Band 7+: The pie charts below show the percentage of five kinds of books sold by a bookseller between 1972 and 2012. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts depict the proportion of categories for books sold by a bookseller in 1972, 1992 and 2012.

Overall, adults’ fiction books witnessed a significant rise over the period, while children’s fiction also increased modestly. However, the proportion of non-fiction books, namely biography experienced a marked decline over the forty-year period.

Initially, in 1972, all the categories were balanced. Specifically, Adults’ fiction and children fiction each were 20%. As for Others, they accounted for the largest proportion at about 25%. The category for non-fiction groups such as Biography and Travel was 20% and 15% respectively.

By 1992, the categories experienced slight shifts. Fiction books saw a slight increase, Adults’ fiction grew to 25%, while Children’s fiction rose to 22%. Meanwhile, the percentage for Biography decreased to 15%.

The most considerable changes occurred in 2012, when adults’ fiction surged to 45% and children’s fiction reached 25%. However, biography dropped to 8%, travel to 10% and others fell to 12%.