Mid Year Check in

With more memoirs ranging from the life of a cartoonist from the New Yorker and Britney Spears’s ‘The Woman in Me,” unique people stories continue to grow.

In addition, Nelson buying a history of the In-N-Out Burger franchise, and Amistad buying a book by couture designer B Michael about his friendship with actor Cicely Tyson show us that non-fiction books will maintain their presence on bookshelves (source: Publishers’ Marketplace). Cookbooks, leadership, travel/bucket list, inspirational and spiritual also continue to reinvent themselves.

Romance, crime, and mystery maintain their statuses as the most profitable genres in fiction. And with second, third, and fourth books by historical fiction writers coming out in 2024, most book clubs (online and in person) are selecting the next books from their most liked authors.

How might the next six months round out the year? Some professionals have said more of the same this year, as additional restructuring is speculated in the industry.