The Most Well-Read Cities in the USA
Which
cities in the United States have the most bookworms? Amazon has just announced
a list of the Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities in America:
After compiling sales data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format since Jan. 1, 2011, on a per capita basis in cities with more than 100,000 residents, the Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities are:
- Cambridge, Mass.
- Alexandria, Va.
- Berkeley, Calif.
- Ann Arbor, Mich.
- Boulder, Colo.
- Miami
- Salt Lake City
- Gainesville, Fla.
- Seattle
- Arlington, Va.
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- Orlando, Fla.
- Pittsburgh
- Washington, D.C.
- Bellevue, Wash.
- Columbia, S.C.
- St. Louis, Mo.
- Cincinnati
- Portland, Ore.
- Atlanta
A few more nifty details:
- Cambridge, Mass., ordered the most nonfiction books
- Boulder, Colo., ordered the most books in the Cooking, Food & Wine category
- Alexandria, Va., residents ordered the most children's books
- Miami, Gainesville, and Orlando topped the list of buying the most books from the Summer reading list
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