Most Popular Book Genres 2019

For all you bibliophiles who would like these burning questions answered we ve listed and defined the most popular book genres in both fiction and nonfiction so you ll know exactly what to look for during your next visit to the bookstore.

Most popular book genres 2019. Readers tend to be loyal to their favorite authors within the romance genre. In early 2019 found that 27 of adults have not read any books at all in the last year. 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. When it comes to a selecting a great book. As book readers it seems we re obsessed by the dark side of life.

Which genres make the most money. Is it being most read most bought or most lucrative. Romance novels are perhaps the most popular genre in terms of book sales.

Those who have not read in the past year are less likely to have any college education and are most likely to make 30 000 a year or less. Hard copy printed versions are by far the best selling and most popular form of books. Oct 29 2019 sharon pruitt eyeem getty images.

Religious inspirational books are the most popular non fiction genre whilst thrillers are the most popular audiobooks. We ve been trawling through figures and statistics to give you the low down on the book genres that are most read most sold and bring in the most revenue. Here s a list of.

4 09 avg rating 544 949 ratings published 2019 added by 1 178 623 people. 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. Harry potter breaks all the rules according to query tracker the top ten most requested genres are.