”Of all diversions of life there is none so proper to fill up it’s empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors”People do not like reading

People prefer television instead of reading

The aim:

Method: -reports

-meetings

-competitions

—›

BUT

1970-80s: the height of reading

Relapsing

In the last 4 decades the number of

non-readers increased (40% —› 60%)

In need of assistance: -contemporary literature

In need of more attention: -young people

Reasons: -home

-political

-social

2000: the deepest point

2005: qualitative change in reading

1985

Jókai28%

Szilvási17%Berkesi

14%

Mikszáth11%

Gárdonyi6%

Moldova5%

Petőfi4%

Dumas4%Merle

4%

Móricz7%

2000

Cook12%

Moldova11%

Steel10%

Mikszáth9%

Szilvási8%

Berkesi5%

Gárdonyi6%Lőrincz

6%Petőfi

7%

Jókai26%

2005

Lőricz7%

Petőfi7%

Szabó6%

Gárdonyi6%

Steel6%

Jókai33%

Mikszáth10%Móricz

9%

Moldova9%

Rejtő7%

THE WINNER

BOOK

1.)

2.)

3.)

Every native and foreign books

More than one vote could also be accepted

TOP100

TOP12Only one vote from

one person

The greatest number of votes

Why Egri csillagok was the winner book?

School compulsory reading

↓Everybody read it

↓It is well-known

1984A Gyűrűk UraA kis hercegA Mester és MargaritaA Pál utcai fiúkAbigélAz arany emberEgri csillagokHarry Potter és a bölcsek köveMicimackóSzáz év magányTüskevár

George OrwellJohn Ronald Reuel TolkienAntoine de Saint-ExupéryMihail Afanaszjevics BulgakovMolnár FerencSzabó MagdaJókai MórGárdonyi GézaJoanne Kathleen RowlingAlan Alexander MilneGabriel García MárquezFekete István

More books were soldMore people went to librariesMore people readReading became popular and fashionable again

Professional librarian day in Szeged

Announcing the winner bookWell-known people discussing the books

Broadcast on television M1

Bibliography: www.anagykony.hu www.neabigread.com

Magyar Tudomány 2006/9

Written by Perler Aliz