Milan, the capital of reading, followed by Rome and Turin

(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 17 - Milan confirms itself as the queen of reading for the eighth consecutive year followed by Rome, which gains the second position compared to last year, and Turin, which conquers the third step of the podium. This year's revelation is Naples, which enters the topten for the first time. The ranking drawn up by Amazon.it also shows an interesting growth in the cities in the south of the peninsula, with Palermo, which passes from 47th to 13th place, Bari, which climbs from 46th to 20th place and Reggio Calabria, which improves its ranking. from 50th to 36th place. Syracuse, Alessandria and Foggia compete for the last places. Also this year, for the eighth consecutive year, Amazon.it has compiled the ranking of the Italian cities that buy the most books, by examining the number of titles in paper and digital format purchased by Amazon.it customers during the last year on a pro basis. understood in the centers with more than 90,000 inhabitants.
    Even in the year of the lockdown, therefore, Milan maintains the city scepter more passionate about books, both in paper and digital format. Rome earns the second position compared to last year while Turin conquers the third place on the podium, thus displacing Bologna and Padua, which respectively fall to fourth and eighth place in the classification of cities that read the most, and Pisa, which falls out of the top ten. The revelation of this year is Naples notes, which enters the top ten for the first time flying directly in ninth position.
    Florence earns three places compared to last year, overtaking Verona, which slips seventh in the standings. Padua, which the 2019 ranking saw her among the protagonists of the topre, loses positions, ranking as eighth. Among the new entries in the Top10 compared to 2019, together with Naples, there are Genoa and Trieste which conquer the sixth and decimaposition of the ranking.
    If you look at the ranking of the 10 Italian cities that prefer to read in digital format, Milan is once again confirmed as the city that buys more eBooks from KindleStore. Rome and Turin climb the rankings, followed by Bologna and Genoa. Florence wins the sixth position, followed by Padua, Trieste and Verona. Absent from the top ten cities that love digital reading Naples (16th), leaving room for Cagliari, which conquers the tenth position.
    Mila no is the city that most appreciates different literary genres, winning first place out of all 8 rankings divided by genre: the Lombard capital is in fact the city where you can read more texts of the non-fiction genres, cooking, science fiction and fantasy, travel, motivational , economics and finance, well-being; unlike last year, it also takes first place for romance novels. Rome and Turin are also stable in the rankings, winning silver and bronze in all categories.
    Milan is the city that most appreciates different literary genres, winning first place out of all 8 classifications divided by genre: the Lombard capital is in fact the city where you can read more texts of non-fiction genres, cooking, science fiction and fantasy, travel, motivational, economics and finance, well-being; unlike last year, it also takes first place for romance novels. Rome and Turin are also stable in the rankings, winning silver and bronze in all categories.
   Naples enters the top ten of the cities where books of motivational genres, economics and finance and well-being are read, leaving room for the romantic Verona, which wins the fourth place in the ranking for romance novels. Florence and Bologna confirm themselves as lovers of good food, placing themselves in fourth and fifth place for cookbooks. Attached, the file with all the rankings by literary genre.
   As for the paper books preferred by Italians, we find in first and second place two beloved by young readers: The stories of the Mystery by Lyon Gamer and Le fantafiabe diLuì and Sofì di Me contro Te. In third place the book protagonist of the year, The horns are good on everything. But I was better off! by Giulia de Lellis.
   Below is the TOP 10 of the Italian cities that read the most: 1) Milan2) Rome3) Turin4) Bologna5) Florence6) Genoa7) Verona8) Padua9) Naples10) Trieste (ANSA).