The small country of Iceland is a nation of readers In fact it rsquo s reported that each year it publishes and reads more books per person than any other country On Christmas Eve it rsquo s a tradition for Icelanders to give books to family and friends and then read long into the night This tradition dates back to World War II when imports were restricted but paper was cheap Icelandic publishers began flooding the market with new titles in late fall Now a catalog of the country rsquo s new releases is sent to every Icelandic home in
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