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I remember seeing a horrible statistic about how the majority of Americans never read another book in their lives after leaving high school. That is so incredibly hard for me to fathom.

Ah yes, here's where it came from. The statistic is certainly bogus since A.) it is immediately followed by a contradicting one

One-third of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives.

58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school.

and B.) there is a third contradicting stat that actually has a credible citation:

2002. 57% of the US population read a book. See report.
http://www.nea.gov/pub/readingatrisk.pdf