best-seller list
noun
: a list of books that are selling the most copies
Her first novel was on the best-seller list for two months.
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The novel, planted at the top of the German best-seller list for 37 weeks, became a career-maker in 2005.
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David Segal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Never Lie spent 11 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list and USA Today’s Best-selling Books Top 150 list, and 23 consecutive weeks on Publisher Weekly’s bestseller list.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2024
In the week following its release on March 11, Careless People hit the top of the Times best-seller list and sold 60,000 copies.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2025
All of this has only generated interest: On Thursday, the book debuted at the top of the New York Times best-seller list for nonfiction and, as of this writing, was the third best-selling book on Amazon.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
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David Segal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Never Lie spent 11 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list and USA Today’s Best-selling Books Top 150 list, and 23 consecutive weeks on Publisher Weekly’s bestseller list.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2024
In the week following its release on March 11, Careless People hit the top of the Times best-seller list and sold 60,000 copies.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2025
All of this has only generated interest: On Thursday, the book debuted at the top of the New York Times best-seller list for nonfiction and, as of this writing, was the third best-selling book on Amazon.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Best-seller list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/best-seller%20list. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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