| American | British | Million Books | Fiction | Spanish | |
| TOTAL | 157,038,647,237 | 33,956,199,401 | 89,018,701,755 | 90,708,026,516 | 45,110,919,041 |
| DECADE | |||||
| 1500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1520 | 0 | 0 | 45,399 | 0 | 0 |
| 1530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,235 |
| 1540 | 0 | 33,107 | 3,956 | 0 | 0 |
| 1550 | 0 | 43,900 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1560 | 0 | 95,071 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1570 | 0 | 16,960 | 344,871 | 0 | 67,016 |
| 1580 | 369,429 | 93,847 | 491,028 | 0 | 689,675 |
| 1590 | 503,994 | 480,604 | 218,540 | 155,212 | 28,961 |
| 1600 | 24,586 | 536,476 | 156,606 | 147,258 | 73,381 |
| 1610 | 1,611 | 181,551 | 135,404 | 71,122 | 429,317 |
| 1620 | 144,950 | 245,414 | 81,293 | 86,062 | 338,680 |
| 1630 | 46,636 | 773,723 | 1,012,299 | 709,573 | 63,122 |
| 1640 | 355,842 | 1,379,482 | 1,374,648 | 57,149 | 577,503 |
| 1650 | 756,799 | 4,137,887 | 567,707 | 1,141,433 | 32,811 |
| 1660 | 1,581,451 | 3,086,069 | 2,101,680 | 1,036,527 | 233,804 |
| 1670 | 12,449 | 5,900,401 | 2,611,832 | 1,275,321 | 736,962 |
| 1680 | 807,830 | 6,111,108 | 3,856,261 | 1,779,751 | 212,279 |
| 1690 | 1,016,784 | 5,093,917 | 2,530,853 | 2,232,661 | 967,454 |
| 1700 | 1,091,210 | 21,333,058 | 8,915,902 | 5,533,754 | 337,794 |
| 1710 | 357,801 | 29,092,710 | 10,276,984 | 12,852,057 | 196,434 |
| 1720 | 635,682 | 36,181,979 | 20,641,638 | 15,214,274 | 530,996 |
| 1730 | 1,530,670 | 39,472,414 | 27,677,605 | 16,605,696 | 2,483,151 |
| 1740 | 1,827,230 | 47,042,924 | 39,329,769 | 16,203,985 | 3,244,101 |
| 1750 | 1,278,884 | 77,009,435 | 62,620,603 | 28,370,402 | 4,249,220 |
| 1760 | 1,936,093 | 90,989,751 | 58,070,495 | 26,692,313 | 16,411,212 |
| 1770 | 2,288,943 | 97,065,629 | 79,815,750 | 32,970,524 | 59,717,619 |
| 1780 | 4,824,295 | 117,759,090 | 118,549,848 | 68,663,361 | 98,905,821 |
| 1790 | 23,423,531 | 188,160,772 | 194,857,497 | 86,550,354 | 133,096,911 |
| 1800 | 223,089,958 | 400,357,812 | 634,511,787 | 195,602,471 | 111,104,848 |
| 1810 | 377,495,170 | 533,526,506 | 1,034,271,173 | 290,696,344 | 63,935,198 |
| 1820 | 655,061,670 | 827,916,605 | 1,744,250,046 | 555,408,607 | 134,799,231 |
| 1830 | 1,437,354,040 | 922,372,712 | 2,408,271,444 | 830,452,516 | 179,109,685 |
| 1840 | 1,938,429,699 | 1,075,235,205 | 3,014,845,418 | 1,008,057,528 | 411,500,323 |
| 1850 | 2,952,500,000 | 1,288,015,007 | 4,095,733,662 | 1,351,823,604 | 480,053,167 |
| 1860 | 2,352,600,000 | 1,191,865,908 | 3,510,449,374 | 1,315,009,112 | 580,244,306 |
| 1870 | 2,844,200,000 | 1,487,367,065 | 4,395,073,956 | 1,618,353,311 | 484,648,467 |
| 1880 | 4,407,800,000 | 1,729,552,914 | 5,818,914,723 | 2,183,835,728 | 690,207,158 |
| 1890 | 5,632,300,000 | 1,922,169,275 | 5,560,205,865 | 2,943,149,769 | 694,770,543 |
| 1900 | 7,520,100,000 | 2,119,037,318 | 5,316,671,261 | 3,447,060,588 | 873,900,591 |
| 1910 | 10,087,100,000 | 903,672,325 | 4,758,844,017 | 3,209,348,173 | 803,886,898 |
| 1920 | 7,088,900,000 | 1,304,903,006 | 4,885,727,384 | 2,931,593,122 | 948,548,773 |
| 1930 | 5,794,500,000 | 1,125,323,820 | 5,026,714,808 | 2,350,474,200 | 1,313,772,156 |
| 1940 | 6,167,300,000 | 812,949,480 | 5,137,901,748 | 2,368,270,064 | 2,087,952,877 |
| 1950 | 8,103,600,000 | 1,462,455,165 | 5,378,749,652 | 3,534,016,578 | 2,641,334,046 |
| 1960 | 13,191,800,000 | 1,818,326,716 | 5,162,441,342 | 4,710,045,681 | 3,886,364,112 |
| 1970 | 14,010,900,000 | 1,799,218,101 | 4,930,549,604 | 5,746,942,510 | 5,428,946,550 |
| 1980 | 15,510,800,000 | 2,138,477,615 | 5,272,684,678 | 8,167,656,339 | 6,296,329,173 |
| 1990 | 19,815,700,000 | 2,914,114,212 | 5,540,202,465 | 12,263,082,642 | 7,728,569,791 |
| 2000 | 26,882,300,000 | 5,407,025,355 | 4,755,398,880 | 29,368,798,840 | 8,947,310,689 |