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. Helga Rogers (47 bestsellers)
  14. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (47 bestsellers)
  15. One World (43 bestsellers)
  16. LB Kids (43 bestsellers)
  17. Independently Published (40 bestsellers)
  18. Black Classic Press (40 bestsellers)
  19. Touchstone (40 bestsellers)
  20. Afrikan World Books (39 bestsellers)
  21. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (39 bestsellers)
  22. Nancy Paulsen Books (38 bestsellers)
  23. HarperCollins (38 bestsellers)
  24. Scribner Book Company (35 bestsellers)
  25. The Woodson Series (35 bestsellers)
  26. SmileyBooks (35 bestsellers)
  27. Vintage Books (35 bestsellers)
  28. Candlewick Press (34 bestsellers)
  29. Kensington (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. Anchor (29 bestsellers)
  36. Vintage (29 bestsellers)
  37. Avery (29 bestsellers)
  38. Simon & Schuster (28 bestsellers)
  39. St. Martin’s Griffin (28 bestsellers)
  40. Lulu (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. Cash Money Content (23 bestsellers)
  47. Riverhead Books (23 bestsellers)
  48. Legba Books (23 bestsellers)
  49. Macro Publishing Group (23 bestsellers)
  50. Holloway House (23 bestsellers)
  51. The Institute of Karmic Guidance (22 bestsellers)
  52. Africa World Press (22 bestsellers)
  53. One World/Ballantine (22 bestsellers)
  54. Broadleaf Books (22 bestsellers)
  55. Little, Brown and Company (21 bestsellers)
  56. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (20 bestsellers)
  57. The New Press (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. Chronicle Books (18 bestsellers)
  64. Powernomics Corporation of America (18 bestsellers)
  65. Random House Trade Paperbacks (18 bestsellers)
  66. Dutton Books (18 bestsellers)
  67. EWorld Inc (17 bestsellers)
  68. Hollow Bridge Publishing (17 bestsellers)
  69. The Blue Sky Press (17 bestsellers)
  70. Spiegel & Grau (17 bestsellers)
  71. A King Production (17 bestsellers)
  72. Harlequin Kimani (17 bestsellers)
  73. Square Fish (16 bestsellers)
  74. Graywolf Press (16 bestsellers)
  75. Ballantine Books (16 bestsellers)
  76. Akashic Books (16 bestsellers)
  77. Kokila (16 bestsellers)
  78. MVP Publishing Group LLC (16 bestsellers)
  79. St. Martin’s Press (16 bestsellers)
  80. Penguin Classics (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. REGI Books (13 bestsellers)
  88. Three Rivers Press (13 bestsellers)
  89. Harper (13 bestsellers)
  90. Washington Square Press (13 bestsellers)
  91. Grove Press (13 bestsellers)
  92. Abrams Books (13 bestsellers)
  93. HMH Books for Young Readers (12 bestsellers)
  94. Oxford University Press (12 bestsellers)
  95. Viking Books (12 bestsellers)
  96. King Productions (12 bestsellers)
  97. Balzer + Bray (12 bestsellers)
  98. Atria / 37 Ink (12 bestsellers)
  99. Dover Publications (12 bestsellers)
  100. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (11 bestsellers)