After the COVID-19 pandemic that turned the entire world upside down, the book sector He trembled at the uncertain outlook in front of him, as the news began to freeze, fearing the worst. However, thanks to platforms such as amazon The book managed to overcome adversity and, on the contrary, straighten its path.
And, contrary to what many came to think, millions of people managed to rediscover books during confinement, or found a way to increase their reading time.
Platforms like Amazon in Mexico they have been of great help to readers, who, given the limited possibility of going out to a library or bookstore, chose to buy various titles through messaging or to download to electronic devices, such as tablets or kindles.
Although it is well known that a library or bookstore allows readers to browse through its shelves and discover titles and authors that they did not know existed, on the contrary, on Amazon it is easier to do so if you know exactly the type of book you want.
Amazon, understanding the need of readers to explore other offers but without getting lost in all the news that comes out daily, has launched a ranking of the most popular titles and authors of the moment so that next time they don’t waste so much time thinking about what the next title to read will be.
1. Thank you!
Author: Andrés Manuel López Obrador
2. Don’t believe everything you think. Suffering begins and ends in your head
Author:Joseph Nguyen
3. The Midnight Library
Author: Matt Haig
4. Atomic Habits
Author:James Clear
5. The Little Prince
Author: Antonie De Saint-Exupéry
6. Stop Being You: The mind creates reality
Author: Joe Dispenza
7. Man in search of meaning
Author: Viktor E. Frankl
8. Transform the wounds of your childhood: Rejection, abandonment, humiliation, betrayal, injustice
Author: Anamar Orihuela
9. Confessions from exile: Enrique Peña Nieto
Author: Mario Maldonado
10. Discover best friends
Author: Tomás García Cerezo
*Note: Some books may not have an author because the platform does not provide it.
For buy books on Amazon All you have to do is have an account on said platform and then type the title of the work in the search engine and then click on “buy”. You can add more than one item to your cart and checkout later.
The percentage of the reading population in Mexico was located at 68.5%, that is, 3.4 specimens per year, being the lowest level since the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) began carrying out the Reading Module (MOLEC) in 2016.
According to the statistics, released in the 2023 edition, it is observed that the reading population aged 18 and over decreased 3.3 percentage points compared to 2022. Compared to the first measurement in 2016, which has also recorded the highest figure with 80.8%, last year readership went down 12.3 percent.
By sex, this year men took the lead and read more (71.7%) compared to women (65.7%). The average time of a continuous reading session was 42 minutes.
Regarding age range, it was identified that the Mexican reading population decreases as age increases. In the younger groups (18 to 24 years old and 25 to 34 years old) the behavior of readers was similar: eight out of 10 people read, however, as age increased a gradual decrease could be seen, for example, Women aged 65 and over dropped to five readers out of every 10, while in the case of men it went down to six out of every 10.
Due to the type of reading material, the books They were the most read with 40.8%; followed by the Internet pages, forums or blogs, with 37.7%; On a third step are located the journals, with 23.6%; the newspaperswith 18.5% and the comic bookswith 6.1 percentage points.
When making a contrast between the type of material and the ages, it is clear that Internet pages are the favorites among the public between 18 and 34 years old; while books have greater support from the population over 35 years old, but especially among older adults 65 years old or older.
Regarding the reason that led the reading population to do this exercise, 44.6% answered that it was because entertainment; 26.5% indicated that it was due to work or studies; 19.2% indicated that they did it for general culture; 9.4% for religion and 0.3% for another reason.
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