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The pie charts below shows the percentage of five kinds of books sold by a bookseller between 1972 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

Sales pattern of different genres of books sold by a specific bookseller in 1972, 1992 and 2012 is depicted in the given pie charts.

Overall, it is clear that when books of fiction were best-sellers, the sales of other genres exhibited a mixed response.

As per the charts, fiction books dominated sales in all three years. In 1972, its share was exactly two-fifth of the total. By 1992, this increased by 7% and by 2012, it hiked to nearly three-fourth (70%). Out of these shares, in 1972, 20% were adult fiction books. In 1992, it went up by 5%, and by 2012, by 20%. The rate of sales of children’s fiction books was from 20 to 25 over the 40 year-time period.

The proportion of sales of travel books, on the other hand, showed a decline over the period from 15 in 1972 to 10% in 2012, despite a growth in 1992 (18%). However, the sales of biographies and other books declined over a half. In 2012, the sales of biography books was just 8% and other books was 12%.