2014 | 2015 | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Adult Non-Fiction | |||
Art/Architecture/Design/Photography | 6,984 | 11,172 | 60% |
Biography/Autobiography/Memoir | 22,803 | 23,544 | 3% |
Business/Economics | 16,604 | 17,155 | 3% |
Cooking/Entertaining | 15,492 | 15,495 | 0% |
Computers | 4,652 | 4,234 | -9% |
Crafts/Hobbies/Antiques/Games | 8,485 | 11,486 | 35% |
Health/Fitness/Medicine/Sports | 21,574 | 21,557 | 0% |
History/Law/Political Science | 15,220 | 17,132 | 13% |
House & Home/Gardening | 2,130 | 3,184 | 49% |
Humor | 4,897 | 4,660 | -5% |
Performing Arts | 7,706 | 8,321 | 8% |
Reference | 31,989 | 33,266 | 4% |
Religion/Bibles | 35,798 | 35,930 | 0% |
Self Help | 9,848 | 11,279 | 15% |
Travel | 7,417 | 7,620 | 3% |
General Non-Fiction | 28,533 | 30,009 | 5% |
Total Adult Non-Fiction | 240,130 | 256,042 | 7% |
Adult Fiction | |||
Classics | 7,578 | 9,985 | 32% |
Occult/Psychological/Horror | 3,329 | 2,218 | -33% |
Religion | 4,174 | 4,414 | 6% |
Fantasy | 7,526 | 6,600 | -12% |
Science Fiction | 4,142 | 5,964 | 44% |
Suspense/Thrillers | 20,111 | 21,783 | 8% |
Action Adventure | 2,239 | 2,285 | 2% |
Graphic Novels | 8,669 | 10,591 | 22% |
Western | 2,232 | 2,186 | -2% |
Mystery/Detective | 14,304 | 12,533 | -12% |
Romance | 30,885 | 28,031 | -9% |
General Fiction | 33,524 | 35,101 | 5% |
Total Adult Fiction | 138,712 | 141,690 | 2% |
Juvenile Non-Fiction | |||
Animals | 4,625 | 5,128 | 11% |
Biographies/Autobiographies | 3,979 | 4,253 | 7% |
Concepts | 3,790 | 4,296 | 13% |
Education/Reference/Language | 6,496 | 7,651 | 18% |
Games/Activities/Hobbies | 12,362 | 13,703 | 11% |
History/Sports/People/Places | 11,232 | 12,753 | 14% |
Holidays/Festivals/Religion | 3,895 | 4,073 | 5% |
Social Situations/Family/Health | 2,502 | 2,766 | 11% |
Total Juvenile Non-Fiction | 48,882 | 54,624 | 12% |
Juvenile Fiction | |||
Animals | 9,051 | 10,112 | 12% |
Classics | 9,981 | 10,161 | 2% |
Concepts | 8,909 | 9,307 | 4% |
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Magic | 45,511 | 44,578 | -2% |
History/Sports/People/Places | 14,107 | 13,550 | -4% |
Holidays/Festivals/Religion | 8,621 | 9,418 | 9% |
Social Situations/Family/Health | 27,815 | 24,932 | -10% |
General | 52,690 | 49,325 | -6% |
Total Juvenile Fiction | 176,685 | 171,383 | -3% |
Hot and cold book categories of 2015
- January 23, 2016
- / Ron Stallcup
- / education
The category was boosted by a number of coloring books, led by Animal Kingdom: Color Me, Draw Me (Lark), which sold 332,000 copies.
Jim Milliot and Jonathan Segura reporting for publishersweekly.com, have a roundup of book sales in 2015 at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan.
Here are the highlights and you can read the rest of the story here.
It's difficult to overstate the impact adult coloring books had on print sales last year, with the coloring-book craze driving large gains in several categories. The hottest category in 2015 was art/architecture/photography, which had a 60% increase. The biggest drop was Occult/Psychological/Horror at minus 33%.
Unit Sales by Category, 2014-2015 (in thousands)