
Recreational books: consumer expenditure in the U.S. 1999-2021
Consumer expenditure on recreational books in the United States amounted to 24.56 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, up substantially from 19.98 billion a year earlier. Americans tend to spend between 18 and 20 billion U.S. dollars on recreational books each year, but 2021 saw the figure reach levels last seen in the early 2000s.