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.
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Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
Look no further than these 10 adidas bestsellers that now come wrapped in the shade.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Here’s the number one bestseller in clock radios on Amazon.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2025
By the time it was published in January 1969, Portnoy’s Complaint was tipped as a phenomenal bestseller.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
The New York Times #1 bestseller was based on her one-woman show of the same name.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
Boparai said some of the restaurant’s bestsellers include a Desi garlic chicken pizza — which includes an Indian green chili called hari mirch — and a lamb kebab pizza.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The Avocado Smash remains the bestseller at the Bay Area’s first Toastique location, in Danville, which opened to long lines in November 2024.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
In the following years, the series became a New York Times bestseller, and more than 42 Pout Pout Fish books have been published.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Bestseller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bestseller. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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