Our Top 100 Selling Publisher Imprints

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  1. Atria Books (219 bestsellers)
  2. Amistad (205 bestsellers)
  3. Grand Central Publishing (180 bestsellers)
  4. African American Images (106 bestsellers)
  5. Dafina (86 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 (44 bestsellers)
  15. LB Kids (43 bestsellers)
  16. One World (41 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 (37 bestsellers)
  22. Nancy Paulsen Books (37 bestsellers)
  23. The Woodson Series (35 bestsellers)
  24. HarperCollins (35 bestsellers)
  25. Scribner Book Company (35 bestsellers)
  26. SmileyBooks (35 bestsellers)
  27. Kensington (34 bestsellers)
  28. Candlewick Press (34 bestsellers)
  29. Vintage Books (34 bestsellers)
  30. Doubleday (31 bestsellers)
  31. Just Us Books (30 bestsellers)
  32. Gallery Books (30 bestsellers)
  33. Third World Press (30 bestsellers)
  34. Vintage (29 bestsellers)
  35. Avery (29 bestsellers)
  36. Anchor (29 bestsellers)
  37. Lulu (28 bestsellers)
  38. Konecky & Konecky (28 bestsellers)
  39. W. W. Norton & Company (27 bestsellers)
  40. House of Songhay II (26 bestsellers)
  41. St. Martin’s Griffin (26 bestsellers)
  42. Teri Woods Publishing (26 bestsellers)
  43. William Morrow (24 bestsellers)
  44. Simon & Schuster (24 bestsellers)
  45. Center for Black Literature (24 bestsellers)
  46. Cash Money Content (23 bestsellers)
  47. Riverhead Books (23 bestsellers)
  48. Holloway House (23 bestsellers)
  49. Legba Books (23 bestsellers)
  50. Macro Publishing Group (23 bestsellers)
  51. Africa World Press (22 bestsellers)
  52. One World/Ballantine (22 bestsellers)
  53. The Institute of Karmic Guidance (21 bestsellers)
  54. Little, Brown and Company (21 bestsellers)
  55. The New Press (20 bestsellers)
  56. Broadleaf Books (20 bestsellers)
  57. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (20 bestsellers)
  58. Harper Perennial (19 bestsellers)
  59. Penguin Books (19 bestsellers)
  60. Random House Trade Paperbacks (18 bestsellers)
  61. Dial Books for Young Readers (18 bestsellers)
  62. St. Martin’s Press (18 bestsellers)
  63. Atheneum Books for Young Readers (18 bestsellers)
  64. The Blue Sky Press (17 bestsellers)
  65. Berkley Books (17 bestsellers)
  66. Powernomics Corporation of America (17 bestsellers)
  67. Spiegel & Grau (17 bestsellers)
  68. A King Production (17 bestsellers)
  69. Dutton (17 bestsellers)
  70. Chronicle Books (17 bestsellers)
  71. Hollow Bridge Publishing (17 bestsellers)
  72. EWorld Inc (17 bestsellers)
  73. Harlequin Kimani (17 bestsellers)
  74. Ballantine Books (16 bestsellers)
  75. MVP Publishing Group LLC (16 bestsellers)
  76. Akashic Books (16 bestsellers)
  77. Square Fish (16 bestsellers)
  78. Graywolf Press (16 bestsellers)
  79. Dare Books (15 bestsellers)
  80. Penguin Classics (15 bestsellers)
  81. Writer’s Digest Books (14 bestsellers)
  82. Triple Crown Publications (14 bestsellers)
  83. William Morrow Paperbacks (14 bestsellers)
  84. Kokila (14 bestsellers)
  85. Harper (13 bestsellers)
  86. Three Rivers Press (13 bestsellers)
  87. REGI Books (13 bestsellers)
  88. Abrams Books (13 bestsellers)
  89. Grove Press (13 bestsellers)
  90. Washington Square Press (13 bestsellers)
  91. Viking Books (12 bestsellers)
  92. Balzer + Bray (12 bestsellers)
  93. Seal Press (12 bestsellers)
  94. King Productions (12 bestsellers)
  95. Mariner Books (12 bestsellers)
  96. Dover Publications (11 bestsellers)
  97. Prairieclover Publishing (11 bestsellers)
  98. Versify (11 bestsellers)
  99. HMH Books for Young Readers (11 bestsellers)
  100. AALBC Aspire (11 bestsellers)