Statistics compiled by Andrew Grabois, Senior Director Publisher Relations & Content Development for RR Bowker 

US Trade Book Production,   1992-2002

All Hard & Paper

Category	1992 Final	1997 Final	1998 Final	1999 Final	2000 Final	2001 Final	2002 Prelim
AGRICULTURE	113	286	132	85	100	74	62
ARTS	393	405	347	346	325	280	317
BIOGRAPHY	639	752	741	799	769	823	799
BUSINESS	491	651	588	640	671	1,032	1,163
EDUCATION	171	341	281	367	339	310	430
FICTION	4,193	4,820	4,804	4,898	4,724	6,046	4,930
GENERAL WORKS	156	139	136	152	134	113	101
HISTORY	490	540	524	557	601	659	569
HOME ECONOMICS	526	753	620	590	594	539	508
JUVENILES	4,783	5,124	5,043	5,033	4,857	5,040	5,034
LANGUAGE	230	392	365	319	315	331	378
LAW	257	147	136	110	98	98	99
LITERATURE	691	562	650	890	689	540	545
MEDICINE	442	715	776	703	597	634	561
MUSIC	90	117	128	120	124	94	90
PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY	659	859	788	858	821	879	798
POETRY, DRAMA	217	264	293	373	290	237	226
RELIGION	432	634	632	684	875	753	834
SCIENCE	854	1,198	1,165	1,224	1,130	1,066	1,032
SOCIOLOGY, ECONOMICS	1,222	1,613	1,464	1,519	1,633	1,661	1,517
SPORTS, RECREATION	450	545	509	541	528	480	476
TECHNOLOGY	692	1,156	1,053	964	971	958	1,101
TRAVEL	389	436	513	408	528	618	526
Totals	18,580	22,449	21,688	22,180	21,713	23,265	22,096

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