bestseller
or best sell·er
a book that is among those having the largest sales during a given period.
any product that among those of its kind is selling particularly well at a given time: This car was a bestseller last year.
Origin of bestseller
1Other words from bestseller
- best·sell·er·dom, noun
- best-selling, adjective
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How to use bestseller in a sentence
I asked Christian publisher Crossway Books for their assessment of the manipulation of the best-seller lists.
How the Religious Right Scams Its Way Onto the New York Times Bestseller List | Warren Throckmorton | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe book, edited by former Yank magazine art director Art Weithas, featured visual art from the war and was a best seller.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day | James Jones | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLeonard was nowhere near the best-seller list, but each book was selling a little more than the one before.
Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune | Mike Lupica | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I think it will be a long, long time before you see another government report on the best seller list,” said Hamilton.
The 9/11 Commission Is Back With a New Warning for America | Eleanor Clift | July 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe day ended with a nostalgic look back at how a commission seemingly set up to fail produced a report that became a best seller.
The 9/11 Commission Is Back With a New Warning for America | Eleanor Clift | July 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Perhaps, with the freedom from this college grind, I could write some of those masterpieces at last–even a best seller!
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonMany books, and especially certain works of fiction of the "best-seller" type, are clearly reading-mob phenomena.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinNext came a good-sized check, and the information that his book was a “best seller.”
David Dunne | Belle Kanaris ManiatesThis little token proved to be the best seller on the market.
Revisiting the Earth | James Langdon HillIf it is, it will be for reasons very different from those which made The Loom of Youth a best seller in 1917.
The Loom of Youth | Alec Waugh
British Dictionary definitions for bestseller
/ (ˌbɛstˈsɛlə) /
a book, record, CD, or other product that has sold in great numbers, esp over a short period
the author of one or more such books, etc
Derived forms of bestseller
- bestselling, adjective
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