bestseller
noun
a book that is among those having the largest sales during a given period.
bestselling
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a word derived from
bestseller.
Example Sentences
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Under Armour has cut more than 25% of its products over the past two years and is investing more in its bestselling items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
A hefty pair of bestselling fantasy novels, 2019’s “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” and 2022’s “Moon Witch, Spider King,” reframed sword-and-sorcery themes around African folklore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
A Michigan teacher’s first essay led to three bestselling novels from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Vance gave a speech at the steel plant where his grandfather worked for 40 years in Middletown, Ohio, the blue-collar town which featured in his bestselling 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
"I was going to have my own fortune cookies! A new website! I was even going to write a bestselling book called Mystic Marshmallows!"
From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene
