Fromback +‎list.

backlist (pluralbacklists)

1. (publishing) A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to thefrontlist of more recent titles.

   Synonyms:back catalog,back catalogue

   Antonym:frontlist

   Hypernym:booklist

2. (publishing,attributively, of books being planned) Expected to achieve years of adequate sales while on a backlist, and to be profitable on that basis, even if predicted not to sell in huge numbers when new.

   Antonym:frontlist

   Coordinate term:midlist

   The celebrity tell-all has been proposed as a frontlist title, whereas the cookbook has been proposed as abacklist title and the food history book as a midlist title.

backlist (third-person singular simple presentbacklists,present participlebacklisting,simple past and past participlebacklisted)

1. (transitive) To hold back a student's application (to a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate declines their offer.

   I have not heard back from the college yet: I must have beenbacklisted.

2. (transitive,publishing) To place (a book) on a backlist.