best-seller
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It’s also linked to the modern evolution of Friday the 13th as an unlucky day, based in part on Thomas Lawson’s 1907 best-seller about a corrupt stockbroker who crashes the market.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
They have previously only been available as e-books in the territory, and recently entered Amazon's best-seller chart.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026
"We're not used to it -- it was like a best-seller, like something out of a movie," said Suarez, in black sunglasses and a cap bearing the slogan: "Doubt is treason."
From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026
A book he co-authored, “How Democracies Die,” had become a surprise best-seller.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025
It became a best-seller, was rapidly translated into other European languages, and sent a further stream of Spanish colonists to tighten Pizarro’s grip on Peru.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
