Despite widespread retail store shutdowns due to Covid, U.S. book sales were up 8.2% (in units) over the previous year in 2020, according to The NPD Group. Increased time at home for both kids and adults was the biggest driver, along with a superheated political environment.
The need to educate kids at home (and occupy their time) drove the fastest-growing category, juvenile non-fiction. Juvenile fiction was up 11%, with kids graphic novels definitely contributing; Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man: Grime and Punishment was the #3 book bestseller in the U.S. in 2020.
Juvenile fiction made up one-third of all the U.S. book market growth in 2020.

Everybody Was at Home
Posted by Milton Griepp on January 8, 2021 @ 2:18 am CT

MORE COMICS
Ten Speed Graphic Fall 2025 Catalog
July 11, 2025
Ten Speed Graphic has released its Fall 2025 catalog.
From Dynamite Entertainment
July 11, 2025
Check out the preview for Gargoyles: Demona #1, published by Dynamite Entertainment.
MORE NEWS
At Recent Heritage Auction; Frazetta Original Comic Art Closes Over $1 Million
July 11, 2025
An Action Comics #1 cover wrap hammered at over $400,000 at Heritage Auctions' June 26-29, 2025 Comic & Comic Art Signature Auction.
As Chief Growth Officer
July 11, 2025
Paizo, Inc. has hired Christian Moore as their Chief Growth Officer, the company announced.