Amazon's Best Books of the Year explained
Amazon's Best Books of the Year is a list of best books created yearly by Amazon.com. It is a list of best books picked by Amazon editors and customers. It began in 2000. Customer favorites are ranked according to the number of sales made through October, for books published in that calendar year. The lists are usually announced in early November. The list has garnered attention from media such as The Guardian, CBS News and others.
According to Sarah Gelman, Editorial Director, Amazon Books, "The Books Editorial team reads thousands of new releases every year", with the intention of making recommendations.[1] There are monthly lists, and from those a year-end list is created.[2] According to an Amazon Books spokesperson, "Many of the editorial picks for the best books are also customer favorites and bestsellers, but they strive to spotlight the best books readers might not otherwise hear about, too."[3]
Best Books of the Year
2000[4]
2001[5]
- Top 25 Editors' Picks.[6]
- Top 25 Customer Favorites.[7]
2002[8]
- Top 50 Editors' Picks.[9]
- Top 50 Customer Favorites.[10]
2003[11]
- Top 50 Editors' Picks.[12]
- Top 50 Customer Favorites.[13]
2004[14]
- Top 50 Editors' Picks.[15]
- Top 50 Customer Favorites.[16]
2005[17]
- Top 50 Editors' Picks.[18]
- Top 50 Customer Favorites.[19]
2006[20]
- Top 50 Editors' Picks.[21]
- Top 50 Customer Favorites.[22]
2007[23]
- Top 100 Editors' Picks.[24]
- Top 100 Customer Favorites.[25]
2008[26]
- Top 100 Editors' Picks.[27]
- Top 100 Customer Favorites.[28]
2009[29]
- Top 100 Editors' Picks.[30]
- Top 100 Customer Favorites.[31]
2010[32]
- Top 100 Editors' Picks.[33]
- Top 100 Customer Favorites.[34]
2011[35] [36] [37]
- Top 100 Editors' Picks.[38]
- Top 100 Customer Favorites.[39]
2012[40] [41]
- Top 100 Editors' Picks.[42]
2013[43]
- Top 100 Editors' Picks.[44]
2014[45] [46]
- Top 100 Editors' Picks.[47]
2015[48] [49] [50]
- Top 100 Editors' Picks.[51]
2016[52] [53]
- Top 100 Editors' Picks.[54]
2017[55] [56]
- Top 100 Editor's Picks.[57]
2018[58] [59] [60]
2019[61] [62]
2020[63] [64]
2021[65] [66]
2022[67] [68]
2023[69] [70]
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime
Amazon editors released a list of 100 best books to read in a lifetime.[71] [72]
Notes and References
- Amazon Announces the Best Books of 2019, Naming Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments the #1 Book of the Year. November 12, 2019 . Amazon.com . Business Wire .
- Amazon Announces 2020’s Best Books of the Year. November 19, 2020 . Amazon.com . Business Wire .
- Web site: Best books 2020: What to read, shared by Amazon Books editors . . Sydney . Williams . November 19, 2020 . 2023-11-12.
- Web site: Best of 2000 . Amazon.com . 2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070507005015/http://www.amazon.com/Best-2000-Holidays-Seasonal-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=524140 . May 7, 2007 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2001 . Amazon.com . 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070223061626/http://www.amazon.com/Best-2001-Holidays-Seasonal-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=725796 . February 23, 2007 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2001: Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080220134022/http://www.amazon.com/Best-Books-2001-Editors-Favorites/lm/R19K0RVLABPKA3 . February 20, 2008 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2001: Customer Favorites . Amazon.com . 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070528071838/http://www.amazon.com/Best-Books-2001-Customers-Favorites/lm/R2TRVU0F7TRZT1 . May 28, 2007 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2002 . Amazon.com . 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141102062324/http://www.amazon.com/Best-2002-Holidays-Seasonal-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=1199652 . November 2, 2014 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2002: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090102140040/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=400687 . January 2, 2009 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2002: Top 50 Customers' Favorites . Amazon.com . 2002.
- Web site: Best of 2003 . Amazon.com . 2003 . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2003: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100814070000/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=509464 . August 14, 2010 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2003: Top 50 Customer Favorites . Amazon.com . 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071110060442/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=509486 . November 10, 2007 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2004 . Amazon.com . 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110414091756/http://www.amazon.com/Best-2004-Holidays-Seasonal-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=13608671 . April 14, 2011 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2004: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110122235354/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=546636 . January 22, 2011 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2004: Top 50 Customer Favorites . Amazon.com . 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110123005355/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=546638 . January 23, 2011 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2005 . Amazon.com . 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080320014003/http://www.amazon.com/Best-2005-Holidays-Seasonal-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=15959201 . March 20, 2008 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2005: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080126045003/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=593615 . January 26, 2008 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2005: Top 50 Customer Favorites . Amazon.com . 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080125174841/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=593614 . January 25, 2008 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2006 . Amazon.com . 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423084210/http://www.amazon.com/Best-2006-Holidays-Seasonal-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=267550011 . April 23, 2008 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2006: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080418110600/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000024441 . April 18, 2008 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2006: Top 50 Customer Favorites . Amazon.com . 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071205182503/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000024451 . December 5, 2007 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2007 . Amazon.com . 2007 . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2007: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131028134328/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000158311 . October 28, 2013 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2007: Top 50 Customer Favorites . Amazon.com . 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150618083502/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000158331 . June 18, 2015 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2008 . Amazon.com . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090129151151/http://www.amazon.com/Best-2008-Books-Holidays-Seasonal/b?ie=UTF8&node=1239030011 . January 29, 2009 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2008: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090130040900/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000298741 . January 30, 2009 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2008: Top 50 Customer Favorites . Amazon.com . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090130045005/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000298771 . January 30, 2009 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2009 . Amazon.com . 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091206081710/http://www.amazon.com/Best-2009-Books-Holidays-Seasonal/b?ie=UTF8&node=2233760011 . December 6, 2009 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2009: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091214060013/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000444391 . December 14, 2009 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2009: Top 50 Customer Favorites . Amazon.com . 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091214052617/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000444381 . December 14, 2009 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2010 . Amazon.com . 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101107060942/http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=2486012011 . November 7, 2010 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2010: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101107060950/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&plgroup=1&docId=1000626091 . November 7, 2010 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2010: Top 50 Customer Favorites . Amazon.com . 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101109041900/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000628621 . November 9, 2010 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2011 . Amazon.com . 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111206082001/http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=3321372011 . December 6, 2011 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Amazon's Best Books list spotlights Prime lending problem . GeekWire . Todd Bishop . November 8, 2011 . November 16, 2017.
- Web site: Steve Jobs Biography, Tina Fey Memoir Top Amazon's Best-Selling Books of 2011 . Hollywood Reporter . Philiana Ng . December 13, 2011 . February 23, 2018.
- Web site: Best of 2011: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119083145/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&plgroup=2&docId=1000744291 . January 19, 2012 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2011: Top 50 Customer Favorites . Amazon.com . 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111214134528/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000755951 . December 14, 2011 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2012 . Amazon.com . 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121128045202/http://www.amazon.com/Best-Books-Of-The-Year/b?ie=UTF8&node=5916596011 . November 28, 2012 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Amazon picks its 10 best books of 2012 . . Stephan Lee . November 12, 2012 . November 16, 2017.
- Web site: Best of 2012: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121128044102/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000852191&plgroup=1 . November 28, 2012 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2013 . Amazon.com . 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131130010910/http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=7728816011 . November 30, 2013 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Best of 2013: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140102124009/http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=7734007011 . January 2, 2014 . dead.
- Web site: Best of 2014 . Amazon.com . 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141111020327/http://www.amazon.com/b?node=10207069011 . November 11, 2014 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Everything I Never Told You tops Amazon's 100 best books of 2014 . . Alison Flood . November 10, 2014 . November 16, 2017.
- Web site: Best of 2014: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2014 .
- Web site: Best of 2015 . Amazon.com . 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101064110/http://www.amazon.com/b?node=13108091011 . January 1, 2016 . dead . May 27, 2016.
- Web site: Amazon picks Lauren Groff's Fates and Furies as its book of the year . . Alison Flood . November 16, 2015 . December 2, 2015.
- Web site: The 10 best books of the year, according to Amazon . . Talia Avakian . November 11, 2015 . December 2, 2015.
- Web site: Best of 2015: Top 50 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151113182608/https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=13128468011 . November 13, 2015 . live .
- Web site: The Best Books of 2016 . Amazon.com . April 28, 2017.
- Web site: Amazon Editors Unveil The Best Books of 2016 List . AdWeek . Maryann Yin . November 15, 2016 . April 28, 2017.
- Web site: Best of 2016: Top 100 Editor's Picks . Amazon.com . 2016 . April 28, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161229063135/https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=10207108011 . December 29, 2016 . dead .
- Web site: The Best Books of 2017 . Amazon.com . November 13, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171108205033/https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=17276804011 . November 8, 2017 . live.
- Web site: Amazon reveals its Best Books of 2017 . CBS News . November 8, 2017 . November 13, 2017.
- Web site: Best of 2017: Top 100 Editors' Picks . Amazon.com . November 13, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171113224232/https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=s9_acss_bw_cg_BOTY17_1b1_w?node=17296221011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-5&pf_rd_r=6T3RX6NWZJHKT3M2D0SD&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=e50331b6-2bf4-42f5-9c3a-794433f0fcc9&pf_rd_i=17276804011 . November 13, 2017 . live.
- Web site: Amazon Best Books 2018 . Amazon.com . https://conifer.rhizome.org/Germinal/wikipedia/20181110210514/https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=17276804011 . 2018-11-10 . dead.
- Web site: Amazon Announces the Best Books of 2018 . Business Wire . November 9, 2018 . November 10, 2018.
- Web site: Amazon Says These Are the Hottest Books of 2018 . . Caroline Picard . November 9, 2018 . November 10, 2018.
- Web site: Amazon Best Books 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191202075352/https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=17276804011 . 2019-12-02 . Amazon.com.
- Web site: Amazon's Best Books of 2019 List is Here—and Some are on Sale . . Nicole . Natale . November 15, 2019 . 2023-11-12.
- Web site: Amazon Best Books 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201202004127/https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=17276804011 . 2020-12-02 . Amazon.com.
- Web site: The best books of 2020, according to Amazon's editors . . Emily . Hein . December 1, 2020 . 2023-11-12.
- Web site: Amazon Best Books 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211201084829/https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=17276804011 . 2021-12-01 . Amazon.com.
- Web site: Amazon releases its best books of 2021 list: 'An embarrassment of riches' . . Barbara . VanDenburgh . November 16, 2021 . 2023-11-12.
- Web site: Amazon Best Books 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230901132920/https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=17276804011 . 2023-09-01 . Amazon.com.
- Web site: Gabrielle Zevin’s ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ Named Amazon’s ‘Best Book of 2022’ . . Tim . Chan . December 7, 2022 . 2023-11-12.
- Web site: Amazon Best Books 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231210032522/https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=17276804011 . 2023-12-10 . live . Amazon.com .
- Web site: Amazon releases "Best Books of 2023" List . CBS News . November 15, 2023 . 2023-12-09.
- Web site: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime . Amazon . November 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171116174855/https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_1?ie=UTF8&node=8192263011 . 2017-11-16 . live.
- Web site: Amazon 100 books to read in a lifetime . CNN . Dana Sand . February 7, 2014 . November 16, 2017.