This podcast exists because I love to read. I do it every day and every night. I read plenty of nonfiction, far more as an adult than I did as a child, but my great love is in fiction. Still, whatever kind of book it is, I'm always reading something. 

I also happen to know I'm not alone. In the U.S. alone, around 74 percent of the population has read at least one book in the past year. The average person reads more, but there's at least a baseline of reading for most people.

I believe that the topics we're going to cover on Better Reader will convince you that books are worth your time—if you know how to read them right.