27% of Americans Haven’t Picked Up a Book in the Past Year

Is reading a lost art? The answer is... well, sort of.

According to a new study, 27% of Americans haven't read a book, or even part of a book, in the past year. But hey, that means 73% of us have, right?

That number is fairly consistent over the past four years in April of 2015, 26% of people said they hadn't read a book in the past year.

It's a big jump from 2011, though when only 18% hadn't read in the past year.

Of course, in 2011, books had less competition for our time since binge watching TV shows wasn't really a thing yet, but to put it in perspective, that was still two years before Netflix's first original series.

The study also found that for those people who DO read, we get through an average of around one book every three months.