How do Britons read? And what? A survey asks the questions. “Those who study the bestseller lists with bewilderment each week can take comfort from the fact that the sales of new books don’t necessarily reflect what the nation is reading. Seventy-three per cent of people buy new books, but 41 per cent borrow library books, 42 per cent borrow books from friends and family, and 41 per cent buy from secondhand shops.”