
Poetry and drama books published in Italy 2007-2019
In Italy, the number of new books and editions published in the category ‘modern and contemporary literary texts: poetry and theatre plays’ varied from 2007 to 2018. The number of books peaked at about 3.8 thousand units in 2011, whereas an all-time low was registered in 2014 (about 1.6 thousand units). As of 2019 2,485 units were introduced to the market.