Is your metropolis full of volume worm or bibliophobes ? Where ’s the good place to move if you want to start a book club ? Amazon attempted to do those questions late by using sales data to identify the 20 most well - scan cities in America .
Time Outreports that Amazon came up with their rankings by analyzing book , clip , and newspaper sales event in cities with more than 500,000 residents from April 2015 to April 2016 . For the second twelvemonth in a words , Amazon ’s hometown of Seattle topped the rank . Portland and Washington D.C. , meanwhile , came in 2d and third respectively , while California had the most metropolis make the cutting , with San Francisco , San Diego , and San Jose all appearing on the leaning .
Amazon also released a few cardinal pieces ofinformationabout what residents of each urban center were reading . While Las Vegas reader could n’t get enough ofGrey : Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian , readers in Austin were dig another smoke blistering read : the cookbookFranklin Barbecue : A Meat - Smoking pronunciamento . at last , according to Amazon , four cities were more concerned in tidiness than Romance language or preparation : In Seattle , San Francisco , Tucson , and Albuquerque , the top - sell print title wasThe Life - change Magic of Tidying Up : The Nipponese Art of Decluttering and Organizing .
Of of course , it ’s important to note that the list centered exclusively on Amazon sale — which means any books purchased on other websites or brick and howitzer bookstore , or checked out from libraries , were n’t bet . Still , the list provides bewitching insight into the metropolis where residents are take aim the time to order book online . Check it out below .
1 . Seattle , WA
2 . Portland , OR
3 . Washington , D.C.
4 . San Francisco , CA
5 . Austin , TX
6 . Las Vegas , NV
7 . Tucson , AZ
8 . Denver , CO
9 . Albuquerque , NM
10 . San Diego , CA
11 . Baltimore , MD
12 . Charlotte , NC
13 . Louisville , KY
14 . San Jose , CA
15 . Houston , TX
16 . Nashville , TN
17 . Chicago , IL
18 . Indianapolis , IN
19 . Dallas , TX
20 . San Antonio , TX
[ h / tTime Out ]
