Bestsellers

/ˈbɛstˌsɛlərz/ noun

Books or products that sell more copies than almost all others; the most popular items in a category.

A compound of 'best' and 'seller,' which became a unified concept in the early 1900s with book publishing. The term emerged as the publishing industry grew and wanted to track which books sold most copies.

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