One In Four Americans Read No Books In the Past Year

One in Four Americans Read No Books in Past Year
Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007
By: Alan Fram, Associated Press

WASHINGTON - (AP) There it sits on your night stand, that book you've meant to read for who knows how long but haven't yet cracked open. Tonight, as you feel its stare from beneath that teetering pile of magazines, know one thing -- you are not alone.

One in four adults say they read no books at all in the past year, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll released Tuesday. Of those who did read, women and seniors were most avid, and religious works and popular fiction were the top choices.

The survey reveals a nation whose book readers, on the whole, can hardly be called ravenous. The typical person claimed to have read four books in the last year -- half read more and half read fewer. Excluding those who hadn't read any, the usual number read was seven.

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This article puts forth a very serious claim, that if true, explains a lot about the state of the youth in this country. It will also explain why the majority of African American children cannot read above a fourth grade level. There is no comparison of the knowledge that is gained from a book as opposed to television or any other medium. We have to do better and demand better. I mean honestly how hard is it to pick up a book and read...SMH. You can't say that you can't find any book of interest because the range of topics covered by books are endless. So do me a favor, yourself a favor, your kids a favor, our race a favor, the teachers a favor, this country a favor, this world a favor READ A BOOK!!!

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