| Year | Sales in billion U.S. dollars |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.19 |
| 2024 | 7.86 |
| 2023 | 7.9 |
| 2022 | 7.97 |
| 2021 | 8.47 |
| 2020 | 6.5 |
| 2019 | 8.93 |
| 2018 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | 10.11 |
| 2016 | 11.14 |
| 2015 | 11.01 |
| 2014 | 11.33 |
| 2013 | 11.49 |
| 2012 | 12.27 |
| 2011 | 13.72 |
| 2010 | 15.24 |
| 2009 | 15.8 |
| 2008 | 16.8 |
| 2007 | 17.17 |
| 2006 | 16.98 |
| 2005 | 16.99 |
| 2004 | 16.88 |
| 2003 | 16.22 |
| 2002 | 15.44 |
| 2001 | 15.1 |
| 2000 | 14.88 |
| 1999 | 14.17 |
| 1998 | 13.28 |
| 1997 | 12.74 |
| 1996 | 11.91 |
| 1995 | 11.2 |
| 1994 | 10.11 |
| 1993 | 9.11 |
| 1992 | 8.33 |
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Release date
March 2026
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Region
United States
Survey time period
1992 to 2025
Special properties
bookstore sales are from stores at which books account for at least 50 percent of revenue, publication date is the date of access
Supplementary notes
Figures have been rounded.
All numbers are estimates and based on data from the Annual Retail Trade Survey.
Estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Additional information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, sample design, and definitions can be found .
Estimated measures of sample variability can be found .
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