The bad news? Americans aren’t reading as much 28% of Americans claim not to have read a single book in the last year, a figure up from 21% as recently as 2011. But the good news is, that while readership does tend to decline with age, senior citizens have managed to stay marginally ahead of the 50-64 year-old age group, with 69% of you having read at least one book in the last 12 months. The article also links to the original Pew survey, for those who want to dig into the details.