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Who Is Reading What and Why

Quick look at a recent poll about how many Americans read (not many) and what they're reading

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Lincoln Michel
Jan 10, 2024
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Yesterday, I saw an interesting if expectedly depressing survey of America’s reading habits in the Washington Post. The expectedly depressing part is that few Americans read many books. “46 percent finished zero books last year and 5 percent read just one,” Andrew Van Dam writes. “So, if you read more than two books in 2023, congratulations! You’re in t…

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