The Bestseller Lists are determined by various authorities and printed in various periodicals. They include Scottish, national, and international rankings, and categories including fiction, hardcover, crime fiction, and others. Items include individual press cuttings, press cuttings provided by Durrants Press Cuttings, and photocopies of press cuttings. They are arranged chronologically, and thereafter alphabetically by publication/publisher.

Years covered: 1997-2004 inclusive, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014-2017.

Publications include: Aberdeen Press and Journal Belfast News Book Track Books in the Media Bookseller Burton Mail Church of England Newsletter Derry Journal Eastern Daily Press Economist Evening Express Evening Herald Evening Standard Gazette and Herald Globe and Mail Good Book Guide Guardian Heat Herald Independent Independent on Sunday Inverness Courier Irish News Irish Times Journal (Northumberland) Lincoln Chronicle Lincolnshire Echo Mail on Sunday Media Week Mirror Night and Day North Devon Journal Observer Paisley Daily Express play Publishing News Saturday Times Scotland on Sunday Scotsman Sunday Express Sunday Times Sunday Tribune Sunderland Echo Sussex Express Telegraph Times Week