In 2020, the sales volume of paper books in the United States increased by 8.2% year on year, the biggest increase in 10 years

According to Nielsen Book monitoring statistics, in 2020, the sales volume of paper books in the United States increased by 8.2% year-on-year, with a total of 751 million copies sold, which is the largest increase in the U.S. paper book market since 2010.

In the children’s books sector, after students stop school in the spring of 2020, parents’ demand for distance learning has driven the American book industry. Non fiction books for teenagers increased by 23.1%, of which education / reference / language books increased by 55.5%, and game / manual / hobby books increased by 31.3%. At the top of the list are big preschool work (790000 copies sold) and my first learn to write book (700000 copies).

Juvenile novels increased by 11%, including general novels by 17% and animal novels by 16.6%. The best-selling book is detective dog’s adventure（ DogMan:GrimeandPunishment “The deep end” (920000 copies).

In the youth sector, novels increased by 21.4%, non fiction increased by 38.3%, driven by two youth novels, including midnight sun (1.3 million copies) and the ballad of songbirds and snakes (1.2 million copies).

The number of youth non fiction books has increased significantly with the help of anti racism books. The first two books on the list are “racism, anti racism, you”（ Stamped:Racism And this book is anti racist (76000).

Sales of adult novels rose 6%, with the top three on the list being where the crawdas sing (1.1 million copies), the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse (830000 copies) and little fires everywhere (nearly 600000 copies).

Picture novels were the most popular, with a year-on-year increase of 29% and a decline of 14.9% in sports / adventure.

Political books and social justice books boosted the growth of adult non fiction by 4.8%. The best-selling books include Obama’s biography “promised land” (2.5 million copies), Trump’s niece’s memoirs “too much and never enough” (1.2 million copies) and “untamed” (1 million copies).

Tourism books fell by 40.3%, the biggest setback among all segments.