The given pie charts illustrate the rate of five distinct book genres such as adult fiction, travel, biography, children’s fiction and others which were sold by a bookseller from 1972 to 2012.
Overall, it is discernible that adult fiction accounted for a bigger share than other categories in the years 1992 and 2012, while biography had by far the smallest figure during this period. In 1972, other sorts of books made up the highest percentages, whereas travel accounted for the least.
Looking specifically at the details, in 1972, other kinds of books comprised 25%, which was 10% higher than travel books and 5% higher than the remaining categories. 20 years later, adult fiction books overtook others to become the type which was sold the most accounting for 25%, whereas there were slight decreases of one in twenty in the number of biography books and others. The remaining genres witnessed a small rise between 2% to 5%.
The year 2012 saw a considerable increase in the number of adult fiction books sold when it continued to be the major category which was read the most, reaching the peak of 45%. A quarter of children’s fiction books were sold during this period of time, whereas travel books and others went down by 8%. Meanwhile, a mere biography books took up the remaining 8% of the overall.