2020 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 2019 based on UK sales figures in the 21st Century.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

By Yuval Noah Harari

Double Platinum Bestseller

Published: 2011

UK publisher: Vintage

A Squash and a Squeeze

By Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Platinum Bestseller

Published: 1993

UK publisher: Macmillan Children's Books

After You

By Jojo Moyes

Platinum Bestseller

Published: 2015

UK publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Bad Dad

By David Walliams

Platinum Bestseller

Published: 2017

UK publisher: Harper Collins Children's

Pinch of Nom

By Kate Allinson & Kay Featherstone

Platinum Bestseller

Published: 2019

UK publisher: Bluebird

Tattooist of Auschwitz

By Heather Morris

Platinum Bestseller

Published: 2018

UK publisher: Bonnier Zaffre

The Handmaid’s Tale

By Margaret Atwood

Platinum Bestseller

Published: 1985

UK publisher: Vintage

This is Going to Hurt

By Adam Kay

Platinum Bestseller

Published: 2017

UK publisher: Picador

First Man In: Leading From the Front

By Ant Middleton

Gold Bestseller

Published: 2018

UK publisher: HarperCollins

Guy Martin: My Autobiography

By Guy Martin

Gold Bestseller

Published: 2014

UK publisher: Virgin Books

Still Me

By Jojo Moyes

Gold Bestseller

Published: 2018

UK publisher: Penguin Books

The Beast of Buckingham Palace

By David Walliams

Gold Bestseller

Published: 2019

UK publisher: Harper Collins Children's

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

By Charlie Mackesy

Gold Bestseller

Published: 2019

UK publisher: Ebury Press

The Scarecrow’s Wedding

By Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Gold Bestseller

Published: 2014

UK publisher: Scholastic

The World’s Worst Teachers

By David Walliams

Gold Bestseller

Published: 2019

UK publisher: Harper Collins Children's

Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

By Adam Kay

Gold Bestseller

Published: 2019

UK publisher: Picador

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