“Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy” is the
best-selling book overall; contemporary romance novels capture 5 of the
top 10 spots
“The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, Book 3)” is the best-selling
Kids & Teens book of 2012
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2012--
(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon.com, Inc. today announced the top 10 best-selling
books of 2012 overall (print and Kindle combined), as well as the top 10
Kids & Teens books. “Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades
Trilogy” takes the top spot, and thriller “Gone Girl” comes in at number
two; “The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, Book 3)” is the
best-selling Kids & Teens book. These top 10 lists take into account
first editions that were published in 2012, consider only paid units,
and combine print and Kindle formats. To see these lists and all of
Amazon’s top 100 best-selling print and Kindle books of 2012, go to www.amazon.com/bestsellingbooks2012.
“This was truly the year of the billionaire bad boy in romance—Amazon
readers just couldn’t get enough of the genre,” said Sara Nelson,
Editorial Director of Books and Kindle at Amazon.com. “While E. L. James
published the first two books in her Fifty Shades trilogy in 2011, so
they aren’t eligible for our 2012 list, the series really took off this
year and propelled the third installment and the omnibus edition onto
our top 10 list. It’s also interesting to note that four of the five
contemporary romance titles in the top 10 list, including the Fifty
Shades trilogy, were originally independently published and went on to
become huge best sellers.”
The top 10 best-selling books overall are:
1. “Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy” by E. L.
James
2. “Gone Girl: A Novel” by Gillian Flynn
3. “Fifty Shades Trilogy: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker,
Fifty Shades Freed 3-volume Boxed Set” by E. L. James
4. “Bared to You: A Crossfire Novel” by Sylvia Day
5. “No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama
Bin Laden” by Mark Owen
6. “The Marriage Bargain (Marriage to a Billionaire)” by Jennifer Probst
7. “Reflected in You: A Crossfire Novel” by Sylvia Day
8. “The Racketeer” by John Grisham
9. “Defending Jacob: A Novel” by William Landay
10. “The Innocent” by David Baldacci
The top 10 best-selling Kids & Teens books are:
1. “The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, Book 3)” by Rick Riordan
2. “The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)” by Jeff Kinney
3. “Insurgent (Divergent)” by Veronica Roth
4. “The Serpent’s Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, Book 3)” by Rick Riordan
5. “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green
6. “City of Lost Souls (Mortal Instruments)” by Cassandra Clare
7. “While it Lasts” by Abbi Glines
8. “The Rise of Nine (Lorien Legacies, Book 3)” by Pittacus Lore
9. “Wonder” by R. J. Palacio
10. “Nevermore: The Final Maximum Ride Adventure (Book 8)” by James
Patterson
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opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s
Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most
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constructed with 62% more pixels and 25% increased contrast, a patented
built-in front light for reading in all lighting conditions, extra-long
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Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle, now features new, improved
fonts and faster page turns. Kindle Fire HD features a stunning custom
high-definition display, exclusive Dolby audio with dual stereo
speakers, high-end, laptop-grade Wi-Fi with dual-band support,
dual-antennas and MIMO for faster streaming and downloads, enough
storage for HD content, and the latest generation processor and graphics
engine—and it is available in two display sizes—7” and 8.9”. The
large-screen Kindle Fire HD is also available with 4G wireless, and
comes with a groundbreaking $49.99 introductory 4G LTE data package. The
all-new Kindle Fire features a 20% faster processor, 40% faster
performance, twice the memory, and longer battery life.
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