Mini Poll Results

Summer Reading

Do you read more or fewer books in the summer compared to other times of the year?
  • 27%
    More
  • 9%
    Fewer
  • 64%
    About the same
How many books will you read this summer?
  • 5%
    0
  • 24%
    1-2
  • 34%
    3-5
  • 18%
    6-10
  • 19%
    More than 10
Will you at least glance at some of the many Recommended Summer Reads lists that appear at this time of the year?
  • 72%
    Yes
  • 28%
    No
Which of the following book recommendations for summer reading are you most likely to take?
  • 24%
    Amazon Best Seller List
  • 38%
    New York Times
  • 8%
    My spouse or partner
  • 3%
    Oprah
  • 17%
    Literary prize winners
  • 10%
    Mayor Slay
Do you have a formal (i.e., one you have thought about and written down) summer reading list?
  • 11%
    Yes
  • 89%
    No
Do your kids have a summer reading list?
  • 10%
    Yes
  • 21%
    No
  • 10%
    I have no idea
  • 58%
    I have no kids
How many books do you usually bring on vacation?
  • 10%
    None
  • 35%
    One
  • 39%
    A few
  • 16%
    More than a few
MayorSlay.com asked a few avid readers what they’d bring on vacation. Which of them (book, not person) would you most likely pack for your own reading.
  • 8%
    “In the Light of What We Know” by Zia Haider Rahman (Jeff Mazur, executive director, AFSCME District 72)
  • 10%
    “Gone Feral: Tracking My Dad Through the Wild” by Novella Carpenter (Tishaura Jones, Treasurer, St. Louis City)
  • 18%
    “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand (Andy Karandzieff, owner, Crown Candy Kitchen)
  • 11%
    “The Closer” by Mariano Rivera (Adam Crane, vice president of external affairs, Saint Louis Symphony)
  • 19%
    “Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost” by Paul Hendrickson (Jessica Lussenhop, managing editor, The Riverfront Times)
  • 7%
    “The Interestings” by Meg Wolitzer (Elizabeth Frick, founder/executive director, Tenth Life Cat Rescue)
  • 15%
    "James Madison: A Life Reconsidered" by Lynne Cheney (Dana Loesch, host, The Dana Show: The Conservative Alternative)
  • 12%
    "The Director" by David Ignatius (Tony Messenger, editorial page editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
What is the best format for a summer book?
  • 26%
    e-Book
  • 3%
    Audio book
  • 41%
    Paperback
  • 9%
    Trade paperback
  • 21%
    Hardbound
Do you belong to Page Turners, the Saint Louis Public Library Reading Club for adults?
  • 12%
    Yes
  • 30%
    No, but I will click the link in the summary to learn about it
  • 57%
    No