Our Top 100 Selling Publisher Imprints

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  1. Atria Books (219 bestsellers)
  2. Amistad (208 bestsellers)
  3. Grand Central Publishing (180 bestsellers)
  4. African American Images (106 bestsellers)
  5. Dafina (87 bestsellers)
  6. Strebor Books (83 bestsellers)
  7. Random House (80 bestsellers)
  8. Knopf (79 bestsellers)
  9. CreateSpace (77 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 (46 bestsellers)
  15. LB Kids (43 bestsellers)
  16. One World (43 bestsellers)
  17. Touchstone (41 bestsellers)
  18. Independently Published (40 bestsellers)
  19. Black Classic Press (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 (37 bestsellers)
  24. Scribner Book Company (35 bestsellers)
  25. Vintage Books (35 bestsellers)
  26. SmileyBooks (35 bestsellers)
  27. The Woodson Series (35 bestsellers)
  28. Kensington (34 bestsellers)
  29. Candlewick Press (34 bestsellers)
  30. Doubleday (31 bestsellers)
  31. Just Us Books (30 bestsellers)
  32. Gallery Books (30 bestsellers)
  33. Third World Press (30 bestsellers)
  34. Anchor (29 bestsellers)
  35. Avery (29 bestsellers)
  36. Vintage (29 bestsellers)
  37. Konecky & Konecky (29 bestsellers)
  38. St. Martin’s Griffin (28 bestsellers)
  39. Lulu (28 bestsellers)
  40. W. W. Norton & Company (27 bestsellers)
  41. House of Songhay II (27 bestsellers)
  42. Simon & Schuster (26 bestsellers)
  43. Teri Woods Publishing (26 bestsellers)
  44. Center for Black Literature (25 bestsellers)
  45. William Morrow (24 bestsellers)
  46. Riverhead Books (23 bestsellers)
  47. Macro Publishing Group (23 bestsellers)
  48. Holloway House (23 bestsellers)
  49. Legba Books (23 bestsellers)
  50. Cash Money Content (23 bestsellers)
  51. Africa World Press (22 bestsellers)
  52. One World/Ballantine (22 bestsellers)
  53. Broadleaf Books (22 bestsellers)
  54. Little, Brown and Company (21 bestsellers)
  55. The Institute of Karmic Guidance (21 bestsellers)
  56. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (20 bestsellers)
  57. The New Press (20 bestsellers)
  58. Atheneum Books for Young Readers (19 bestsellers)
  59. Harper Perennial (19 bestsellers)
  60. Penguin Books (19 bestsellers)
  61. Berkley Books (19 bestsellers)
  62. Dutton Books (18 bestsellers)
  63. Powernomics Corporation of America (18 bestsellers)
  64. Random House Trade Paperbacks (18 bestsellers)
  65. Dial Books for Young Readers (18 bestsellers)
  66. Chronicle Books (18 bestsellers)
  67. Hollow Bridge Publishing (17 bestsellers)
  68. EWorld Inc (17 bestsellers)
  69. Harlequin Kimani (17 bestsellers)
  70. The Blue Sky Press (17 bestsellers)
  71. A King Production (17 bestsellers)
  72. Spiegel & Grau (17 bestsellers)
  73. St. Martin’s Press (16 bestsellers)
  74. Square Fish (16 bestsellers)
  75. Graywolf Press (16 bestsellers)
  76. Akashic Books (16 bestsellers)
  77. Ballantine Books (16 bestsellers)
  78. MVP Publishing Group LLC (16 bestsellers)
  79. Penguin Classics (15 bestsellers)
  80. Kokila (15 bestsellers)
  81. Dare Books (15 bestsellers)
  82. Writer’s Digest Books (14 bestsellers)
  83. Mariner Books (14 bestsellers)
  84. William Morrow Paperbacks (14 bestsellers)
  85. Triple Crown Publications (14 bestsellers)
  86. REGI Books (13 bestsellers)
  87. Grove Press (13 bestsellers)
  88. Seal Press (13 bestsellers)
  89. Harper (13 bestsellers)
  90. Washington Square Press (13 bestsellers)
  91. Three Rivers Press (13 bestsellers)
  92. Abrams Books (13 bestsellers)
  93. HMH Books for Young Readers (12 bestsellers)
  94. Balzer + Bray (12 bestsellers)
  95. Viking Books (12 bestsellers)
  96. Oxford University Press (12 bestsellers)
  97. King Productions (12 bestsellers)
  98. Dover Publications (12 bestsellers)
  99. Carolrhoda Books (11 bestsellers)
  100. AALBC Books for Young Readers (11 bestsellers)