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

An instant bestseller, “Strangers” has struck a chord with readers, married and divorced alike, who recognize the danger signs in Burden’s love story.

From Los Angeles Times

The genre hadn’t seen multiple bestsellers in the same year since 2019 — and those were from veteran acts.

From Los Angeles Times

The bestseller—which she described as a “sort of feminist manifesto”—helped to make women’s professional advancement a boardroom topic.

From The Wall Street Journal

That this movie also happens to be the spring’s biggest blockbuster, based on a massively popular bestseller, is even better news.

From Salon

Sam, when he was 1 year old, was the subject of his mom’s first bestseller, the 1993 memoir “Operating Instructions.”

From Los Angeles Times