This statistic contains preliminary numbers for the U.S. book production in 2013, by genre. Fiction is the most popular genre by a wide margin, with 50,498 new books or editions released in this category. The figure marks an increase from 47,420 new fiction books or editions published in 2012.
Estimated number of new books and editions published in the U.S. in 2013, by genre
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