Leading book genres in the U.S. 2015

The graph shows leading book genres in the United States as of July 2015. During a survey, 27 percent of respondents stated they had read a romance in the year leading up to the survey. The most popular genre was mystery, thriller and crime books, which 47 percent of respondents had admitted to reading in the past year. A similar trend can be seen amongst e-book readers, as 50 percent of respondents in a recent survey stated that mystery/thriller books were their favorite genre of e-books. The genre which has experienced the largest sales growth in the last few years is the romantic comedy genre, which has recorded sales growth of 357 percent.

该图表展示了截至2015年7月的美国主流图书类型。在一份调查中，27%的受访者表示在调查前一年内阅读了言情小说。最受欢迎的图书类型为悬疑、惊悚和犯罪小说，47%的受访者承认在过去一年内阅读过此类书籍。在电子书阅读者群体中，这一趋势同样明显，最近的一项调查显示，50%的受访者表示悬疑/惊悚类书籍是他们最喜爱的电子书类型。在过去几年中，销量增长最显著的图书类型为浪漫喜剧，其销售额增长了357%。