The chart below shows the book sales for five different types of fiction books from 2006 to 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the book sales for five different types of fiction books from 2006 to 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The graph illustrates how much gross revenue came from the sales of five different kinds of fiction
books
between 2006 and 2010.
Overall
, there was a slight increase in the selling of romantic
books
,
while
the figures for mystery, classics, young adult, sci-fi and fantasy witnessed a moderate tumble. Despite some fluctuations, the turnovers of romantic
books
consistently had the highest numbers throughout the period; meanwhile, those of sci-fi and fantasy
books
invariably were the lowest ones, except for 2010. Readers spent about 80
million
USD
on romantic
books
at the beginning of the duration examined, followed by a considerable growth to nearly 116
million
USD
in 2007. It experienced some fluxes in the next two years before ending at around 90
million
USD
in 2010.
Conversely
, the gross income of Mystery rose sharply, reaching a peak of 80
million
USD
in 2007, but it later dropped to just over 57
million
USD
in the
last
year. Resembling changes, but to
lesser
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extent, can be seen in the figures for young adult and classical
books
, with respective ones being 15
million
and 10
million
USD
at the end
of the given interval.
Similarly
, the earnings of sci-fi and fantasy started at approximately 10
million
in 2007, fluctuating continuously and getting the same amount after three years.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • sales trend
  • comparison
  • sales figures
  • significant changes
  • milestones
  • spike in sales
  • drop in sales
  • contributing factors
  • popularity
  • societal trends
  • cultural trends
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