bestseller

American  

[best-sel-er] / ˈbɛstˈsɛl ər /

Or best seller

noun

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

• best-selling adjective
• bestsellerdom noun
• bestselling adjective

Etymology

Origin of bestseller

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

Example Sentences

Stowe’s novel was published in book form in 1852 and became a bestseller, behind only the Bible in the 19th century.

From The Wall Street Journal

Heated Rivalry, first published in 2019, and several of Reid's other novels hit the New York Times bestseller list in early December.

From BBC

Her first novel, a satire about a pop singer brought to fame and as quickly dispatched by a cynical press, was a bestseller in the early 1930s.

From The Wall Street Journal

And then came Ms. Chang’s astonishing bestseller—part memoir, part history—to throw a hard light on it all.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We're not used to it -- it was like a bestseller, like something out of a movie," said Suarez, in black sunglasses and a cap bearing the slogan: "Doubt is treason."

From Barron's