Who’s not reading.

24% of American adults claim that they haven’t read a book (or part of a book–in any format) in the past year.

37% of adults with just a high school degree or less haven’t been reading.

7% of college grads decide to eschew literary pleasures.

36% of those with household incomes of $30,00 or less decided to pursue less bookish pursuits

while

13% of affluent Americans just said no to books.

28% of adults aged 50+ did not do much in terms of reading.

whereas,

20% of those under 50–well, let’s just say they weren’t in any book clubs.

Yet, come on people. Reading can be such a joy–you don’t even have to write a report.

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Source: Pew