Bestseller Awards – Gold
The following titles were awarded Gold (500,000) status for UK book sales in the 21st century.
5 Ingredients
By Jamie Oliver
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Michael Joseph
A Feast for Crows
By George R.R. Martin
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2014
UK publisher: HarperCollins Group - HARPER VOYAGER
A Walk In The Woods
By Bill Bryson
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2015
UK publisher: Transworld Group - BLACK SWAN
Author image credit: Sam Bryson
After You
By Jojo Moyes
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Penguin Group - PENGUIN
Bad Dad
By David Walliams
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: HarperCollins
Behind Closed Doors
By B A Paris
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: HarperCollins Group - HQ
Blood Orange
By Harriet Tyce
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2019
UK publisher: Headline
Dead Famous
By Ben Elton
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2002
UK publisher: Simon & Schuster
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
By Jeff Kinney
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Puffin- PRH
Author image credit: Jonathan Beckerman
Faceless
By Martina Cole
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2010
UK publisher: Headline Group - HEADLINE
Author image credit: Charlotte Murphy
Faces
By Martina Cole
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2008
UK publisher: Headline Group - HEADLINE
Author image credit: Charlotte Murphy
Fing
By David Walliams & illustrated by Tony Ross
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2019
UK publisher: HarperCollins
First Man In: Leading From the Front
By Ant Middleton
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2018
UK publisher: HarperCollins
Girl Online
By Zoe Sugg
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2015
UK publisher: Penguin Group - PENGUIN
Girl, Woman, Other
By Bernardine Evaristo
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2020
UK publisher: Penguin
Go Set a Watchman
By Harper Lee
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Penguin Group - WILLIAM HEINEMANN
Guy Martin: My Autobiography
By Guy Martin
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2014
UK publisher: Virgin Books
How It Works: The Husband
By Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2015
UK publisher: Penguin Group - MICHAEL JOSEPH
Author image credit: Idil Sukan
How To Be a Woman
By Caitlin Moran
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2012
UK publisher: Penguin Group - EBURY
I Let You Go
By Clare Mackintosh
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2015
UK publisher: Little, Brown Book Group - SPHERE
Author image credit: Charlie Hopkinson
Lean in 15 – The Sustain Plan
By Joe Wicks
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Pan Macmillan Group - BLUEBIRD
Lose Weight for Good: Full-flavour cooking for a low-calorie diet
By Tom Kerridge
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Absolute Press
Make Me
By Lee Child
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Transworld Group - BANTAM
Author image credit: Sigrid Estrada
Millie Marotta’s Animal Kingdom
By Millie Marotta
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2014
UK publisher: Pavilion Books - BATSFORD
Author image credit: Gareth Davies Photography
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
By Stephen Fry
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2018
UK publisher: Penguin
Nine Perfect Strangers
By Liane Moriarty
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2018
UK publisher: Penguin
Origin
By Dan Brown
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Transworld
Personal
By Lee Child
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2015
UK publisher: Transworld Group - BANTAM
Author image credit: Sigrid Estrada
Reasons to Stay Alive
By Matt Haig
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2015
UK publisher: Canongate Books
Revenge
By Martina Cole
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2014
UK publisher: Headline Group - HEADLINE
Author image credit: Charlotte Murphy
Sapiens
By Yuval Noah Harari
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2011
UK publisher: Harper & Brothers
Shakespeare
By Bill Bryson
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: HarperCollins Group - WILLIAM COLLINS
Author image credit: Sam Bryson
Still Me
By Jojo Moyes
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2018
UK publisher: Penguin Books
Superworm
By Julia Donaldson, Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2013
UK publisher: Scholastic - ALISON GREEN BOOKS
Author image credit: Julia Donaldson pic: Alex Rumford, Axel Scheffler pic: Liam Jackson
Tales from Acorn Wood: Fox’s Socks
By Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2001
UK publisher: MacMillan Children's Books
The Beast of Buckingham Palace
By David Walliams
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2019
UK publisher: Harper Collins Children's
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
By Christy Lefteri
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2019
UK publisher: Bonnier Books
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse
By Charlie Mackesy
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2019
UK publisher: Ebury Press
The Break
By Marian Keyes
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Michael Joseph
The Business
By Martina Cole
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2009
UK publisher: Headline Group - HEADLINE
Author image credit: Charlotte Murphy
The Chimp Paradox
By Professor Steve Peters
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2012
UK publisher: Penguin Group - VERMILION
The Christmasaurus
By Tom Fletcher and illustrated by Shane Devries
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Puffin
The Couple Next Door
By Shari Lapena
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Penguin Books
The Family Upstairs
By Lisa Jewell
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2019
UK publisher: Arrow Books
The Flatshare
By Beth O’Leary
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2019
UK publisher: Quercus
The Handmaid’s Tale
By Margaret Atwood
Gold Bestseller
Published: 1985
UK publisher: Penguin Random House
The Highway Rat
By Julia Donaldson, Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2013
UK publisher: Scholastic - ALISON GREEN BOOKS
Author image credit: Julia Donaldson pic: Alex Rumford, Axel Scheffler pic: Liam Jackson
The Keeper of Lost Things
By Ruth Hogan
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Two Roads
The Letter
By Kathryn Hughes
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2015
UK publisher: Headline
The Martian
By Andy Weir
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2012
UK publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
The Midnight Gang
By David Walliams
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: HarperCollins Group - HARPER COLLINS CHILDREN'S BOOKS
The Miniaturist
By Jessie Burton
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2014
UK publisher: HarperCollins
The Muse
By Jessie Burton
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: HarperCollins
The Road to Little Dribbling
By Bill Bryson
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: Transworld Group - BLACK SWAN
Author image credit: Sam Bryson
The Scarecrow’s Wedding
By Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2014
UK publisher: Scholastic
The Silent Patient
By Alex Michaelides
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2019
UK publisher: Orion
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
By Heather Morris
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2018
UK publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
The Visitor
By Lee Child
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2011
UK publisher: Transworld Group - BANTAM
Author image credit: Sigrid Estrada
The World’s Worst Children
By David Walliams
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2016
UK publisher: HarperCollins Group - HARPER COLLINS CHILDREN'S BOOKS
The World’s Worst Teachers
By David Walliams
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2019
UK publisher: Harper Collins Children's
This Is Going To Hurt
By Adam Kay
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Picador
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
By Adam Kay
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2019
UK publisher: Picador
What the Ladybird Heard
By Jula Donaldson & Lydia Monks
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2009
UK publisher: MacMillan Children's Books
Where the Crawdads Sing
By Delia Owens
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2018
UK publisher: Little Brown
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
By Reni Eddo-Lodge
Gold Bestseller
Published: 2017
UK publisher: Bloomsbury