Print Book Sales Slipped in First Half of 2025

More softness in adult nonfiction in the second quarter and slowing sales in adult fiction combined to drop unit sales of print books just over 1% in the first six months of 2025 compared to the same period a year ago at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. Sales from the six major print categories fell to around 343.6 million from 347.5 million in the first half of 2024.

Adult fiction has been the strongest category for several years, and had a solid first quarter driven by blockbuster sales of Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros, the deluxe edition of which sold more than 1.5 million copies while the standard edition sold nearly 350,000 copies in Q1. Lacking that type of volume in the second quarter, sales slipped about 1% in the quarter leading to a 1% increase in adult fiction for the first half of the year.

Print Book Sales Slipped in First Half of 2025

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