bestseller
Americannoun
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bestsellers
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a book that is among those having the largest sales during a given period.
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any product that among those of its kind is selling particularly well at a given time.
This car was a bestseller last year.
noun
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a book, record, CD, or other product that has sold in great numbers, esp over a short period
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the author of one or more such books, etc
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Awad notes that she has an especially huge readership in war-plagued Ukraine, where the book is a breakout bestseller.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Mallory comes across the Reddit advice to “Go gay, go sad, go dark” when trying to write a bestseller, and it’s a great example of the trendification of trauma and marginalized identities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Her book is bound to be a bestseller anyway.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
His memoir, “The Education of a Speculator,” was a New York Times bestseller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Keegan is among the most esteemed military historians who ever lived, and A History of Warfare was a critically acclaimed bestseller.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Actor and writer Stephen Fry's "The Odyssey" currently tops the history bestsellers on Amazon's UK website.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Still, the book — and their follow-ups “A Separate Reality” and “Journey to Ixtlan” — were massive bestsellers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Most recently, Communion was included on the Observer's best debut novelists of 2026 - a list which previously picked out bestsellers including Rooney's Conversation with Friends and The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
Bilton is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, served as special correspondent at Vanity Fair and has worked as a producer and executive producer on several documentaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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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