I read today that "The UK is the world's bookiest nation (no other country published as many books per capita). And I thought this might spark an interesting debate: which nations are the most literary? And how would we define the criteria?
I've come up with the following as a starter for ten:
Books published per capita
Number of libraries per capita
The state of the newspaper industry
Literary traditions
Number of books
What countries would you nominate and why? And what criteria do you use when making your nomination?
by ApplicationDapper594
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Per capita it’s Iceland in terms of number of bookstores, number of translated books, and also between 1 out of 8 to 1 out of 10 of every Icelander has a book published.
Does it include UK editions of US books?
If yes, that’s unfair.