bestseller

noun

best·sell·er ˈbes(t)-ˈse-lər

variants or best seller

plural bestsellers or best sellers

: a popular product and especially a book whose sales are among the highest of its class

[Isabel] Allende's new book is spun from the stuff of epic romances: eternal love, lost innocence, distant locales, revolution. In short, all the elements of a sure bestseller.

Julie K. L. Dam

The Harvard Book Store Café … is not only the obvious choice for the latest best seller but the intelligent break for a shopper's graze.

Alice Rubenstein Gochman

Two million copies have been sold, and it has been on the New York Times bestseller list for four years.

Judith Daniels

… the two Fisher-Price bestsellers are the company's Fun with Food [toy] series and the Fisher-Price Fun with Food Kitchen.

The New Yorker

She knows what the mass market wants—Vanderbilt and Chaps [fragrances] are best sellers—and she has a flair for what appeals to a more specialized market …

Amy Singer

best-sellerdom

ˈbes(t)-ˈse-lər-dəm

noun

best-selling

ˈbes(t)-ˈse-liŋ

adjective

Example Sentences

She has written several best sellers.

Recent Examples on the Web The best seller pack includes Truff’s signature black truffle hot sauce, white truffle hot sauce, and truffle oil.

Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2022 With the gifts of a fine reporter and equally able storyteller, Haberman, a native New Yorker who will be guest of the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum on Nov. 21, has produced a controversial best seller.

Keith L. Runyon, The Courier-Journal, 17 Nov. 2022 In 2014, its first line, BASIS, included a lino option; eight years later, those linoleum cabinets remain the company’s best seller, said CEO and founder Jeppe Christensen.

Sarah Karnasiewicz, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022 But the anthology became a national best seller in 1974.

New York Times, 22 June 2022 The book became an instant best seller upon its September release, hitting No. 1 on USA TODAY’S Best Selling Books list.

Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2022 The book, which came out in 1969, was intended as an open discussion of sexuality and was the No. 1 best seller in 51 countries.

Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2022 This seven-foot Olympic barbell has been an Amazon's Choice best seller for years.

Mike Richard And Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 26 Oct. 2022 Visitors who have dined at Cherry Block in the past will recognize items like the shrimp and cracklins, an appetizer Florez named as a best seller at Bravery.

Megha Mcswain, Chron, 8 Sep. 2022 See More

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