It was the year of the pandemic and the year of great reading opportunities. The percentage of Spaniards over 14 years of age who frequently read books in their free time, that is, at least once a week, reached a historical maximum of 57% during the months of confinement (the average, taking the whole year , reached 52.7%). In 2019, that figure was 50%.
This is the data highlighted by the Ministry of Culture and Sports in the presentation this Friday of the Barometer of Reading Habits and Buying Books in Spain . “The increase is positive, but small,” the expert José Antonio Millán, coordinator of the three editions of the book Reading in Spain , tells EL PAÍS .