bestseller
Americannoun
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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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I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, a 2023 memoir by former courier Hu Anyan, became a runaway bestseller in China and also captured media attention abroad.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“A Woman of Substance,” based on Barbara Taylor Bradford’s 1979 bestseller, is being sold to an American audience as a “Downton Abbey” replacement.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook policy executive, is suing Meta over its attempts to stop her from talking about her book, “Careless People,” a New York Times bestseller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Books almost never make the bestseller lists if they don’t chart upon release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
They drink wine and eat finger sandwiches and discuss the latest bestseller.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Within a couple of weeks, it was No. 9 on the New York Times bestsellers list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 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
In 2013, she started her own line of skin care and makeup that became bestsellers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Its Fox News Books imprint, launched in 2020 as a subsidiary of HarperCollins, has published 17 titles, all of which became national bestsellers.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2026
Galoshes and clear plastic rain bonnets have been bestsellers at Miss Mattie’s mercantile in Halleluia all month.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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