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Dept. Of Meaningless Lists, Part 2: We Don’t Read No Good

According to Amazon.com, Philadelphia fell short of the top 20 most well-read cities in the U.S. this year. Well, actually, let’s clarify: It’s really a list of the cities that ordered the most books on Amazon. According to the list, “The ranking was determined by compiling sales data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format since June 1, 2011, on a per capita basis in cities with more than 100,000 residents.”

Still, it stings to be ranked below Knoxville, Gainsville, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati in anything.

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 17th, 2012 at 2:05 pm.

  • Allan Smithee

    Am currently at the Richmond Branch using the computer. The Librarian recommended The Sense of An Ending by Julian Barnes… Have it in hand and will check it out when I leave.
     
    The Free Library of Philadelphia rules.

  • DP

    Maybe it’s because there’s more to do here then all of those other cities. I know I’d rather be out then sitting at home reading.

  • monica k.

    Gainesville.