EduCentar, the Croatian website specializing in the promotion of educational programs, carried out a survey about reading habits of Croatian citizens in a period of one year.

Around 42 percent of survey participants read more than ten books in one year. Among their favourite genres were political literature, psychology and sociology.

''My goal is to read one book a month, but sometimes I read two'', said one of the survey participants, whilst others said that they read a lot more. ''Rarely a week goes by without reading at least one book'', said book lovers, whilst some of them improved their reading skills to perfection and they read three books a week.

''On average I read three books a month and I think that reading is very important for the development of vocabulary and one's education as well as general knowledge. Those who do not read really don't know what they are missing'', concluded one of the survey participants.

Around 19 percent of the respondents emphasized that they usually read ten books a year or two books a month on average, whilst 12 percent of them read around five books a year just for fun even though they ''would love to have more time for reading''.

A small number of respondents (14%) confessed that they read only three books in one year and stated that ''it is really a devastating figure, but that's the way things are''. One of the respondents commented, ''Let's be honest, I've read only two books in a year while I was on the beach during my summer vacation''.

On the other hand, some of the survey participants stated that they hadn't read any books within a year and that they generally didn't like reading. They consider it ''a waste of time'' because ''nowadays everything can be found on the internet''.

''The vocabulary can be developed in so many other ways, such as communicating with other people'', concluded book non lovers.