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Adult nonfiction books sales in the United States 2017, by genre

Unit sales of adult nonfiction books in the United States in 2017, by category (in millions)

The data describes the unit sales of adult nonfiction books in the U.S. in 2017, by category. In 2017, over 41.34 million books in the religion/Bibles category were sold in the U.S.

Religion/Bibles	41.34
Reference	38.31
Biography/Autobiography/Memoir	23.1
Health/Fitness/Medicine/Sports	22.78
History/Law/Political Science	20.13
Business/Economics	19.37
Cooking/Entertaining	17.8
Self-Help	15.12
Crafts/Hobbies/Antiques/Games	14.5
Performing Arts	9.55
Art/Architecture/Design/Photography	7.8
Travel	7.48
Humor	4.58
Computers	3.65
House & Home/Gardening	2.39
General Nonfiction	33.68
Total Adult Nonfiction	281.57

Adult nonfiction books sales in the United States 2017, by genre

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