Book Genres In Demand

As book readers it seems we re obsessed by the dark side of life.

Book genres in demand. In 2017 crime became the uk s most popular adult fiction genre outselling general and literary fiction for the first time. A few years back it was even bigger. I surely didn t before doing some research.

Although most of the important genres are covered in this article there can still be some more that exist. Religious inspirational books are the most popular non fiction genre whilst thrillers are the most popular audiobooks. Other popular book genres included fiction especially fantasy books as well as sci fi and crime.

Seems to me young adult literature is in heavy demand even now. In june summer book trends have been obvious. Do you know which book genres make the most money.

Readers enjoy being scared and they re loyal to their favourites which is perhaps why king and koontz although having both written out of the genre. With genre leader stephen king said to have a net profit of 400 million and dean koontz with 125 million horror s clearly a popular genre but it s undeniably a smaller niche than some of the popular genres valued at under 80 million. The most popular genre of books depends on the format and situation.

Non fiction fantasy science fiction and thriller genres are doing great. Readers ultimately decide if the experiment has worked by buying these books. Genres reflect trends in society and they evolve when writers push the boundaries.

So this was the list of genres of books with brief descriptions and examples. The most important part of genre fiction though is that it fulfils our human need for good old fashioned storytelling. We usually focus on which books do well or what the top books of the year were but we never really consider which genre is the one bringing in the bucks.