How Many Novels Are Published Each Year?

There are somewhere between 600,000 and 1,000,000 books published every year in the US alone, depending on which stats you believe. Many of those – perhaps as many as half or even more – are self-published.

How many novels are published each year in the US?

# New Titles

Do you find these numbers staggering? I do. More than one million books published every year in the United States!

How many new authors are published each year?

As we do have reasonably reliable statistics that about 300,000 new titles are published each year, that's clearly the upper bound. Assuming that most authors publish more than one book -- and clearly there are some out there who churn them out -- most of those 300,000 are probably not by new authors.

Maya Lin-Takahashi

Maya Lin-Takahashi

Consumer Tech & Gadget Reviewer

Maya is a hardware enthusiast who tests and reviews smart home devices, smartphones, wearables, and audio gear. She focuses on practical consumer value and build quality.