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
Some stand out for their pedigree — a thriller adapted from João Tordo’s bestseller, or a docudrama reopening the Columbus debate.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
For Dior, slingbacks are an essential code, anchored by the J’Adior style that became a bestseller under Maria Grazia Chiuri.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Henry’s book was first published in 2021, and if debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and spent more than one year on the list.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
Lee tells me her cinnamon rolls are the second bestseller.
—Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025
The books are actually hundreds of thousands of places down the Kindle Store bestseller rank.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Evelyn’s agenda, articulated in a book that is unconvincingly treated as a bestseller, has something to do with epigenetic trauma and kids being the victims of psychoses patterned through their parents.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
The venture has nabbed multiple Oscar nominations and eight Emmy Awards, launched many of the buzziest, yellow-sticker-donning bestsellers, and brought numerous stories about the female experience to the forefront of popular culture.
—Emily St. Martin, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
Marisa Silver is the author of the novels At Last; The Mysteries; Little Nothing; Mary Coin, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Southern California Independent Bookseller’s Award; The God of War, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction; and No Direction Home.
—Marisa Silver
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
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Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
For Dior, slingbacks are an essential code, anchored by the J’Adior style that became a bestseller under Maria Grazia Chiuri.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Henry’s book was first published in 2021, and if debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and spent more than one year on the list.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
Lee tells me her cinnamon rolls are the second bestseller.
—Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025
The books are actually hundreds of thousands of places down the Kindle Store bestseller rank.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Evelyn’s agenda, articulated in a book that is unconvincingly treated as a bestseller, has something to do with epigenetic trauma and kids being the victims of psychoses patterned through their parents.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
The venture has nabbed multiple Oscar nominations and eight Emmy Awards, launched many of the buzziest, yellow-sticker-donning bestsellers, and brought numerous stories about the female experience to the forefront of popular culture.
—Emily St. Martin, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
Marisa Silver is the author of the novels At Last; The Mysteries; Little Nothing; Mary Coin, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Southern California Independent Bookseller’s Award; The God of War, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction; and No Direction Home.
—Marisa Silver
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Bestseller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bestseller. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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