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Titles 905,648
Publishers 609
Countries and regions 155
Languages 128
Authors with a page 5,026
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Dated 898,919 (99%) By year 28,307 0 1830 1850 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010 1838: 1 title 1841: 5 titles 1843: 3 titles 1844: 1 title 1845: 3 titles 1846: 1 title 1848: 1 title 1852: 1 title 1859: 2 titles 1867: 1 title 1869: 1 title 1877: 1 title 1878: 2 titles 1879: 4 titles 1880: 2 titles 1881: 1 title 1882: 2 titles 1883: 4 titles 1884: 23 titles 1885: 31 titles 1886: 32 titles 1887: 57 titles 1888: 35 titles 1889: 23 titles 1890: 23 titles 1891: 51 titles 1892: 72 titles 1893: 79 titles 1894: 79 titles 1895: 91 titles 1896: 98 titles 1897: 59 titles 1898: 85 titles 1899: 90 titles 1900: 132 titles 1901: 86 titles 1902: 107 titles 1903: 149 titles 1904: 115 titles 1905: 294 titles 1906: 359 titles 1907: 244 titles 1908: 209 titles 1909: 200 titles 1910: 215 titles 1911: 169 titles 1912: 159 titles 1913: 175 titles 1914: 150 titles 1915: 81 titles 1916: 112 titles 1917: 136 titles 1918: 156 titles 1919: 335 titles 1920: 592 titles 1921: 634 titles 1922: 709 titles 1923: 812 titles 1924: 932 titles 1925: 1,156 titles 1926: 974 titles 1927: 1,296 titles 1928: 1,443 titles 1929: 1,484 titles 1930: 1,802 titles 1931: 1,520 titles 1932: 1,370 titles 1933: 1,261 titles 1934: 1,550 titles 1935: 1,767 titles 1936: 2,015 titles 1937: 2,048 titles 1938: 1,541 titles 1939: 1,371 titles 1940: 1,147 titles 1941: 813 titles 1942: 670 titles 1943: 755 titles 1944: 769 titles 1945: 1,225 titles 1946: 2,487 titles 1947: 2,738 titles 1948: 3,128 titles 1949: 4,207 titles 1950: 6,273 titles 1951: 6,377 titles 1952: 6,403 titles 1953: 7,703 titles 1954: 8,499 titles 1955: 9,991 titles 1956: 11,495 titles 1957: 11,753 titles 1958: 12,744 titles 1959: 12,437 titles 1960: 11,983 titles 1961: 11,598 titles 1962: 12,070 titles 1963: 12,656 titles 1964: 17,406 titles 1965: 18,138 titles 1966: 19,046 titles 1967: 18,549 titles 1968: 19,183 titles 1969: 19,104 titles 1970: 19,505 titles 1971: 20,159 titles 1972: 21,863 titles 1973: 22,950 titles 1974: 24,678 titles 1975: 26,066 titles 1976: 25,480 titles 1977: 25,829 titles 1978: 26,942 titles 1979: 27,585 titles 1980: 28,011 titles 1981: 28,134 titles 1982: 27,391 titles 1983: 27,532 titles 1984: 27,955 titles 1985: 28,307 titles 1986: 27,227 titles 1987: 26,039 titles 1988: 24,303 titles 1989: 22,773 titles 1990: 18,797 titles 1991: 9,175 titles 1992: 2,008 titles 1993: 1,649 titles 1994: 1,670 titles 1995: 1,598 titles 1996: 1,457 titles 1997: 1,532 titles 1998: 1,813 titles 1999: 1,880 titles 2000: 2,067 titles 2001: 2,076 titles 2002: 2,168 titles 2003: 2,033 titles 2004: 2,076 titles 2005: 2,211 titles 2006: 2,133 titles 2007: 1,946 titles 2008: 2,043 titles 2009: 1,973 titles 2010: 2,614 titles 2011: 1,897 titles 2012: 1,949 titles 2013: 1,891 titles 2014: 1,914 titles 2015: 1,875 titles 2016: 1,602 titles 2017: 1,630 titles 2018: 1,610 titles 2019: 1,686 titles 2020: 1,273 titles 2021: 1,535 titles 2022: 1,080 titles 2023: 952 titles 2024: 973 titles 2025: 804 titles 2026: 427 titles 2027: 2 titles All titles by year: 898,919 dated titles, 1838–2027, most in 1985 (28,307); 6,729 undated. The figures by decade Decade Titles 1830s 1 1840s 14 1850s 3 1860s 2 1870s 7 1880s 210 1890s 727 1900s 1,895 1910s 1,688 1920s 10,032 1930s 16,245 1940s 17,939 1950s 93,675 1960s 159,733 1970s 241,057 1980s 267,672 1990s 41,579 2000s 20,726 2010s 18,668 2020s 7,046
By language 11,009 0 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 1883: 1 title 1884: 5 titles 1885: 5 titles 1886: 1 title 1887: 1 title 1888: 2 titles 1893: 5 titles 1894: 3 titles 1895: 10 titles 1896: 6 titles 1897: 6 titles 1898: 6 titles 1899: 12 titles 1900: 15 titles 1901: 18 titles 1902: 30 titles 1903: 45 titles 1904: 14 titles 1905: 173 titles 1906: 164 titles 1907: 22 titles 1908: 16 titles 1909: 8 titles 1910: 15 titles 1911: 3 titles 1912: 1 title 1913: 1 title 1914: 5 titles 1915: 5 titles 1916: 12 titles 1917: 39 titles 1918: 32 titles 1919: 54 titles 1920: 148 titles 1921: 120 titles 1922: 167 titles 1923: 403 titles 1924: 408 titles 1925: 538 titles 1926: 422 titles 1927: 530 titles 1928: 604 titles 1929: 560 titles 1930: 593 titles 1931: 551 titles 1932: 340 titles 1933: 338 titles 1934: 537 titles 1935: 793 titles 1936: 880 titles 1937: 827 titles 1938: 578 titles 1939: 516 titles 1940: 545 titles 1941: 355 titles 1942: 160 titles 1943: 217 titles 1944: 282 titles 1945: 436 titles 1946: 729 titles 1947: 921 titles 1948: 970 titles 1949: 1,038 titles 1950: 1,453 titles 1951: 1,701 titles 1952: 1,941 titles 1953: 2,134 titles 1954: 2,548 titles 1955: 2,889 titles 1956: 2,840 titles 1957: 3,326 titles 1958: 3,480 titles 1959: 3,502 titles 1960: 3,605 titles 1961: 3,687 titles 1962: 3,895 titles 1963: 4,018 titles 1964: 7,980 titles 1965: 8,675 titles 1966: 8,842 titles 1967: 8,494 titles 1968: 8,852 titles 1969: 8,723 titles 1970: 8,667 titles 1971: 8,928 titles 1972: 9,399 titles 1973: 9,501 titles 1974: 10,192 titles 1975: 10,701 titles 1976: 10,284 titles 1977: 10,686 titles 1978: 11,009 titles 1979: 10,497 titles 1980: 10,515 titles 1981: 10,156 titles 1982: 9,677 titles 1983: 9,607 titles 1984: 9,588 titles 1985: 9,647 titles 1986: 9,421 titles 1987: 9,824 titles 1988: 9,317 titles 1989: 8,825 titles 1990: 7,543 titles 1991: 5,307 titles 1992: 172 titles 1993: 71 titles 1994: 28 titles 1995: 16 titles 1996: 8 titles 1997: 17 titles 1998: 10 titles 1999: 30 titles 2000: 27 titles 2001: 38 titles 2002: 24 titles 2003: 23 titles 2004: 27 titles 2005: 25 titles 2006: 13 titles 2007: 14 titles 2008: 10 titles 2009: 12 titles 2010: 6 titles 2011: 1 title 2012: 3 titles 2013: 1 title 2014: 2 titles 2015: 2 titles 2016: 1 title 2017: 2 titles 2018: 5 titles 2019: 1 title 2022: 4 titles Russian: 318,710 dated titles, 1883–2022, most in 1978 (11,009); 435 undated. The figures by decade Decade Titles 1880s 15 1890s 48 1900s 505 1910s 167 1920s 3,900 1930s 5,953 1940s 5,653 1950s 25,814 1960s 66,771 1970s 99,864 1980s 96,577 1990s 13,202 2000s 213 2010s 24 2020s 4
3,447 0 1830 1850 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010 1838: 1 title 1841: 5 titles 1843: 3 titles 1844: 1 title 1845: 3 titles 1846: 1 title 1848: 1 title 1852: 1 title 1859: 1 title 1867: 1 title 1869: 1 title 1878: 2 titles 1879: 4 titles 1880: 2 titles 1881: 1 title 1882: 2 titles 1883: 3 titles 1884: 18 titles 1885: 15 titles 1886: 17 titles 1887: 34 titles 1888: 18 titles 1889: 16 titles 1890: 13 titles 1891: 32 titles 1892: 46 titles 1893: 48 titles 1894: 43 titles 1895: 35 titles 1896: 39 titles 1897: 21 titles 1898: 41 titles 1899: 39 titles 1900: 43 titles 1901: 31 titles 1902: 32 titles 1903: 57 titles 1904: 48 titles 1905: 65 titles 1906: 94 titles 1907: 134 titles 1908: 104 titles 1909: 94 titles 1910: 119 titles 1911: 107 titles 1912: 101 titles 1913: 142 titles 1914: 84 titles 1915: 48 titles 1916: 46 titles 1917: 57 titles 1918: 50 titles 1919: 180 titles 1920: 255 titles 1921: 313 titles 1922: 329 titles 1923: 238 titles 1924: 261 titles 1925: 247 titles 1926: 182 titles 1927: 204 titles 1928: 230 titles 1929: 189 titles 1930: 252 titles 1931: 236 titles 1932: 259 titles 1933: 166 titles 1934: 149 titles 1935: 116 titles 1936: 113 titles 1937: 67 titles 1938: 37 titles 1939: 40 titles 1940: 18 titles 1941: 16 titles 1942: 18 titles 1943: 23 titles 1944: 26 titles 1945: 59 titles 1946: 444 titles 1947: 556 titles 1948: 588 titles 1949: 688 titles 1950: 879 titles 1951: 1,117 titles 1952: 1,368 titles 1953: 1,524 titles 1954: 1,568 titles 1955: 1,547 titles 1956: 1,606 titles 1957: 1,439 titles 1958: 1,674 titles 1959: 1,765 titles 1960: 2,027 titles 1961: 2,162 titles 1962: 1,957 titles 1963: 1,864 titles 1964: 1,925 titles 1965: 1,892 titles 1966: 1,932 titles 1967: 2,071 titles 1968: 2,099 titles 1969: 2,060 titles 1970: 2,135 titles 1971: 2,155 titles 1972: 2,374 titles 1973: 2,603 titles 1974: 3,273 titles 1975: 3,296 titles 1976: 3,411 titles 1977: 3,447 titles 1978: 3,305 titles 1979: 3,233 titles 1980: 3,290 titles 1981: 3,276 titles 1982: 3,099 titles 1983: 2,935 titles 1984: 3,084 titles 1985: 3,059 titles 1986: 3,091 titles 1987: 2,755 titles 1988: 2,625 titles 1989: 2,321 titles 1990: 1,412 titles 1991: 216 titles 1992: 111 titles 1993: 108 titles 1994: 106 titles 1995: 98 titles 1996: 83 titles 1997: 111 titles 1998: 110 titles 1999: 126 titles 2000: 147 titles 2001: 127 titles 2002: 141 titles 2003: 146 titles 2004: 143 titles 2005: 141 titles 2006: 170 titles 2007: 162 titles 2008: 166 titles 2009: 190 titles 2010: 142 titles 2011: 134 titles 2012: 149 titles 2013: 125 titles 2014: 120 titles 2015: 138 titles 2016: 140 titles 2017: 148 titles 2018: 160 titles 2019: 127 titles 2020: 119 titles 2021: 125 titles 2022: 111 titles 2023: 114 titles 2024: 83 titles 2025: 79 titles 2026: 83 titles 2027: 2 titles German: 107,819 dated titles, 1838–2027, most in 1977 (3,447); 1,063 undated. The figures by decade Decade Titles 1830s 1 1840s 14 1850s 2 1860s 2 1870s 6 1880s 126 1890s 357 1900s 702 1910s 934 1920s 2,448 1930s 1,435 1940s 2,436 1950s 14,487 1960s 19,989 1970s 29,232 1980s 29,535 1990s 2,481 2000s 1,533 2010s 1,383 2020s 716
5,842 0 1850 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010 1859: 1 title 1905: 1 title 1915: 1 title 1916: 1 title 1920: 4 titles 1921: 3 titles 1922: 2 titles 1923: 1 title 1925: 1 title 1926: 5 titles 1927: 3 titles 1930: 2 titles 1932: 10 titles 1933: 61 titles 1934: 101 titles 1935: 87 titles 1936: 184 titles 1937: 182 titles 1938: 237 titles 1939: 145 titles 1940: 63 titles 1941: 19 titles 1942: 11 titles 1943: 34 titles 1944: 49 titles 1945: 79 titles 1946: 225 titles 1947: 214 titles 1948: 244 titles 1949: 846 titles 1950: 1,576 titles 1951: 941 titles 1952: 646 titles 1953: 1,273 titles 1954: 1,293 titles 1955: 1,910 titles 1956: 3,034 titles 1957: 2,760 titles 1958: 3,243 titles 1959: 2,596 titles 1960: 1,305 titles 1961: 888 titles 1962: 1,356 titles 1963: 1,277 titles 1964: 1,267 titles 1965: 1,205 titles 1966: 698 titles 1967: 161 titles 1968: 150 titles 1969: 102 titles 1970: 283 titles 1971: 481 titles 1972: 1,162 titles 1973: 1,698 titles 1974: 1,926 titles 1975: 2,388 titles 1976: 2,098 titles 1977: 1,883 titles 1978: 2,660 titles 1979: 4,129 titles 1980: 4,650 titles 1981: 5,698 titles 1982: 5,550 titles 1983: 5,685 titles 1984: 5,842 titles 1985: 5,728 titles 1986: 5,263 titles 1987: 4,136 titles 1988: 3,416 titles 1989: 3,124 titles 1990: 2,722 titles 1991: 46 titles 1992: 63 titles 1993: 92 titles 1994: 72 titles 1995: 82 titles 1996: 106 titles 1997: 102 titles 1998: 159 titles 1999: 210 titles 2000: 300 titles 2001: 259 titles 2002: 197 titles 2003: 219 titles 2004: 192 titles 2005: 172 titles 2006: 161 titles 2007: 144 titles 2008: 146 titles 2009: 108 titles 2010: 126 titles 2011: 177 titles 2012: 91 titles 2013: 103 titles 2014: 75 titles 2015: 72 titles 2016: 65 titles 2017: 41 titles 2018: 21 titles 2019: 29 titles 2020: 19 titles 2021: 14 titles 2022: 18 titles 2023: 11 titles 2024: 3 titles Chinese: 104,714 dated titles, 1859–2024, most in 1984 (5,842); 664 undated. The figures by decade Decade Titles 1850s 1 1900s 1 1910s 2 1920s 19 1930s 1,009 1940s 1,784 1950s 19,272 1960s 8,409 1970s 18,708 1980s 49,092 1990s 3,654 2000s 1,898 2010s 800 2020s 65
1,307 0 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 1885: 11 titles 1886: 12 titles 1887: 21 titles 1888: 15 titles 1889: 6 titles 1890: 10 titles 1891: 16 titles 1892: 18 titles 1893: 18 titles 1894: 25 titles 1895: 39 titles 1896: 41 titles 1897: 28 titles 1898: 34 titles 1899: 36 titles 1900: 59 titles 1901: 27 titles 1902: 36 titles 1903: 32 titles 1904: 36 titles 1905: 34 titles 1906: 56 titles 1907: 78 titles 1908: 77 titles 1909: 76 titles 1910: 56 titles 1911: 46 titles 1912: 44 titles 1913: 25 titles 1914: 42 titles 1915: 16 titles 1916: 37 titles 1917: 22 titles 1918: 43 titles 1919: 58 titles 1920: 80 titles 1921: 48 titles 1922: 41 titles 1923: 32 titles 1924: 29 titles 1925: 69 titles 1926: 87 titles 1927: 137 titles 1928: 186 titles 1929: 224 titles 1930: 210 titles 1931: 268 titles 1932: 398 titles 1933: 432 titles 1934: 486 titles 1935: 453 titles 1936: 456 titles 1937: 456 titles 1938: 349 titles 1939: 418 titles 1940: 298 titles 1941: 279 titles 1942: 357 titles 1943: 349 titles 1944: 305 titles 1945: 343 titles 1946: 338 titles 1947: 354 titles 1948: 331 titles 1949: 314 titles 1950: 481 titles 1951: 409 titles 1952: 422 titles 1953: 441 titles 1954: 529 titles 1955: 531 titles 1956: 632 titles 1957: 575 titles 1958: 652 titles 1959: 721 titles 1960: 850 titles 1961: 668 titles 1962: 719 titles 1963: 804 titles 1964: 857 titles 1965: 972 titles 1966: 1,069 titles 1967: 1,178 titles 1968: 1,015 titles 1969: 1,022 titles 1970: 1,237 titles 1971: 1,072 titles 1972: 1,174 titles 1973: 1,095 titles 1974: 1,181 titles 1975: 1,198 titles 1976: 1,159 titles 1977: 1,188 titles 1978: 1,203 titles 1979: 1,097 titles 1980: 1,239 titles 1981: 1,238 titles 1982: 1,222 titles 1983: 1,307 titles 1984: 1,284 titles 1985: 1,297 titles 1986: 1,292 titles 1987: 1,258 titles 1988: 1,177 titles 1989: 1,104 titles 1990: 957 titles 1991: 501 titles 1992: 430 titles 1993: 387 titles 1994: 383 titles 1995: 444 titles 1996: 422 titles 1997: 432 titles 1998: 446 titles 1999: 460 titles 2000: 535 titles 2001: 565 titles 2002: 597 titles 2003: 549 titles 2004: 541 titles 2005: 550 titles 2006: 545 titles 2007: 541 titles 2008: 534 titles 2009: 468 titles 2010: 829 titles 2011: 521 titles 2012: 539 titles 2013: 538 titles 2014: 590 titles 2015: 604 titles 2016: 524 titles 2017: 561 titles 2018: 535 titles 2019: 620 titles 2020: 610 titles 2021: 833 titles 2022: 503 titles 2023: 436 titles 2024: 445 titles 2025: 361 titles 2026: 153 titles English: 67,415 dated titles, 1885–2026, most in 1983 (1,307); 775 undated. The figures by decade Decade Titles 1880s 65 1890s 265 1900s 511 1910s 389 1920s 933 1930s 3,926 1940s 3,268 1950s 5,393 1960s 9,154 1970s 11,604 1980s 12,418 1990s 4,862 2000s 5,425 2010s 5,861 2020s 3,341
1,383 0 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010 1918: 2 titles 1919: 1 title 1920: 3 titles 1923: 4 titles 1927: 2 titles 1928: 2 titles 1929: 2 titles 1933: 3 titles 1934: 2 titles 1935: 5 titles 1937: 1 title 1940: 1 title 1943: 1 title 1944: 2 titles 1945: 63 titles 1946: 196 titles 1947: 132 titles 1948: 179 titles 1949: 309 titles 1950: 391 titles 1951: 465 titles 1952: 306 titles 1953: 499 titles 1954: 600 titles 1955: 717 titles 1956: 848 titles 1957: 895 titles 1958: 825 titles 1959: 844 titles 1960: 850 titles 1961: 826 titles 1962: 831 titles 1963: 938 titles 1964: 945 titles 1965: 1,045 titles 1966: 1,202 titles 1967: 1,206 titles 1968: 1,203 titles 1969: 1,165 titles 1970: 1,383 titles 1971: 1,271 titles 1972: 1,364 titles 1973: 1,323 titles 1974: 1,260 titles 1975: 1,095 titles 1976: 1,164 titles 1977: 1,054 titles 1978: 1,185 titles 1979: 1,140 titles 1980: 1,159 titles 1981: 974 titles 1982: 1,151 titles 1983: 1,142 titles 1984: 1,078 titles 1985: 1,044 titles 1986: 1,058 titles 1987: 1,035 titles 1988: 1,059 titles 1989: 840 titles 1990: 550 titles 1991: 18 titles 1994: 1 title 2001: 1 title 2002: 1 title 2004: 2 titles 2009: 1 title 2016: 1 title 2017: 5 titles 2020: 1 title 2021: 4 titles 2023: 1 title 2024: 1 title Polish: 40,877 dated titles, 1918–2024, most in 1970 (1,383); 246 undated. The figures by decade Decade Titles 1910s 3 1920s 13 1930s 11 1940s 883 1950s 6,390 1960s 10,211 1970s 12,239 1980s 10,540 1990s 569 2000s 5 2010s 6 2020s 7
880 0 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 1922: 1 title 1926: 1 title 1928: 1 title 1929: 2 titles 1930: 1 title 1931: 1 title 1932: 2 titles 1933: 1 title 1934: 3 titles 1935: 10 titles 1936: 24 titles 1937: 70 titles 1938: 20 titles 1939: 13 titles 1940: 15 titles 1941: 23 titles 1942: 19 titles 1943: 28 titles 1944: 13 titles 1945: 9 titles 1946: 27 titles 1947: 16 titles 1948: 23 titles 1949: 10 titles 1950: 14 titles 1951: 7 titles 1952: 11 titles 1953: 17 titles 1954: 21 titles 1955: 14 titles 1956: 28 titles 1957: 25 titles 1958: 23 titles 1959: 54 titles 1960: 57 titles 1961: 79 titles 1962: 89 titles 1963: 120 titles 1964: 132 titles 1965: 114 titles 1966: 114 titles 1967: 161 titles 1968: 208 titles 1969: 252 titles 1970: 297 titles 1971: 478 titles 1972: 571 titles 1973: 640 titles 1974: 616 titles 1975: 694 titles 1976: 699 titles 1977: 740 titles 1978: 785 titles 1979: 778 titles 1980: 731 titles 1981: 731 titles 1982: 687 titles 1983: 736 titles 1984: 758 titles 1985: 880 titles 1986: 689 titles 1987: 772 titles 1988: 761 titles 1989: 786 titles 1990: 583 titles 1991: 380 titles 1992: 327 titles 1993: 350 titles 1994: 456 titles 1995: 354 titles 1996: 450 titles 1997: 421 titles 1998: 489 titles 1999: 487 titles 2000: 494 titles 2001: 517 titles 2002: 487 titles 2003: 485 titles 2004: 485 titles 2005: 584 titles 2006: 532 titles 2007: 440 titles 2008: 487 titles 2009: 411 titles 2010: 444 titles 2011: 405 titles 2012: 389 titles 2013: 341 titles 2014: 420 titles 2015: 441 titles 2016: 335 titles 2017: 355 titles 2018: 327 titles 2019: 370 titles 2020: 126 titles 2021: 145 titles 2022: 100 titles 2023: 112 titles 2024: 154 titles 2025: 72 titles 2026: 10 titles Spanish: 29,467 dated titles, 1922–2026, most in 1985 (880); 377 undated. The figures by decade Decade Titles 1920s 5 1930s 145 1940s 183 1950s 214 1960s 1,326 1970s 6,298 1980s 7,531 1990s 4,297 2000s 4,922 2010s 3,827 2020s 719
762 0 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 1913: 1 title 1914: 1 title 1919: 1 title 1920: 3 titles 1921: 7 titles 1922: 6 titles 1923: 5 titles 1924: 16 titles 1925: 10 titles 1926: 8 titles 1927: 7 titles 1928: 11 titles 1930: 3 titles 1931: 1 title 1932: 1 title 1933: 1 title 1934: 1 title 1935: 3 titles 1936: 2 titles 1938: 1 title 1945: 52 titles 1946: 127 titles 1947: 96 titles 1948: 284 titles 1949: 344 titles 1950: 481 titles 1951: 507 titles 1952: 404 titles 1953: 532 titles 1954: 402 titles 1955: 446 titles 1956: 431 titles 1957: 472 titles 1958: 494 titles 1959: 455 titles 1960: 516 titles 1961: 457 titles 1962: 471 titles 1963: 498 titles 1964: 514 titles 1965: 481 titles 1966: 686 titles 1967: 729 titles 1968: 762 titles 1969: 649 titles 1970: 551 titles 1971: 545 titles 1972: 520 titles 1973: 579 titles 1974: 592 titles 1975: 653 titles 1976: 553 titles 1977: 583 titles 1978: 675 titles 1979: 595 titles 1980: 663 titles 1981: 620 titles 1982: 575 titles 1983: 653 titles 1984: 653 titles 1985: 649 titles 1986: 613 titles 1987: 630 titles 1988: 616 titles 1989: 627 titles 1990: 484 titles 1991: 23 titles 1992: 19 titles 1998: 2 titles 2001: 2 titles Czech: 24,054 dated titles, 1913–2001, most in 1968 (762); 175 undated. The figures by decade Decade Titles 1910s 3 1920s 73 1930s 13 1940s 903 1950s 4,624 1960s 5,763 1970s 5,846 1980s 6,299 1990s 528 2000s 2
818 0 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010 1877: 1 title 1900: 4 titles 1903: 1 title 1904: 1 title 1906: 1 title 1907: 3 titles 1909: 1 title 1911: 1 title 1912: 2 titles 1913: 2 titles 1914: 1 title 1915: 4 titles 1918: 4 titles 1919: 4 titles 1920: 3 titles 1922: 1 title 1923: 4 titles 1925: 1 title 1928: 1 title 1929: 1 title 1930: 1 title 1933: 1 title 1935: 1 title 1936: 1 title 1938: 1 title 1940: 1 title 1945: 20 titles 1946: 33 titles 1947: 32 titles 1948: 46 titles 1949: 65 titles 1950: 97 titles 1951: 157 titles 1952: 148 titles 1953: 145 titles 1954: 232 titles 1955: 325 titles 1956: 310 titles 1957: 525 titles 1958: 430 titles 1959: 483 titles 1960: 466 titles 1961: 533 titles 1962: 472 titles 1963: 579 titles 1964: 575 titles 1965: 601 titles 1966: 598 titles 1967: 662 titles 1968: 650 titles 1969: 613 titles 1970: 615 titles 1971: 579 titles 1972: 633 titles 1973: 662 titles 1974: 670 titles 1975: 689 titles 1976: 684 titles 1977: 818 titles 1978: 760 titles 1979: 780 titles 1980: 736 titles 1981: 755 titles 1982: 780 titles 1983: 721 titles 1984: 800 titles 1985: 694 titles 1986: 706 titles 1987: 734 titles 1988: 619 titles 1989: 539 titles 1990: 403 titles 2001: 1 title 2005: 1 title 2011: 1 title 2014: 1 title 2015: 1 title Hungarian: 23,226 dated titles, 1877–2015, most in 1977 (818); 113 undated. The figures by decade Decade Titles 1870s 1 1900s 11 1910s 18 1920s 11 1930s 5 1940s 197 1950s 2,852 1960s 5,749 1970s 6,890 1980s 7,084 1990s 403 2000s 2 2010s 3
The 25 languages with the most titles Language Titles Share Russian 319,145 German 108,882 Chinese 105,378 English 68,190 Not recorded 49,678 Polish 41,123 Spanish 29,844 Czech 24,229 Hungarian 23,339 French 21,456 Japanese 16,720 Bulgarian 10,878 Korean 9,155 Italian 8,380 Croatian 7,755 Serbian 7,400 Romanian 6,916 Lithuanian 5,536 Vietnamese 4,909 Estonian 4,464 Arabic 3,768 Armenian 3,726 Ukrainian 3,537 Albanian 2,574 Latvian 2,540
By country Each title is counted under its publisher's country or region, as on the globe, and also under the home country of a press in exile.
The 25 countries and regions with the most titles Country or region Titles Share Soviet Union 361,949 China 113,858 East Germany 90,337 Poland 46,137 Czechoslovakia 31,213 Hungary 28,357 United Kingdom 24,327 Japan 15,947 Germany 15,346 Cuba 14,438 Bulgaria 14,192 United States 11,864 France 11,779 Yugoslavia 11,529 North Korea 10,674 Italy 8,963 Mexico 8,461 Romania 7,340 Vietnam 6,367 Estonia 5,883 Spain 5,558 Belarus 4,464 Armenia 3,917 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,797 Kyrgyzstan 3,560
By publisher The 25 publishers with the most titles Publisher Titles Share Nauka 123,625 Sovetskii pisatel' 28,307 Politizdat 22,922 Volk und Wissen 22,891 Mysl' 17,297 Znanie 17,235 Khudozhestvennaia literatura 16,804 Molodaia gvardiia 16,731 Akademie-Verlag 14,385 Dietz Verlag Berlin 12,653 Prosveshchenie 12,428 Progress Publishers 12,116 Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe 11,483 Akadémiai Kiadó 9,805 Sovremennik 9,640 Shanghai People's Publishing House 9,533 People's Publishing House (Beijing) 8,982 Lenizdat 8,681 Science Press 8,550 Czytelnik 8,353 People's Literature Publishing House 8,284 Moskovskii rabochii 8,024 Der Kinderbuchverlag 7,749 Detskaia literatura 7,747 Voenizdat 7,654
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