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