I encounter far more people who rarely/never read a book, than those read regularly. The stats below seem to support my anecdotal findings.

• 50% – U.S. adults who are unable to read an 8th grade level book
• 33% – U.S. high school graduates who will never read a book after high school
• 42% – College students who will never read another book after they graduate
• 80% – U.S. families who did not buy a book this year
• 70% – Adults that have not been in a book store in the past 5 years
• 57% – Books started that aren’t read to completion

I found these at statisticbrain.com. The post gives the source for these stats as something called Read Faster, Reading Stats and and “Research Date: of April 28, 2013. I confess these are hard for me to believe so if anyone can call bullshit (with sources), please do. Now, here’s my nasty little secret:

I feel a little… superior… to people who don’t read books. I know I shouldn’t but an informed opinion just somehow seems more… valid?