Top 100 Bestselling Publisher Imprints

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  1. Atria Books (220 bestsellers)
  2. Amistad (210 bestsellers)
  3. Grand Central Publishing (180 bestsellers)
  4. African American Images (106 bestsellers)
  5. Dafina (88 bestsellers)
  6. Strebor Books (83 bestsellers)
  7. Random House (81 bestsellers)
  8. Knopf (79 bestsellers)
  9. CreateSpace (78 bestsellers)
  10. Urban Books (57 bestsellers)
  11. Beacon Press (55 bestsellers)
  12. Brown Girls Books (50 bestsellers)
  13. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (47 bestsellers)
  14. Helga Rogers (47 bestsellers)
  15. One World (43 bestsellers)
  16. LB Kids (43 bestsellers)
  17. Touchstone (40 bestsellers)
  18. Independently Published (40 bestsellers)
  19. Black Classic Press (40 bestsellers)
  20. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (39 bestsellers)
  21. Afrikan World Books (39 bestsellers)
  22. Nancy Paulsen Books (38 bestsellers)
  23. HarperCollins (38 bestsellers)
  24. SmileyBooks (35 bestsellers)
  25. Vintage Books (35 bestsellers)
  26. Scribner Book Company (35 bestsellers)
  27. The Woodson Series (35 bestsellers)
  28. Kensington (34 bestsellers)
  29. Candlewick Press (34 bestsellers)
  30. Doubleday (31 bestsellers)
  31. Gallery Books (30 bestsellers)
  32. Just Us Books (30 bestsellers)
  33. Konecky & Konecky (30 bestsellers)
  34. Third World Press (30 bestsellers)
  35. Vintage (29 bestsellers)
  36. Avery (29 bestsellers)
  37. Anchor (29 bestsellers)
  38. St. Martin’s Griffin (28 bestsellers)
  39. Lulu (28 bestsellers)
  40. Simon & Schuster (28 bestsellers)
  41. House of Songhay II (27 bestsellers)
  42. W. W. Norton & Company (27 bestsellers)
  43. Center for Black Literature (26 bestsellers)
  44. Teri Woods Publishing (26 bestsellers)
  45. William Morrow (24 bestsellers)
  46. Macro Publishing Group (23 bestsellers)
  47. Holloway House (23 bestsellers)
  48. Cash Money Content (23 bestsellers)
  49. Riverhead Books (23 bestsellers)
  50. Legba Books (23 bestsellers)
  51. One World/Ballantine (22 bestsellers)
  52. Broadleaf Books (22 bestsellers)
  53. The Institute of Karmic Guidance (22 bestsellers)
  54. Africa World Press (22 bestsellers)
  55. Little, Brown and Company (21 bestsellers)
  56. The New Press (20 bestsellers)
  57. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (20 bestsellers)
  58. Harper Perennial (19 bestsellers)
  59. Atheneum Books for Young Readers (19 bestsellers)
  60. Penguin Books (19 bestsellers)
  61. Berkley Books (19 bestsellers)
  62. Dial Books for Young Readers (18 bestsellers)
  63. Powernomics Corporation of America (18 bestsellers)
  64. Chronicle Books (18 bestsellers)
  65. Random House Trade Paperbacks (18 bestsellers)
  66. Dutton Books (18 bestsellers)
  67. Spiegel & Grau (17 bestsellers)
  68. A King Production (17 bestsellers)
  69. Harlequin Kimani (17 bestsellers)
  70. EWorld Inc (17 bestsellers)
  71. Hollow Bridge Publishing (17 bestsellers)
  72. The Blue Sky Press (17 bestsellers)
  73. Akashic Books (16 bestsellers)
  74. Kokila (16 bestsellers)
  75. MVP Publishing Group LLC (16 bestsellers)
  76. St. Martin’s Press (16 bestsellers)
  77. Penguin Classics (16 bestsellers)
  78. Square Fish (16 bestsellers)
  79. Ballantine Books (16 bestsellers)
  80. Graywolf Press (16 bestsellers)
  81. Dare Books (15 bestsellers)
  82. William Morrow Paperbacks (14 bestsellers)
  83. Seal Press (14 bestsellers)
  84. Mariner Books (14 bestsellers)
  85. Triple Crown Publications (14 bestsellers)
  86. Writer’s Digest Books (14 bestsellers)
  87. Harper (13 bestsellers)
  88. Washington Square Press (13 bestsellers)
  89. Grove Press (13 bestsellers)
  90. Abrams Books (13 bestsellers)
  91. REGI Books (13 bestsellers)
  92. Three Rivers Press (13 bestsellers)
  93. Viking Books (12 bestsellers)
  94. King Productions (12 bestsellers)
  95. Balzer + Bray (12 bestsellers)
  96. Atria / 37 Ink (12 bestsellers)
  97. Dover Publications (12 bestsellers)
  98. HMH Books for Young Readers (12 bestsellers)
  99. Oxford University Press (12 bestsellers)
  100. Crown (11 bestsellers)