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Prepared for Andy S. | Delivered January 17, 2020
Top Selling Book Genres
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Goals
To find information on the three top selling book genres by revenue for both fiction and non-fiction segments and in the categories of print, e-book, and audiobook.
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Early Findings
Fiction
The top three print fiction genres in the United States are:
Romance/erotica with a revenue of
$1.44 billion
.
Crime/mystery with a revenue of
$728.2 million
.
Science fiction/fantasy with a revenue of
$590.2 million
.
Non-Fiction
The top three print non-fiction genres in the United States are:
Religious/Inspirational with a revenue of
$720 million
.
Although revenue information for the next two non-fiction genres was unavailable, preliminary research was able to identify the genres.
In 2017, the top non-fiction genres by unit sales are:
Religion/bibles with
41,341 units
sold.
General non-fiction with
33,680 units
sold.
Reference with
38,306 units
sold.
Biography/autobiography/memoir with
23,098 units
sold.
Health/fitness/medicine/sports with
22,780 units
sold.
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