The thread title might better be that Americans
say they are reading fewer books. It could be that they are just getting a bit more honest about how few they read.
From the top of the thread link:
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Americans purchased more than 825 million printed books in 2021, up nearly 9 percent from 2020 and well over the 693 million sold in 2019, according to NPD BookScan, an industry analyst.
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That doesn’t prove how much people read either. It could be that people bought books because of libraries being closed due to lockdowns. Or it could be that people bought books to decorate shelves.
If people were reading books less and our better newspapers more, I think that would be a plus. Not that it’s likely.