bestseller
Flies off shelves
A bestseller is a book that sells in very large numbers, typically appearing on ranked lists compiled by newspapers or retailers: Her memoir hit the bestseller list within a week.
The term extends to other products that outsell competitors: That model became our bestseller.
As an adjective, bestselling: a bestselling author.
New and unusual
- authorCreator of written works
- publisherCompany releasing books
- hardcoverRigid-bound book format
- paperbackBook with flexible cover
fiction · nonfiction · manuscript · debut · trilogy · series · memoir · thriller
Enormously successful entertainment property
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- smashBreak violently apart
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
runaway · megahit · chart-topper · page-turner · must-read · buzzy · viral · word-of-mouth
Ordered list by performance
- chartData shown visually
- top tenRanking of favorites
- New York TimesMajor American broadsheet
- AmazonGreek warrior women
weekly · monthly · annual · Nielsen · categories · ebook · audiobook · retailers
Standard measures of quantity
- preorderBuy before availability
- demandForceful request or requirement
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- distributionAllocation across recipients
wholesale · retail · revenue · earnings · millions · record-breaking · first week · launch
novel
New and unusual
paperback · fiction · nonfiction · manuscript · debut · trilogy · series · memoir · thriller · romance
blockbuster
Enormously successful entertainment property
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- smashBreak violently apart
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
sensation · runaway · megahit · chart-topper · page-turner · must-read · buzzy · viral · word-of-mouth · breakthrough
rankings
Ordered list by performance
- chartData shown visually
- top tenRanking of favorites
- New York TimesMajor American broadsheet
Amazon · weekly · monthly · annual · Nielsen · categories · ebook · audiobook · retailers · tracking
units
Standard measures of quantity
distribution · wholesale · retail · revenue · earnings · millions · record-breaking · first week · launch · reprint
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- Newsstand Itemsnewspaper, magazine, tabloid, comic book, periodical
- Popularitypopular, fame, famous, trending, viral
- winnerswinner, winners, champion, champions, victors
- crowd pleaserscrowd pleaser, encores, crowd favorite, standing ovations, fan favorite
bestsellerobscurity
State of being unknown
unknown · cult classic · underground hit · sleeper · unread
- bestselling authorWriter with high sales
- bestseller listChart of popular books
- new york times bestseller