Through the first three quarters of 2022, NPD Bookscan reports that measured print book sales reached 543 million units, still the second-best result in years. That total is 27 million below the same point in 2021, but well above 2020 and earlier. The sales comp actually improved during the third quarter, when sales were just 1.9 percent or 3.4 million units below the same period in 2021. Adult fiction (AKA Colleen Hoover fiction) remained very strong, up 9 percent in the quarter, adding 11.3 million units compared to 2021. In addition to romance, graphic novels and fantasy also performed well. […]
