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.Submitted by sheilaamalia85 on
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