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 book was among the top five titles on the Times best-seller list for forty-one consecutive weeks.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
The show’s popularity spiked book sales by more than 400%, with print sales jumping 250%, putting Hilderbrand’s book back onto the New York Times best-seller list six years after its initial publication.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The pants have nearly 12,700 perfect ratings with 2,300 five-star reviews, and sit in the top spot on Amazon’s best-seller list in the Women’s Casual Pants and Capris category.
—Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2025
Every Summer After—which spent 14 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list after its release in May 2022—is officially back on the charts following news that Percy and Sam's nostalgic love story is getting the Amazon treatment.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 July 2025
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
The show’s popularity spiked book sales by more than 400%, with print sales jumping 250%, putting Hilderbrand’s book back onto the New York Times best-seller list six years after its initial publication.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The pants have nearly 12,700 perfect ratings with 2,300 five-star reviews, and sit in the top spot on Amazon’s best-seller list in the Women’s Casual Pants and Capris category.
—Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2025
Every Summer After—which spent 14 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list after its release in May 2022—is officially back on the charts following news that Percy and Sam's nostalgic love story is getting the Amazon treatment.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 July 2025
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“Best-seller list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/best-seller%20list. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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