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American are Reading for Pleasure Less. A Lot Less.

American are Reading for Pleasure Less. A Lot Less.

Update: 2025-08-25
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Jeff and Rebecca talk about a big new survey of American reading habits, the Polari Prize closing up shop for the year, Katabasis getting an adaptation, ghost-written vanity memoirs, and more.


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Discussed in this episode:


Update: Polari Prizes canceled in response to protest


Katabasis set for TV adaptation


Study shows 40% decline in Americans who read for pleasure 2004-2023


BookTok is boosting sales at romance bookstores


Wealthy retirees are commissioning ghost-written memoirs


Church Camp by Cara Meredith


Katabasis by R.F. Kuang


Abundance by Klein and Thompson


Endling by Maria Reva

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American are Reading for Pleasure Less. A Lot Less.

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