best-seller list
noun
: a list of books that are selling the most copies
Her first novel was on the best-seller list for two months.
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Hoover, a BookTok mega-phenomenon whose novels have dominated the New York Times best-seller list, has several books in the process of being adapted.
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Published in May, his book Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind spent much of the summer on the New York Times best-seller list.
—Judy Berman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Yoran’s book made the Der Spiegel best-seller list, and many people began reviewing and quoting it—and also, Yoran soon noticed, misquoting it.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
The show’s popularity spiked book sales by more than 400%, with print sales jumping 250%, putting Hilderbrand’s book back onto the New York Times best-seller list six years after its initial publication.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Published in May, his book Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind spent much of the summer on the New York Times best-seller list.
—Judy Berman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Yoran’s book made the Der Spiegel best-seller list, and many people began reviewing and quoting it—and also, Yoran soon noticed, misquoting it.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
The show’s popularity spiked book sales by more than 400%, with print sales jumping 250%, putting Hilderbrand’s book back onto the New York Times best-seller list six years after its initial publication.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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