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. Vintage Books (35 bestsellers)
  25. The Woodson Series (35 bestsellers)
  26. Scribner Book Company (35 bestsellers)
  27. SmileyBooks (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. Avery (29 bestsellers)
  37. Vintage (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. The New Press (20 bestsellers)
  57. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (20 bestsellers)
  58. Dutton Books (19 bestsellers)
  59. Harper Perennial (19 bestsellers)
  60. Atheneum Books for Young Readers (19 bestsellers)
  61. Penguin Books (19 bestsellers)
  62. Berkley Books (19 bestsellers)
  63. Chronicle Books (18 bestsellers)
  64. Powernomics Corporation of America (18 bestsellers)
  65. Random House Trade Paperbacks (18 bestsellers)
  66. Dial Books for Young Readers (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. Graywolf Press (16 bestsellers)
  74. Square Fish (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. Triple Crown Publications (14 bestsellers)
  85. Mariner Books (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. Dover Publications (12 bestsellers)
  94. HMH Books for Young Readers (12 bestsellers)
  95. Oxford University Press (12 bestsellers)
  96. Viking Books (12 bestsellers)
  97. King Productions (12 bestsellers)
  98. Atria / 37 Ink (12 bestsellers)
  99. Balzer + Bray (12 bestsellers)
  100. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (11 bestsellers)

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