bestseller
noun
a book that is among those having the largest sales during a given period.
bestsellerdom
-
a word derived from
bestseller.
Example Sentences
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It hardly sounds like the stuff of bestsellerdom.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2021
Like many social scourges, it has frequently been the subject of voyeuristic entertainments, heavy-breathing narratives in the tradition of the great Jackies of lowdown bestsellerdom, Susann and Collins.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2017
It is time for what the publishing world calls super Thursday: there’s an avalanche of books by celebrity authors yearning for Christmas bestsellerdom.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2014
Take Joel Dicker’s “The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair,” published in English in the U.S. earlier this year after attaining bestsellerdom in French.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2014
This savage indictment of U.S. medical practice forms the theme of The Doctors, a book probably headed for bestsellerdom.
From Time Magazine Archive
