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Certainly I?ll read a book to learn a better way to do my job, or to help me get better organized... I read for sheer pleasure. I believe we read fiction for pleasure, and nonfiction to learn and to stay current. A recent res... The basic reasons why people read Americans cite a variety of motives for their reading, especial... It is sometimes the case that different people cite different motives. Generally, better educated Americans who have gone to at least some college and better off Americ... 80% of Americans 16 and older say they read at least occasionally for pleasure . The answer is simple. We read it because we like it. And we like it because fiction, as an image of life, stimulates and gratifies our interest in life. But whatever interests may be appealed to by fiction, the special and immediate interest that tak... And he touches the very core of the pleasure I find in fiction when he says, ?fiction, too, gives... Furthermore, this heightened awareness can be more fully relished now, because what in actuality ... The Barnes and Noble Book Club Community Room posted a couple of years ago this really cool video... You may use these HTML tags and attributes: