France Books Market Size & Outlook, 2024-2030

The books market in France is expected to reach a projected revenue of US$ 7.4 billion by 2030. A compound annual growth rate of 4.6% is expected of France books market from 2025 to 2030.
Revenue, 2024 (US$B)
$5.7
Forecast, 2030 (US$B)
$7.4
CAGR, 2025 - 2030
4.6%
Report Coverage
France

France books market highlights

  • The France books market generated a revenue of USD 5.7 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach USD 7.4 billion by 2030.
  • The France market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.6% from 2025 to 2030.
  • In terms of segment, mystery was the largest revenue generating type in 2024.
  • Mystery is the most lucrative type segment registering the fastest growth during the forecast period.

Books market data book summary

Market revenue in 2024USD 5.7 billion
Market revenue in 2030USD 7.4 billion
Growth rate4.6% (CAGR from 2025 to 2030)
Largest segmentMystery
Fastest growing segmentMystery
Historical data2018 - 2023
Base year2024
Forecast period2025 - 2030
Quantitative unitsRevenue in USD billion
Market segmentationScience, Historical, Mystery, Fantasy, Literary, Contemporary /Realistic, Romance, Educational, Comic, Others (classics, biographies)
Key market players worldwideNews Corp Class A, Paramount Global Class A, Pearson PLC, Scholastic Corp, Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Marvel Entertainment, Morris Publishing Group, IDW Publishing, Hachette Book Group

Other key industry trends

  • In terms of revenue, France accounted for 3.7% of the global books market in 2024.
  • Country-wise, U.S. is expected to lead the global market in terms of revenue in 2030.
  • In Europe, Germany books market is projected to lead the regional market in terms of revenue in 2030.
  • UK is the fastest growing regional market in Europe and is projected to reach USD 11.9 billion by 2030.

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France books market outlook

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Mystery was the largest segment with a revenue share of 17.54% in 2024. Horizon Databook has segmented the France books market based on science, historical, mystery, fantasy, literary, contemporary /realistic, romance, educational, comic, others (classics, biographies) covering the revenue growth of each sub-segment from 2018 to 2030.


In France, digital sales are a bright spot for the books market, which represented 8.42% of a publisher’s revenue in 2018. At the same time, offline sales of books witnessed a decline. The Syndicat national de l’édition in France reported that in 2019, just 8.7% of publisher revenue came from digital.

While this figure might be considered conservative, digital sales amounted to EUR 232.3 million of the total revenue of EUR 2.6 billion that year. About 70.5% of that was from the professional and academic arena, with trade fiction amounting to 13% of total digital sales.

Digital non-fiction amounted to 6% at EUR 14.3 million. Another point to be noted was that these numbers were derived from data supplied by only 160 publishing houses, so, sales from many small presses and independent authors were not part of the official sales. This shows the immense scope the digital platform possesses.

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