best-seller

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Perhaps Livermore had it right in Reminiscences of a Stock Operator External link, Edwin Lefèvre’s 1923 best-seller.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 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

The book is already riding high in the best-seller charts and royal commentator Richard Palmer says it raises difficult topical questions.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

A recent Observer investigation claimed English author Raynor Winn fabricated or gave misleading information about some elements of her 2018 non-fiction best-seller.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

The same can be said of the novel after the best-seller, the album that follows the gold record, or the proverbial sophomore jinx.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos