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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White House Farms' Charleston Gold rice grits rank No. 2—right behind Charleston Gold white rice—on its best-seller list.
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Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
The move comes as the book series’ second installment, The Strength of the Few, debuts at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list following its Nov. 11 U.S. release from Simon & Schuster division Saga Press.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
Hoover, a BookTok mega-phenomenon whose novels have dominated the New York Times best-seller list, has several books in the process of being adapted.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Published in May, his book Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind spent much of the summer on the New York Times best-seller list.
—Judy Berman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
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Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
The move comes as the book series’ second installment, The Strength of the Few, debuts at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list following its Nov. 11 U.S. release from Simon & Schuster division Saga Press.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
Hoover, a BookTok mega-phenomenon whose novels have dominated the New York Times best-seller list, has several books in the process of being adapted.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Published in May, his book Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind spent much of the summer on the New York Times best-seller list.
—Judy Berman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
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