The pie charts below show the percentage of five kinds of books sold by a bookseller between 1972 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The given pie charts illustrate the proportion of different genres of
books
that a bookseller sold over a 40-year period
.
Overall
, the downward trends were witnessed in the non-fiction
books
categories and the opposite can be seen in the adult
and children’s fiction
sectors. In the initial, the highest number was exhibited in other types of books
but then
turned into the adult
fiction
section at the end
of the observed period
.
Looking at the non-fiction
group, in 1972, accounting for 25%, the highest proportion belonged to the other kinds of books
, followed by the biography and the travel sectors with 20% and 15%, respectively. The figure for other types of books
significantly declined to 12% in 2012 – half the initial. The number of biography books
sold by the bookseller experienced a downward trend during the given period
, from 20% to 15% in 1992, and became the most unpopular genre in 2012. Although
the percentage of travel books
slightly increased to 18% in 1992, the quantity still declined to 10% at the end
of the observed period
.
Regarding the fiction
group, in 1972, both adult
fiction
and children’s fiction
shared the same quantity which was 20%. In 1992, the proportion of the two sections slightly rose to 25% and 22%, respectively. After two decades, significant growth was witnessed in the number of adult
fiction
books
sold by the bookseller, from 25% to 45% - double the initial, while
the children’s fiction
just slightly increased to 25%.Submitted by cathyngo1512 on
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