In the USA at the end of December, there isn’t yet the rush for diets that usually starts before January. Vegan cookbook Thug Kitchen and low-calorie The Skinnytaste Cookbook continue to be best-sellers, even after the end of the holiday gift-giving period. Paleo elimination diet book It Starts with Food has jumped back up the charts. Dr. Phil’s 20/20 Diet hasn’t yet been released but it’s doing fairly well in pre-sales.
In the UK, the sugar-free grain-free Art of Eating Well cookbook and vegetable recipe book Plenty More are topping the charts. Hairy Dieters Good Eating low-calorie cookbook is heading back up the charts. New diets (Be Body Beautiful, Super Juice Me!, Eat.Nourish.Glow., Davina’s 5 Weeks to Sugar-Free, Honestly Healthy Cleanse) are already selling in the top 100 (along with the ever-favourite juicing books for New Year cleanses), but not yet hitting the top of the charts.
The positions in the bestselling charts are according to a snapshot of book sales from Amazon. The number in brackets next to the top titles is the ranking in all books – e.g. Plenty More is the no. 55 top selling book in the USA and the no. 8 top selling book on Amazon at the time of writing.
USA bestselling diets December 2014
| USA | Health, Fitness & Dieting* | Special diets | Diseases & Physical Ailments* |
| 1 | The Skinnytaste Cookbook (29) – Low calorie cookbook | Thug Kitchen (11) – Vegan cookbook | Grain Brain – Gluten-free, no processed carbs or sugars |
| 2 | It Starts with Food (41) – Detox, whole foods, no sugar, paleo | The Skinnytaste Cookbook (29) – Low calorie cookbook | The Paleo Approach – Paleo |
| 3 | What to Expect When You’re Expecting (64) – Whole foods, high nutrient content |
Superfood Smoothies (48) – Nutrient-rich plant-based smoothies | Grain Brain – Kindle – Gluten-free, no processed carbs or sugars |
| 4 | The 20/20 Diet (77) – Elimination diet, eat superfoods [not yet released] |
Plenty More (55) – Vegetarian cookbook | Taking Charge of Your Fertility – Unprocessed foods, no caffeine or alcohol |
| 5 | 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse (80) – High-liquid cleanse diet | Against All Grain (98) – Paleo recipe book | Dash Diet Weight Loss Solution – High produce, low fat, unprocessed diet book |
*only books with food recommendations included
UK diet best sellers December 2014
| UK | Diets & Healthy Eating | Special diets |
| 1 | The Art of Eating Well (7) – No sugar, no grain cookbook | Erica White’s Beat Candida Cookbook – Avoiding all types of sugars |
| 2 | Plenty More (8) – Vegetarian cookbook | Dr Bernstein’s Diet Solution – Kindle – Low carb, unprocessed foods |
| 3 | The Hairy Dieters: Good Eating (25) – Low fat and low sugar | The Multiple Sclerosis Diet Book – Low-fat |
| 4 | The Skinny Nutribullet Recipe Book (27) – Smoothie recipe book, low calorie | Erica White’s Beat Candida Cookbook – Kindle – Avoiding all types of sugars |
| 5 | Deliciously Ella (30) – Sugar-free, gluten-free, dairy-free natural plant-based recipe book | The Book of Macrobiotics – Macrobiotic |
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