The bar chart shows information about fiction book sales from 2006 to 2010. Write a report of at least 150 words summarising the main details and making comparisons where necessary

The bar charts give information regarding the sales of fiction books, split

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5 categories during a four-year period, between 2006 and 2010.

Overall

, it seems that despite fluctuations over the years all types of fiction books remained static, except in sci-fi, where it declined slightly. Looking at the details, the figure for young adults was

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30 million dollars in the first year,

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classics was under 20 in 2006. In the next three years, figures were similar;

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, in the final year, the rates of the former were nowhere near as high as the classics, at 30 and 10 million dollars, respectively. Regarding the other categories, mystery started at 60, despite increasing considerably to over 80, it declined to 50.000.000$, after which it increased marginally again.

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, romance rose by almost half, from 80 million to approximately 120, tailing off to 70

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growing consistently to over 80.000.000$. A final sector is sci-fi & fantasy. Before declining to 10

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in 2009, it rose minimally by 4, after which it grew to 15ones, making it the number-two unpopular category on the list.