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Originally Posted by Barty
http://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...-chart/255572/
The % of people who say they are currently reading a book/novel has gone UP through the years. Maybe we're reading more crap, there are more authors so it's harder to make money, there are fewer books that get wide attention, and "literary" books don't have the same cultural influence and cachet they used to. But it's still pretty remarkable considering all the options we now have distraction/entertainment/enlightenment.
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We also have a lot more leisure time.
Additionally, responding that one is currently reading a book is pretty meaningless. Does it mean the person has been plodding through a book for months? I think number of books read during some specific period of time would be a more interesting stat to compare over the decades.