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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This December, sales have outpaced last year’s holiday bump, and the novel recently reappeared on The New York Times hardcover fiction best-seller list.
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Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023
It’s been a fixture on the New York Times best-seller list since its publication in January of last year.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
Thriving after the success of her book, Heather Gay earned a spot on the New York Times best-seller list and bought a new house for her family.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2023
Decades later, the long shadow of the book—which quickly entered the New York Times best-seller list upon release—and the film presented unique challenges, and alluring opportunities, to the creators of its musical adaptation.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2024
Reid told The Times about her book making The New York Times best-seller list four years after its publication.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 26 Nov. 2023
Her reluctance to be interviewed, stemming in part from a distrust sowed by decades of insensitive coverage, does not seem to have affected early sales: The book reached No. 1 on Amazon’s best-seller list; complete sales data will not be available until next week.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
Back in 2007, Bass published his own memoir, Out of Sync, which debuted at No. 22 on The New York Times best-seller list.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2023
The book has so far spent 13 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list.
—David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023
It’s been a fixture on the New York Times best-seller list since its publication in January of last year.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
Thriving after the success of her book, Heather Gay earned a spot on the New York Times best-seller list and bought a new house for her family.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2023
Decades later, the long shadow of the book—which quickly entered the New York Times best-seller list upon release—and the film presented unique challenges, and alluring opportunities, to the creators of its musical adaptation.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2024
Reid told The Times about her book making The New York Times best-seller list four years after its publication.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 26 Nov. 2023
Her reluctance to be interviewed, stemming in part from a distrust sowed by decades of insensitive coverage, does not seem to have affected early sales: The book reached No. 1 on Amazon’s best-seller list; complete sales data will not be available until next week.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
Back in 2007, Bass published his own memoir, Out of Sync, which debuted at No. 22 on The New York Times best-seller list.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2023
The book has so far spent 13 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list.
—David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
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