Americans' reading habits

I suspect that the number of people who don't read books is higher, but that people are afraid to
tell pollsters the truth. I think Bob Ryan is the older, Southern version of me, though:

More women than men read every major category of books except for history and biography. Industry experts said that confirms their observation that men tend to prefer nonfiction.

"Fiction just doesn't interest me," said Bob Ryan, 41, who works for a construction company in Guntersville, Ala. "If I'm going to get a story, I'll get a movie."

UPDATE: Jonah Goldberg covers the political angle of this better than I ever could, naturally.