bestseller

American  

[best-sel-er] / ˈbɛstˈsɛl ər /

Or best seller

noun

• bestsellers
  plural

1. a book that is among those having the largest sales during a given period.

2. any product that among those of its kind is selling particularly well at a given time.

   This car was a bestseller last year.

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bestseller British  

/ ˌbɛstˈsɛlə /

noun

1. a book, record, CD, or other product that has sold in great numbers, esp over a short period

2. the author of one or more such books, etc

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• bestsellerdom
  noun
• best-selling
  adjective
• bestselling
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• bestsellers
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of bestseller

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; best + seller

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Example Sentences

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bestseller bestsellers

That morning, The Disappearers, already a New York Times bestseller, had made the long list for the National Book Award for Fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

So when the Tesla CEO puts on a flashy show, as he did Thursday at a rocket facility near Waco, Texas, one must take note—not because the new Roadster is going to become a bestseller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The night before, she’d been in Brooklyn, celebrating the release of her highly-anticipated “Exit Party,” which is ricocheting up bestseller lists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

As the bestseller “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” pointed out last year, the companies creating these digital Frankenstein monsters don’t even know how they operate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

They drink wine and eat finger sandwiches and discuss the latest bestseller.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Actor and writer Stephen Fry's "The Odyssey" currently tops the history bestsellers on Amazon's UK website.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The books - called Culpa Mia, Culpa Tuya and Culpa Nuestra were all written before she was aged 20, and after launching on Wattpad, they went on to became bestsellers, and hugely popular with teenagers.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Bilton, who is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, wrote for the Times and served as special correspondent at Vanity Fair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

While the New York Times bestsellers from 2025 skew in favor of the 6-by-9 trim, the popularity of 5-by-8 books appears to be on the rise.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Danglers show up in newspapers and bestsellers, on the network news and highway billboards, and they can be endlessly entertaining—as long as they’re perpetrated by someone else.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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