Crime and thriller top the ranking of the most read genres amongst the UK public in 2017. This might have something to do with the human nature because people inherently want the good guys to win against the bad ones. Combine it with a confirmed gripping plot of a crime novel and almost 70% of the UK public prefer this topic while choosing their favorite e-book.
This is according to the Statista survey on e-books in the United Kingdom 2017 which also shows that more than one third of the respondents read fantasy on a regular basis.
Romance is another favorite topic amongst the eBook readers but unlike their US counterparts , more people in the United Kingdom read history on a regular basis. Consumers in the United Kingdom strongly depend on Kindle when it comes to access their favorite eBook. An Amazon e-bookstore, it is a household name amongst the consumers with almost 70% of them using different models of it to access their favorite e-book.
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Statista. (August 1, 2017). Which genres do you read on a regular basis? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/forecasts/739661/preferred-reading-genres-of-consumers-in-the-united-kingdom
Statista. "Which genres do you read on a regular basis?." Chart. August 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/forecasts/739661/preferred-reading-genres-of-consumers-in-the-united-kingdom
Statista. (2017). Which genres do you read on a regular basis?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/forecasts/739661/preferred-reading-genres-of-consumers-in-the-united-kingdom
Statista. "Which Genres Do You Read on a Regular Basis?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2017, https://www.statista.com/forecasts/739661/preferred-reading-genres-of-consumers-in-the-united-kingdom
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