Consumer expenditure on recreational books in the United States amounted to 30.98 billion U.S. dollars in 2024, up from just over 29 billion a year earlier. Americans tended to spend around 22 billion U.S. dollars on recreational books each year, but the years 2021 to 2024 saw the figure reach and then surpass levels last seen in the early 2000s.
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Archival FRED. (March 27, 2025). Consumer expenditure on recreational books in the United States from 1999 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 29, 2026, from /statistics/192861/consumer-expenditures-on-recreational-books-in-the-us/
Archival FRED. "Consumer expenditure on recreational books in the United States from 1999 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 27, 2025. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 29, 2026. /statistics/192861/consumer-expenditures-on-recreational-books-in-the-us/
Archival FRED. (2025). Consumer expenditure on recreational books in the United States from 1999 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 29, 2026. /statistics/192861/consumer-expenditures-on-recreational-books-in-the-us/
Archival FRED. "Consumer Expenditure on Recreational Books in The United States from 1999 to 2024 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 27 Mar 2025, /statistics/192861/consumer-expenditures-on-recreational-books-in-the-us/
Archival FRED, Consumer expenditure on recreational books in the United States from 1999 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/192861/consumer-expenditures-on-recreational-books-in-the-us/ (last visited July 29, 2026)
Consumer expenditure on recreational books in the United States from 1999 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Archival FRED, March 27, 2025. [Online]. Available: /statistics/192861/consumer-expenditures-on-recreational-books-in-the-us/
