> The years go forward but you want to read it backwards to understand it's meaning.
I don't really get what you mean with that. Prices dropped rappidly within 60 years. Bar graphs are maybe not the best pick here, but I definitely read this graph forward to understand its meaning.
Development in Book Prices and Productivity
Pages printed per day: Europe
Cheapest book: biggest bar
The years go forward but you want to read it backwards to understand it's meaning.
Size of Largest Book Collection
no y axis, just text written on random bars. big year gaps that don't really add to the narrative.
I get you're retelling the paragraph you wrote before in a visual format. It's hard to read and doesn't add much.