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In 2025, the best-selling print book in the United States ranked by unit sales was "The Let Them Theory" by Mel Robbins, with around **** million sales. Other successful books which sold well that year included "Sunrise on the Reaping" by Suzanne Collins and the Wing and Claw edition of "Onyx Storm" by Rebecca Yarros. These were the only books that year to exceed *** million in unit sales.

Print book sales remain stable

In the first half of 2025, sales of printed adult nonfiction sales in the U.S. amounted to roughly million units. Whilst this was the lowest sales figure recorded in over a category, the genre remained the bestselling book category. Adult fiction was the second-most popular option, with sales of around **** million units in the same time frame. Despite the growing prevalence of digital books, print remains a popular option.

Print still accounts for the majority of U.S. book sales revenue

In 2024, the size of the U.S. audiobook market was estimated at *** billion U.S. dollars. Whilst sales of digital books are generally more difficult to track and therefore prone to adjustments, data shows that print still accounts for the majority of U.S. books sales revenue, at roughly times the amount generated by e-books and audiobooks combined. Print book sales in the U.S are overall higher than in the 2010s, showing not only an ongoing interest in the format but even an uptick in book buying in recent years.