The 10 Best-Selling Books of 2019, According to Amazon

You're going to want to read all of them.
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This was a year for the books. Literally. Throughout 2019, authors published works that inspired us, challenged us, and also gave us an escape. We saw new work from legendary author Margaret Atwood, were floored by newcomer Casey McQuiston’s debut romance novel, Red, White & Royal Blue, and couldn't get enough of author and survivor Chanel Miller's triumphant memoir, Know My Name. Our TBR lists were long, and rich with incredible reading material.

As 2019 comes to a close, Amazon Charts takes a look back at some of their most popular titles of the year. The books that customers shopped the most. From Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming—which was the highest-selling work of nonfiction on the site—to Delia Owens’s New York Times–best-selling Where the Crawdads Sing.

Read on for the books that Amazon customers couldn’t get enough of. And consider giving your loved ones a break from the world for the holidays—through the power of the written word.

Most Sold Books, Fiction

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Celadon Books

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Audible Originals

Treasure Island: An Audible Original Drama by Robert Louis Stevenson and Marty Ross

Scholastic

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Most Sold Books, Nonfiction

Crown

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Random House

Educated by Tara Westover

HarperCollins Leadership

Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis

Thomas Nelson

Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis

Lioncrest Publishing

Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins