Elements of books considered important in the Netherlands 2019
As of 2019, fluency, suspense and originality were among the elements which readers in the Netherlands considered to be the most important in books. Nearly 85 percent of readers surveyed indicated that they considered fluency to be one of the most important elements of books, while a further 83 percent of respondents felt that it was important that books they read were compelling. Meanwhile just 23 percent of readers placed importance on characters which resembled them.