The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd is the best selling book of the year on Amazon, according to the e-comemrce company.
Amazon has revealed its list of bestselling books for the year, as well as the top selling kids & teens books and the most gifted books. The Heroes of Olympus Book Five: The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan is the bestselling Kids & Teens book. The Long Haul was also the Most Gifted book this year. These lists were complied by looking at the sales of first editions that were published in 2014. We’ve got the list of Amazon’s Top 20 Bestsellers after the jump.
“This year’s best seller lists include a lot of familiar authors and characters–over half of the books on the lists are part of a series,” stated Sara Nelson, Editorial Director of Books and Kindle at Amazon.com.
Amazon’s Top 20 Bestsellers in 2014
| 1. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd | 11. Unlucky 13 (Women’s Murder Club) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro | |||||
| 2. Gray Mountain by John Grisham | 12. Edge of Eternity: Book Three of The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett | |||||
| 3. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr | 13. Shadow Spell (Cousins O’Dwyer) by Nora Roberts | |||||
| 4. Twenty Seconds Ago (Jack Reacher, #19) by Lee Child | 14. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King | |||||
| 5. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty | 15. Blood Magick (Cousins O’Dwyer) by Nora Roberts | |||||
| 6. The Target (Will Robie Series) by David Baldacci | 16. Field of Prey by John Sandford | |||||
| 7. The Fixed Trilogy by Laurelin Paige | 17. Written in My Own Heart’s Blood (Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon | |||||
| 8. The Heroes of Olympus Book Five: The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan | 18. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney | |||||
| 9. Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum) by Janet Evanovich | 19. City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments) by Cassandra Clare | |||||
| 10. Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General by Bill O’Reilly | 20. Flash Boys by Michael Lewis |
