The pie charts below show the percentage of five kinds of books sold by a bookseller between 1972 and 2012.

The pie charts below show the percentage of five kinds of books sold by a bookseller between 1972 and 2012.
The given pie charts illustrate the proportion of five different kinds of
books
sold by a bookstore in three different years (1972, 1992, and 2012).
Overall
, it can be noted that the highest sold book in 1972 was other types of
books
,
while
in the next two years, the most popular book which was sold was adult fiction.
Moreover
, the percentage of adult fiction and children's fiction
books
went up,
whereas
other types of
books
and biographies went down. With regards to adult
books
, the
sale
made up 20% in 1972 and it
then
increased dramatically by a quarter in 2012. In the case of children's
books
,
sale
was 20% in 1972 after which they climbed slightly to reach 25%
at the end
of the period.
On the other hand
, regarding other
books
, the highest
sale
was in the first year accounting for 25% ,
however
, the rate dropped significantly to 12% in 2012.
Similarly
, when it comes to biography
books
, the
sale
was 20% in 1972
then
it touched the lowest point reaching 8% in 2012. Turning to travel
books
, the
sale
fluctuated between 15% and 10%.
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