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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Consider the case of two hotly anticipated debuts on the New York Times bestseller list dated April 26.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
What we read is no longer driven by bookshops or bestseller charts alone, but by a constant stream of fast, highly personal recommendations.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
The book—now in its ninth printing, according to publisher Penguin Random House—debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and earned Burden a Netflix deal for an adaptation starring Gwyneth Paltrow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
This is the first book out of the trilogy poetry collection that made her a No. 3 bestseller in Amazon’s Hispanic American subcategory.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Mr. Scamander’s work with the Dragon Research and Restraint Bureau led to many research trips abroad, during which he collected information for his worldwide bestseller Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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