bestseller
Published: 2015
UK publisher: Headline Publishing Group