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

The 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

Two million copies have been sold, and it has been on the New York Times bestseller list for four years.

—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

She 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

best-sellerdom

ˈbes(t)-ˈse-lər-dəm 

noun

best-selling

ˈbes(t)-ˈse-liŋ 

adjective

Examples of bestseller in a Sentence

She has written several best sellers.

Recent Examples on the Web

Alo Advent Calendar Buy Now for $250 Alo thought outside of the box with its offering, which contains beauty, wellness, movement and style bestsellers to set your self-care journey in the right direction. —Jackie Fields, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024

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Her first book, Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World’s Strangest Brains, was an Amazon bestseller and NIH 2019 Big Read, as well as The Times of London’s Science Book of the Year. —Condé Nast, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024

In September 2020, Octavia E. Butler’s 1993 novel Parable of the Sower appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for the first time. —Stacie Stukin, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024

One of their bestsellers, Terre Noire, combines notes of damp earth, rich soil, ancient woods, and cold mushrooms. —Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2024

Audible Premium Plus includes everything with Audible Plus, as well as one credit per month to redeem any audiobook on Audible’s selection of bestsellers and new releases for the subscribers to keep. —Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 28 Oct. 2024

The novel has been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than a year — 75 weeks and counting — and on the Amazon bestsellers list for 98 weeks and counting. —Justin Kroll, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024

The quirky 256-page book, aimed towards middle schoolers, is already a No. 1 bestseller since releasing Oct. 1. —Anna Tingley, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

best-seller

noun

best-sell·​er

ˈbes(t)-ˈsel-ər

: an article (as a book) whose sales are among the highest of its kind

best-selling

-ˈsel-iŋ

adjective