Most Popular Book Genres 2020
Most audiobooks are sold digitally.
Most popular book genres 2020. Here s a list of. Over 90 of audiobooks are downloaded from the internet. The five titles that have been released tell the tale of.
If you re curious to know the most popular titles in our community check out. From the hardcover you might buy at your local bookstore to the softcover on an airport book rack to the ebook you read on your tablet to the audiobook that you stream on your phone bestsellers manage to reach readers in all corners of the publishing industry. Martin a song of ice and fire is a seven part series with 2 of the titles still being in progress.
The most popular genre of books depends on the format and situation. The u k s print fiction bestsellers are mostly crime thrillers now sci fi and fantasy aren t popular genres and children s books sell a lot more than we give them credit for. Religious inspirational books are the most popular non fiction genre whilst thrillers are the most popular audiobooks.
There were over 44 500 audiobooks produced in 2018 an increase of over 5 from the year before. As of 2016 it is estimated that self published books make. The most popular book genres succeed in a variety of formats.
A song of ice and fire is undoubtedly one of the most seminal fantasy works of the 20th and 21st centuries with its television adaptation game of thrones being one of the most popular television series ever made written by george r r. Thieves and misfits are popular characters right now. With the incredible popularity of leigh bardugo s six of crows a ya fantasy book currently being adapted into a netflix show and brandon sanderson s mistborn an adult fantasy renown for its unique magic system we can see this genre taking off even more in 2020.
Amazon book sales statistics. 4 28 avg rating 165 796 ratings published 2020 added by 549 505 people.