First: I wanna clarify this. I know that loads of people read like 100 books a year, or read all the time. I know these people exist. I’m asking about people that are like… average. An average american who just… reads. Doesn’t track everything or sets goals of like 100, or never stops reading… Anyway, I’ve been searching this up, and i find answers like 15-50, even 100. I find this highly unlikely, especially for average US citizens. Half the people i know don’t even pick up 5 books a year, let alone 15! I just don’t believe these stats. I read somewhere that people read 8 a month on average? That can’t be right for an average person. That’s like 2 books a week… I know people do read this much, but still… For an average person? So be real… how many books do people actually read a year?
But I mean, if not, then literature popcorn is great too 🍿. I like mysteries too, I guess I just had an impulse to shout out the Master and Margarita haha
There can never be too many shoutouts to Master and Margarita!
I read Anna Karenina as my first foray into Russian literature, and let me tell you, Bulgakov kept me in the game as Tolstoy was taking me out.