Researchers found that adults with a high school diploma or less are far more likely to not read than adults with bachelor's or advance degrees.
On the bright side, that data means 73% of us have, right? That number is fairly consistent over the last four years. In April of 2015, 26% of people said they hadn't read a book in the past year.
Researchers said adults with a high school diploma or less are far more likely (44% vs 8%) to report not reading books in any format than adults with a bachelor's or advanced degree.
It's a big jump from 2011, though, when only 18% of people said they hadn't read a book in the last year. For perspective, though, there was less competition for books. Binge-watching TV shows wasn't really a thing yet and that was still two years before Netflix aired its first original series.
The study also found that for those people who do read, they get through an average of one book every three months.
Some people find reading difficult, tedious, or boring. They’d rather do other more physical activities or explore other media. I have found a number of these people are visually oriented and prefer getting the story through the action and visuals of a movie/video to reading the book itself.
Some people who don’t read books may actually be reading quite a bit. I have one friend who hasn’t read a novel since his first year in college, but he reads at least five newspapers every day; subscribes and reads a number of business magazines, reads short stories online—as long as they’re mysteries, about robots run awry, or about athletes—and is an avid reader of biographies on Wikipedia.
Some people are resistant to reading because through their life reading has seemed to be a punishment rather than a pleasure.
You don't have to read a book that you dislike but you just have to read about the things that concern you. Are you interested in relationships? Then read relationships books. Do you want to make money? Then read business books. Want to be strong? Then read books about power. Whatever the topic that concerns you there will always be a good book that covers it.
Don't think of reading as a habit that is independent from life but consider it a method to unlock many of the looked doors you find in your life. Each time i read a book i become more powerful, more capable and less helpless.
Do yourself a favor and read.