The article intents to introduce the existing reading phenomenon in Taiwan based on two reading surveys, book publishing volume, subscribing rage of newspaper and maga-zine, the usage and lending rate of library collections. Besides, the methods of promoting reading movement by government and private institutes are elucidated. The author finally proposes some suggestions about society’s reading culture including cultivating reading habit, respecting different reading interests, working on reading research with ethnogra-phy method and elevating reading materials’accessibility.