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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The pool is widened even further by the fact that the March sisters' father recently published a controversial bestseller about them, making just about anybody a potential suspect.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 June 2025
This week, the song ranks as a powerful bestseller on several Billboard tallies.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Tip Top Margarita Tip Top shakes up a (real) good Margarita that might just manage to match your favorite one in town, a bestseller for a reason.
—Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2025
Amazon reveals Best Books of the Year (So Far)
Unlike Amazon’s bestseller list, this one is curated based on editorial judgment, not sales data.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Just shy of a year later, Evidence is currently number seven on the Sunday Times bestseller list and has been sitting between there and number three for seven and a half weeks.
—Susan Choi, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
The brand’s bestsellers are the Essential Face Compact, the Lip Compact and the lip pencils, but the gap isn’t a huge one between her other products.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 4 June 2025
Plus, here are the May bestsellers that our readers have added to their carts.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 3 June 2025
While genre fiction steadily advances onto bestseller lists, realism soldiers on, amid cyborgs and dragons and boozy detectives.
—Hamilton Cain, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 June 2025
This week, the song ranks as a powerful bestseller on several Billboard tallies.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Tip Top Margarita Tip Top shakes up a (real) good Margarita that might just manage to match your favorite one in town, a bestseller for a reason.
—Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2025
Amazon reveals Best Books of the Year (So Far)
Unlike Amazon’s bestseller list, this one is curated based on editorial judgment, not sales data.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Just shy of a year later, Evidence is currently number seven on the Sunday Times bestseller list and has been sitting between there and number three for seven and a half weeks.
—Susan Choi, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
The brand’s bestsellers are the Essential Face Compact, the Lip Compact and the lip pencils, but the gap isn’t a huge one between her other products.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 4 June 2025
Plus, here are the May bestsellers that our readers have added to their carts.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 3 June 2025
While genre fiction steadily advances onto bestseller lists, realism soldiers on, amid cyborgs and dragons and boozy detectives.
—Hamilton Cain, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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“Bestseller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bestseller. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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