Accountants have been found to be the best read profession in a survey commissioned for World Book Day. The survey found that accountants spend an average of five and a quarter hours a week reading for pleasure, while at the bottom of the reading league were members of the clergy, at two hours and forty minutes a week.

The favourite book of both accountants and clergy was The Lord of the Rings. World Book Day, the UK?s biggest annual celebration of reading, featured book... more