Or at least they seem to more than any other demographic around my neck of the woods. On my trips to the library and Barnes & Noble I always notice that a large portion of the patrons tend to be of Asian decent especially in the sections that I frequent.

I have no hard data of course but I’m willing to say 60% of the customers are almost always Asian. Another 30% tend to be older Caucasians who look really, really lost like they stepped into some different dimension.

This wouldn’t be strange except the fact that I rarely see an Asian to white ratio like that anywhere else around here. Not at the grocery store, the movies, eateries, or any other location where people gather.

Maybe Asians like books more than others? I do know that Asians generally score higher on standardized tests and currently make more money on average than any other ethnicity in the United States, beating Caucasians by 10K a year.

Are the books giving them a leg up or are they already smarter and thus more attracted to reading?