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. Black Classic Press (40 bestsellers)
  18. Touchstone (40 bestsellers)
  19. Independently Published (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. 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. 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. Africa World Press (22 bestsellers)
  52. One World/Ballantine (22 bestsellers)
  53. Broadleaf Books (22 bestsellers)
  54. The Institute of Karmic Guidance (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. Random House Trade Paperbacks (18 bestsellers)
  63. Dutton Books (18 bestsellers)
  64. Dial Books for Young Readers (18 bestsellers)
  65. Powernomics Corporation of America (18 bestsellers)
  66. Chronicle Books (18 bestsellers)
  67. The Blue Sky Press (17 bestsellers)
  68. Spiegel & Grau (17 bestsellers)
  69. A King Production (17 bestsellers)
  70. Harlequin Kimani (17 bestsellers)
  71. EWorld Inc (17 bestsellers)
  72. Hollow Bridge Publishing (17 bestsellers)
  73. Ballantine Books (16 bestsellers)
  74. Graywolf Press (16 bestsellers)
  75. Akashic Books (16 bestsellers)
  76. Kokila (16 bestsellers)
  77. MVP Publishing Group LLC (16 bestsellers)
  78. St. Martin’s Press (16 bestsellers)
  79. Penguin Classics (16 bestsellers)
  80. Square Fish (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. Three Rivers Press (13 bestsellers)
  88. Harper (13 bestsellers)
  89. Washington Square Press (13 bestsellers)
  90. Grove Press (13 bestsellers)
  91. Abrams Books (13 bestsellers)
  92. REGI Books (13 bestsellers)
  93. Oxford University Press (12 bestsellers)
  94. Viking Books (12 bestsellers)
  95. King Productions (12 bestsellers)
  96. Balzer + Bray (12 bestsellers)
  97. Atria / 37 Ink (12 bestsellers)
  98. Dover Publications (12 bestsellers)
  99. HMH Books for Young Readers (12 bestsellers)
  100. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (11 bestsellers)