best-selling book

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best-selling
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌbestˈsel.ɪŋ/us
/ˌbestˈsel.ɪŋ/
(of a product) extremely popular and that has sold in very ...
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book
noun
uk
/bʊk/us
/bʊk/
a written text that can be published in printed or ...
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Their story became a film and abest-sellingbook.
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It became the university's fourth all-timebest-sellingbookwith 12 printings totaling more than 35,000 copies.
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The book series has sold about 100 million copies and is one of thebest-sellingbookseries.
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It became the 15thbest-sellingbookof 2012 during its first week of release.
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His book is considered thebest-sellingbookon the subject.
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The stories were later turned into abest-sellingbookand radio series.
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The book was met with praise by critics and was the eighthbest-sellingbookof 1982.
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It was abest-sellingbookfor the remainder of the century.
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Paul has written over 24 books, including abest-sellingbookfor the general public on cat readings.
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Thebest-sellingbookwas published in 2005 and promotes the raw food diet, a dietary movement that encourages the consumption of uncooked foods to obtain maximum health benefits.
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It became abest-sellingbook.
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They have become thebest-sellingbookseries in history and been the basis for a series of films which became the highest-grossing film series in history.
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Cronin's novel, which was the publisher'sbest-sellingbookin its history, informed the public of corruption within the medical system, planting a seed that eventually led to necessary reform.
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I hate a case dragging on for years and years, with people writing a couple of best-selling books in the death cell.
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The novel is on the list of best-selling books.
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It is believed to have sold 15 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling books of all time.
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