Fiction

• The top three print fiction genres in the United States are:
• Romance/erotica with a revenue of $1.44 billion.
• Crime/mystery with a revenue of $728.2 million.
• Science fiction/fantasy with a revenue of $590.2 million.

Non-Fiction

• The top three print non-fiction genres in the United States are:
• Religious/Inspirational with a revenue of $720 million.
• Although revenue information for the next two non-fiction genres was unavailable, preliminary research was able to identify the genres.
• In 2017, the top non-fiction genres by unit sales are:
• Religion/bibles with 41,341 units sold.
• General non-fiction with 33,680 units sold.
• Reference with 38,306 units sold.
• Biography/autobiography/memoir with 23,098 units sold.
• Health/fitness/medicine/sports with 22,780 units sold.