Following from a Washington Post story (behind paywall so won’t bother to link).
Of 1,500 Americans surveyed, a less-than-ideal 46 percent finished zero books last year and 5 percent read just one. So, if you read more than two books in 2023, congratulations! You’re in the top half of U.S. adults.
Reading five books put you in the top 33 percent, while reading 10 books put you in the top 21 percent. Those of us who read more than 50 books are the true one-percenters: people who read more books than 99 percent of their fellow Americans.
I read 36 books last year (some I’d read previously). Prompted a nice chat with ChatGPT.
In addition to the 36 new books I read last year, let’s add another 15 by my favorite authors. Michael Connelley, John Sandford, Lawrence Block, Robert Crais, Carl Hiaasen and others. I guess I’ve read every one of their titles four or five times and they never disappoint. So, yes, I’ll include myself in the 1% who read 50 or more books last year.