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 pie chart illustrates the proportion of five book categories (
Adult
fiction
, Children’s
fiction
, Biography,
Travel
, and Others) in 1972, 1992, and 2012, measured by percentage.
Overall
, there was a growing number of people buying
fiction
books
both
adult
and children’s
fiction
meanwhile, fewer people bought Biography
books
and other types of
books
.
Furthermore
,
travel
books
witnessed a fluctuating number over the years. Regarding
fiction
genres,
Adult
fiction
sales had a fifth growth from 1992 to 2012, which was a significant rise and the highest allocation among other
books
.
While
the sales of children’s storybooks had an insignificant rise compared to
adult
books
, the figure increased steadily to 25% in the final year. Regarding the three other types of
books
,
Travel
and other
books
slightly declined from 1972 to 2012, with a decrease to just over a tenth in the final year.
On the other hand
, there was a moderate growth in
Travel
books
, starting at 15% to 18%,
then
the number fell to a small proportion in 2012.
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