Seattle is the most well-read city in America

Robert LeCompte Jul 6, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Seattle is the most well-read city in America</h1>
                <h2><p>Amazon just revealed their annual list, The Most Well-Read Cities in America, and Seattle takes the No. 1 spot, after finishing fourth a year ago. Not only did Seattleites purchase the highest amount of books in the country but we also bought more Kindle books, magazines and newspapers than any</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/robert-lecompte-crosscut-com/">Robert LeCompte</a></p> 
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            <p>Amazon just revealed their annual list, The Most Well-Read Cities in America, and Seattle takes the No. 1 spot, after <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazoncom-announces-the-most-well-read-cities-in-america-2014-05-20?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">finishing fourth</a> a year ago. Not only did Seattleites purchase the highest amount of books in the country but we also bought more Kindle books, magazines and newspapers than any other city in the U.S. Taking the number two spot is our neighbor down south, Portland. So not only can residents of the Pacific Northwest read, we like doing it too. Outside Portland, Vancouver was in the top 20 the past two years, but fell off this year. Maybe everyone there has finished reading about the city's most famous fictional coed and her <em>Fifty Shades</em> adventures? You can check out the full 2015 list on <a href="http://phoenix.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2055566&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Amazon</a>.</p>
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Amazon just revealed their annual list, The Most Well-Read Cities in America, and Seattle takes the No. 1 spot, after finishing fourth a year ago. Not only did Seattleites purchase the highest amount of books in the country but we also bought more Kindle books, magazines and newspapers than any other city in the U.S. Taking the number two spot is our neighbor down south, Portland. So not only can residents of the Pacific Northwest read, we like doing it too. Outside Portland, Vancouver was in the top 20 the past two years, but fell off this year. Maybe everyone there has finished reading about the city's most famous fictional coed and her Fifty Shades adventures? You can check out the full 2015 list on Amazon.

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By Robert LeCompte

Robert LeCompte is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He studies communications and film at The Evergreen State College where he recently transferred from Maryland. When not working, he can usually be f