best-seller
Example Sentences
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She is a prolific writer, having published 29 novels so far, and has already topped the best-seller charts this year with three books - The Housemaid, Want to Know a Secret? and Dear Debbie.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
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
Certainly Joel’s death divided the gaming community when “The Last of Us Part II” debuted five years ago, but as it became a best-seller anyway, I don’t think HBO has too much to worry about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 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
