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
Julie K. L. DamThe 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
Alice Rubenstein GochmanTwo million copies have been sold, and it has been on the New York Times bestseller list for four years.—Judith Daniels
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
The New YorkerShe 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
Amy SingerExamples of bestseller in a Sentence
She has written several best sellers.
Recent Examples on the Web
The book spent 14 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and has sold over 1 million copies to date.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Fourth Wing has spent 88 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, 18 of them at #1.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Team your favorite white skirt with a burgundy leather jacket—Nour Hammour’s Drey is a bestseller for the brand—and slim-fit turtleneck top for a wear-anywhere that bridges the best of both late summer and early fall/winter fashion.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
Marisa Silver is the author of the novels At Last; The Mysteries; Little Nothing; Mary Coin, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Southern California Independent Bookseller’s Award; The God of War, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction; and No Direction Home.
—Marisa Silver
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The Breeze comforter—Buffy’s bestseller—comes highly recommended by two of our editors.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2025
Yankee Bookshop is stacked with shelves full of bestsellers, local authors, and guides.
—Megan Margulies, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
An international bestseller later turned into a film by Mira Nair, the book owed its success, in part, to its blunt articulation of the fear and loathing provoked by the American Empire even among many of its eager janissaries.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Now, months ahead of a new compilation of the group’s work being released, a new take on a Beatles classic quickly becomes a bestseller in America.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Joe Otterson, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Fourth Wing has spent 88 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, 18 of them at #1.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Team your favorite white skirt with a burgundy leather jacket—Nour Hammour’s Drey is a bestseller for the brand—and slim-fit turtleneck top for a wear-anywhere that bridges the best of both late summer and early fall/winter fashion.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
Marisa Silver is the author of the novels At Last; The Mysteries; Little Nothing; Mary Coin, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Southern California Independent Bookseller’s Award; The God of War, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction; and No Direction Home.
—Marisa Silver
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The Breeze comforter—Buffy’s bestseller—comes highly recommended by two of our editors.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2025
Yankee Bookshop is stacked with shelves full of bestsellers, local authors, and guides.
—Megan Margulies, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
An international bestseller later turned into a film by Mira Nair, the book owed its success, in part, to its blunt articulation of the fear and loathing provoked by the American Empire even among many of its eager janissaries.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Now, months ahead of a new compilation of the group’s work being released, a new take on a Beatles classic quickly becomes a bestseller in America.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Bestseller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bestseller. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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