Amazon has named the most well-read cities in the U.S. for 2016 and Seattle holds its spot at No. 1.
The Seattle-based retailer determined this by measuring sales for all books, magazines and newspapers sales in both print and Kindle format from April 2015 to April 2016 on a per capita basis for cities with 500,000 residents.
The data revealed that The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins was the top-selling Kindle and print book in five of the top 10 cities: Portland, Austin, Tucson, Albuquerque, and San Diego. In addition, California had three cities on top 20 list for the second year in a row: San Francisco, San Diego, and San Jose.
We’ve got the entire list after the jump.
The Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities
- Seattle, Wash.
- Portland, Ore.
- Washington, D.C.
- San Francisco, CA
- Austin, Texas
- Las Vegas, Nev.
- Tucson, Ariz.
- Denver, Colo.
- Albuquerque, N.M.
- San Diego, Calif.
- Baltimore, Md.
- Charlotte, N.C.
- Louisville, Ky.
- San Jose, CA
- Houston, Texas
- Nashville, Tenn.
- Chicago, Ill.
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- Dallas, TX
- San Antonio, TX
